Senior Professional Advisor at the U.S. Mission to the European Union

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

Your responsibilities:

The job holder 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 five (5) years of experience working at an EU institution or for an organization that deals regularly with EU public health or regulatory policy issues.

LANGUAGE: Fluency in English, fluency in another European 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, Employee Assistance Program, etc.

Salary as of €7.584 gross/month.