Key Expert 4 – Policy and Knowledge Management officer

Advisory services on education and skills, and culture project: The overall objective: is to increase the effectiveness of the human development aspects of EU policies and programmes at global, regional and country level, in particular in the areas of quality and inclusive education / skills development and culture in partner countries.

Key Expert 4 – Policy and Knowledge Management officer

The Programme and Policy officer will work, preferably, based in Brussels. The expert will be closely associated to the work of the EC HQ teams in policy, programme support, knowledge management, capacity building and online community facilitation related tasks under the supervision of the Team Leader. He/she will be expected to act as a resource person to support the teams for various types of requests requiring rapid reaction and good research, analytical, coordination and communication skills. In addition, he/she will play a facilitating role between the team of consultants and EC HQs services.

Qualifications and skills

University degree (Bachelor or equivalent diploma) in Education sciences, Social sciences, International relations, Economics, Statistics and data science, or relevant equivalent discipline. In its absence, the Bachelor’s Degree can be replaced by 5 years of relevant professional experience, in addition to the minimum general professional experience required.

A Master’s degree (or equivalent diploma) in a relevant equivalent discipline will be considered as an asset.

- The expert must have excellent (at least C1 level) English language skills (writing, oral, communication, presentation).

- Additional language skills (at least B2 level) in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian or Arabic will be considered as an asset.

General professional experience

At least 5 years of proven experience in programme management, policy and data analysis, knowledge management, capacity building and community management, or similar activities.

Specific professional experience

- At least 5 years of experience of knowledge and data management as well as community management tools and applications such as Excel, databases, web design, Adobe Photoshop, PowerPoint, Teams, interactive applications etc.
- Knowledge of and fluency in using AI tools will be considered an asset.
- Demonstrated experience in working with partner countries and specifically in the domains related to this contract will be considered an asset.
- Proven experience with the European Commission and its policies will be considered an asset.
- Previous experience working in EC related Services or similar assignments will be considered an asset.