€2,100 – €2,500 gross per month depending on experience. A benefit package is also provided.
Full Time

About EHMA

The European Health Management Association (EHMA) is the only membership association in Europe that brings together the full health ecosystem of health managers, informal and formal caregivers, patients, legislators, educators, policy makers and regulators, public health experts, researchers, health insurance experts, and industry. We coordinate projects, events and initiatives aimed at creating a clear health vision and alignment strategy, as well as lay down the organisational, societal and technological conditions to achieve optimal health outcomes for individual patients and the entire community. There are currently 15 highly-skilled colleagues in the office contributing to an active, diverse and dynamic work environment. You can read about our work on this website.

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About the position

To build excellence in health management we lead initiatives including research projects, working groups, policy and communication campaigns, and events. We are organised in three departments: projects, policy, and operations. The Senior Management and the Management teams provide leadership and support to all departments.

Following the award of several new projects, EHMA is looking for a Junior Policy Officer. The Junior Policy Officer will work across the organisation to ensure the provision of policy inputs into the overall portfolio of EHMA work, including our events, trainings, annual conference, communication campaigns, and project work. They will deliver an outstanding portfolio of policy activities, and proactively engage with our diversity of audiences to ensure that challenges in health management are properly addressed at a national and European level.

The Junior Policy Officer will work with both the Policy Team to ensure the implementation of EHMA’s policy strategy; and the Project Team to ensure the completion of all activities and deliverables for a portfolio of European Commission- and privately-funded projects.

The Junior Policy Officer will report to the Director of Policy and Research, and will manage interns and volunteers.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

Support the production and implementation of the policy strategy for the organisation, including identification of trending topics in health management, and key outputs of project work and other EHMA initiatives.
Plan, implement and complete all activities and deliverables for a portfolio of European Commission- and privately-funded projects.
Conduct research and analysis on key health policy and management topics, including reviewing literature, monitoring policy developments at the EU and national levels, and synthesising findings into reports, policy briefs, and recommendations.
Ensure the provision of policy inputs into the overall portfolio of EHMA work, including our events, trainings, annual conference, communication campaigns, and project work.
Produce briefings, speaking notes and presentations, content for communication channels, advocacy campaigns, policy briefs, reports, position statements, and white papers.
Conduct stakeholders mapping, surveys, and consultations; support working groups; and maintain excellent relationships with partners and networks to ensure the overall coordination of policy and dissemination efforts.
Contribute to proposal writing for funders including philanthropy, the European Commission, institutions, private donors, agencies and companies.

Profile

You are educated to at least Master level in a health-related field or you have experience in policy for the health and care sector.
You have sound knowledge of EU institutions and their decision-making processes as well as excellent knowledge of global trends in health management.
You have excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and have proven experience in writing articles, policy briefings, speeches, summaries, position papers, and statements.
You are able to produce advocacy materials and develop mechanisms to share and manage advocacy information and knowledge.
You can demonstrate outstanding organisational skills; priority setting; and ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously to meet different deadlines.
You are proficient in using Microsoft Office tools, including Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and other virtual collaboration tools.
You have very good interpersonal skills and are a solution-focused team player. You have experience working in a small, busy, international team.
You are willing to travel within Europe when required.

Job package and eligibility

This position is offered according to Belgian national legislation. It is an offer for a full-time position of 38 hours per week with an open-end contract.

For this position, the monthly gross salary ranges between €2,100 and €2,500 depending on experience and qualifications, and will also include benefits such as meal vouchers, financial support towards the use of public transport to work, complementary pension insurance and hospitalisation insurance. The post will combine in-office and remote work, as well as occasional travel. The successful candidate will be supplied with necessary materials to work remotely, as required (e.g., laptop).

All applicants must be qualified, eligible and able to work in Belgium, and are required to be based in Belgium. We are unfortunately not able to provide financial assistance for relocation.

Diversity and inclusion

We are committed to building an inclusive working environment and we want all our staff to thrive. We value the diversity that every staff member brings to EHMA. We offer a flexible working environment, and reasonable accommodations will be made for people who identify as living with a disability.

We are also committed to reduce to the very minimum (unconscious) bias and make the recruitment process as objective as possible. We assess applications and interviews through a point-based system and candidates are asked the same interview questions. We also offer personal feedback to all applicants who request it.

Applications

Applications are received only through our website. At the end of that page, you will find the APPLY NOW button.

To apply, please have ready the following documents in one single attachment, with its filename: LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_JuniorPolicyOfficer

Your CV (maximum 3 pages).

A motivation letter (maximum 2 pages). In your motivation letter please explain why you are applying for this position and how your experience responds to the profile requirements. Please also detail your salary and benefits expectation and the reasons for your request.

No other attachments are required and we ask you not to include any additional information at this stage.

Please note that applications that do not follow the above instructions will be disregarded.

We strongly encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible as we will conduct this recruitment on a rolling basis.We expect the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

Thank you for your interest in working with us!