Junior Policy Officer

European Health Management Association

Hours
Full-time 38 hours per week

Length of contract
6 months

About the Organisation

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, policymakers 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 laying down the organizational, societal, and technological conditions to achieve optimal health outcomes for individual patients and the entire community. Currently, 15 highly-skilled colleagues in the office contribute to an active, diverse,e and dynamic work environment.

About the role

Junior Policy Officer will work across the organization to ensure the provision of policy inputs into the overall portfolio of EHMA work, including our events, trainings, annual conferences, 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

• Support the production and implementation of the policy strategy for the organization, including the identification of trending topics in health management, and key outputs of project work and other EHMA initiatives.
• Plan, implemented, and completed 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 the literature, monitoring policy developments at the EU and national levels, and synthesizing 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 conferences, 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 stakeholder 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.

Skills, Competencies & Experience

• Sound knowledge of EU institutions and their decision-making processes as well as excellent knowledge of global trends in health management.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and have proven experience in writing articles, policy briefings, speeches, summaries, position papers, and statements.
• Able to produce advocacy materials and develop mechanisms to share and manage advocacy information and knowledge.
• Demonstrate outstanding organizational skills; priority setting; and ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously to meet different deadlines.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office tools, including Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and other virtual collaboration tools.
• Very good interpersonal skills and a solution-focused team player. Experience working in a small, busy, international team.
• Excellent understanding of healthcare management issues.
• Excellent understanding of EU Institution structures, police,s and decision-making processes.

Desirable:

• Experience working in a European health system.
• Knowledge and expertise in EU funding opportunities for health organizations.
• Fluency in other European languages.

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in level Health-Related fields

Compensation & Benefits

• Meal Vouchers of €8 per day,
• Reimbursement €50 per month for phone
• Public Transport Reimbursement of 50€/month
• Complementary Pension
• 5 days of Paid Extra-Legal Holidays and Christmas period

Conditions of employment

• You need to be eligible to work in the Belgium

Working locations

• Brussels office with occasional travel required

How to apply

• Send an email to Ms. Alexis Strader, Director of Policy and Research at [email protected] with a CV maximum of 3 pages and 2 pages cover letter, First Name & Last Name, with the subject line "Junior Policy Officer" on 14th March 2025 at 5 PM

Interviews

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Policies

• 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 reducing to the very minimum (unconscious) bias and making 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.

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