211a - Project Officer Medical

DUTIES

Under the supervision of the Head of Resilience and Support Unit, the Project Officer Medical will be responsible for planning, initiating and conducting collaborative military capability development activities in the Medical Support area. In particular, the jobholder will be responsible for/contribute to the following activities:

• support EU Member States in improving their military capabilities in the Medical Support area;
• implement EDA Core Tasks 3 and 4, namely harmonisation of military requirements and aggregation of demand towards joint procurement, including the development of Business Cases with MS interested in launching specific collaborative development/acquisition projects;
• establish, manage and, when required, chair the Capability Expert Groups Medical Support (CEG MED), and related Ad-Hoc Working Groups;
• contribute to other activities within the area of responsibility such as Priority Capability Areas (PCAs) Coordinating Groups, providing technical direction and guidance as subject matter expert;
• develop and update the Priority Implementation Roadmap (PIR) to implement the EU Capability Development Priority Medical Support;
• support the establishment and implementation of ad-hoc projects, including EDA Category B projects, and plan and manage activities funded by the EDA Operational Budget, as required;
• contribute to ensuring coherence between the 4 CEGs implementing Resilience and Support Priorities (Logistics, Military Mobility, CBRN Defence, Critical Infrastructure Protection and Energy Security), and related work strands across the Agency, including in the framework of the Centre for European for Defence Innovation (CEDI);
• liaise, as appropriate, with relevant external stakeholders such as the European External Action Service (EEAS), EU Military Staff (EUMS), European Commission (EC), NATO, EU Defence technological and Industrial base (EDTIB), and any other relevant EU Institutions, bodies and agencies;
• contribute to EDA’s and the EU’s broader resilience, support, and preparedness objectives through coherent and forward‑looking military medical capability development, including in the framework of civil-military cooperation;
• contribute to the further development and improvement of the Capability Development Plan (CDP), including identifying, promoting and proposing meaningful collaborative opportunities framed under the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) within the jobholder’s area of responsibility;
• contribute, as appropriate, to the assessment of Medical Support-related PESCO projects and European Defence Fund (EDF) topics, including other EU Commission-led initiatives related to the jobholder’s area of responsibility;
• provide technical advice within the jobholder’s area of responsibility to EU defence-related policies and concepts;
• represent the Agency at conferences and seminars;
• take on additional tasks as required in the interest of the service.

Duties may evolve according to development of the EDA’s structure and activities, and the decisions of EDA management.

SELECTION CRITERIA

A. Essential

Only applications meeting all essential selection criteria will be assessed.

(1) Professional

Candidates will be required to demonstrate the following qualifications:

• a university degree (or equivalent academic degree) in a field relevant to the duties of the post, such as medicine, military medicine, health sciences, public health, healthcare management or another relevant discipline;
• at least six (6) years of relevant professional experience, acquired after the award of the qualification required as a condition of eligibility;
• proven professional experience within a defence-related governmental organisation and/or an international defence organisation, including experience in military capability development;
• very good knowledge of and proven professional experience in military medical support and medical capability development, particularly in areas such as operational medical planning, deployable medical capabilities, military medical logistics and healthcare support;
• proven experience in international defence cooperation, including engagement with multiple national or institutional stakeholders, and a good understanding of defence acquisition and collaborative procurement processes;
• good knowledge of the EU defence environment and relevant defence initiatives, including EDA’s role, main tasks and functions, together with an understanding of NATO activities relevant to the area of responsibility;
• a very good command of written and oral English.

(2) Personal

All staff must be able to fit into the Agency's way of working (see para. 2). Other attributes important for this post include:

• ability to work both independently within his/her area of responsibility and to proactively collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders;
• ability to work effectively in a multinational environment;
• reliability and capacity to work under pressure with minimal supervision;
• good organisational and coordination skills;
• strong conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills;
• excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills;
• results-orientation and strong motivation;
• flexibility and innovativeness;
• genuine commitment to the Agency's objectives.

B. Desirable

The following will be considered an advantage:

• experience in national or multinational miliary medical operations, exercises and deployments;
• experience in collaborative defence acquisition, related to large-scale and complex multinational defence programmes.
• experience in civil-military cooperation related to medical support, preparedness or resilience;
• hold a recognised project and/programme management qualification.