Junior Policy Officer

Junior Policy Officer

Interreg Europe

Lille, France

€ 3,600 per month gross

The JS is looking for one Junior Policy Officer to assist lead partners with the development and implementation of their project.

Tasks and responsibilities

The following is an indicative, but not an exhaustive list of expected activities:

• Task 1 - Interregional Cooperation Projects (in cooperation with Finance Officers):
  • Assist approved projects during implementation on content related issues (e.g., relevance of the activities compared with initial plans, advice on topic related issues, link to the Policy Learning Platform);
  • Monitor and review activities, good practices and results submitted by the projects on a regular basis including measurement of outputs and results of the projects using indicators;
  • Monitor project’s request for changes;
  • Assess pilot actions requests;
  • Participate in project final conferences;
  • Monitor project closure.
• Task 2 - Policy learning platform on Greener Europe (circular economy, climate change, energy efficiency, nature and biodiversity, sustainable urban mobility):
  • Monitor the platform implementation in coordination with the other Policy Officers and the platform coordinator;
  • Assist the experts on programme’s expectations and monitoring of their work and performance;
  • Participate in the main events of the platform.
• Task 3 - Programme related tasks:
  • Contribute to the general programme promotion through intervention at diverse events;
  • Collect interesting data to be included in various documents and publications.

Qualifications/Selection criteria

Requirements:

• University degree in a relevant field;
• A minimum of three years’ experience, in particular:
  • in a local/regional public authority or any organisation involved in regional development policy;
  • in EU-funded projects or programmes, preferably on Structural Funds and Interreg.
• Knowledge of regional development policies preferably through practical experience;
• Knowledge of European regional policy and the Structural Funds programmes preferably through practical experience and preferably in the field of greener policies;
• Knowledge of EU cooperation programmes;
• Fluency in English and proficiency in at least one of the other EU languages; other languages appreciated;
• Good computer literacy (Microsoft Office);
• Good writing and editing skills.

Other relevant skills:

• Capacity to work in an international environment;
• Sense of initiative;
• Good analytical skills;