Senior Professional Advisor (Food and Drug Administration)

Senior Professional Advisor (Food and Drug Administration)

U.S. Mission to the EU

Brussels, Belgium

The U.S. Embassy in Brussels is looking for a Senior Professional Advisor to join the Food and Drug Administration team at the U.S. Mission to the European Union.

Your responsibilities:

The Senior Professional Advisor serves as senior policy advisor and analyst (Food and Drug Administration Advisor/"FDA Advisor") for the Director and Deputy Director of the Europe Office of the FDA. The FDA Advisor will analyze EU policy and provide expert advice on complex EU decision-making on all FDA-regulated products to include: drugs, biologics, medical devices, tobacco, food safety and veterinary medicine with the objective of promoting and improving public health through innovation and product/food safety. He/she will develop strategies and guidelines to prevent adverse public health impacts related to FDA-regulated products and facilitate U.S.-EU cooperation toward third countries on public health issues of mutual concern. He/she will provide regular strategic assessments and advice on developments in EU policy and ongoing EU debates over legislation that affect FDA-regulated products to senior officials at the FDA. He/she will maintain a broad range of contacts in all EU institutions, including at senior levels, with a view to gathering upstream information in order to react to any potential EU measures which would affect FDA-regulated products.

Your profile:

EDUCATION: University degree in International Affairs, public health, law, or related.

EXPERIENCE: Minimum 5 years of experience working at an EU institution or for an organization that deals regularly with EU public health or regulatory policy issues or experience with FDA regulations or FDA-regulated products (also available at the trainee level with only 4 years of required experience).

LANGUAGE: Fluency in English. Good working knowledge in another EU language.

Our offer:

Dynamic and multi-cultural work environment.

Full-time position with extra-legal benefits: life insurance, hospitalization insurance (family included), meal tickets, transportation reimbursements, seniority leave, special holidays, training, etc.

Salary as of € 7,007 gross/month.

How to apply:

Interested candidates are invited to create their Electronic Recruitment Application profile via the Embassy website and submit their application before October 2, 2023. A complete application means that you outline in your ERA profile how you meet the minimum requirements and attach all required documents (a residence permit & a diploma officially recognized by Belgian/U.S. authorities). For further details on the process of diploma recognition via cfwb/naric, and other useful tips, please carefully read the notice to applicants on our website: https://be.usembassy.gov/jobs/#jobs.

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