Vacancy Notice N° e104/2016
Principal Scientific Assistant (Grade B5)
Directorate General of Democracy (DG II)
European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM)
European Pharmacopoeia Department, Division A – Chemical substances & herbals
Job mission
Turnover profileTurnover profiles are specific roles where it is considered to be in the best interests of the Organisation to have a consistent rotation of staff. Turnover profiles offer once-only opportunities under this scheme and the total duration of employment cannot exceed five years (Staff members or former staff members who are or have previously been employed in the framework of the Junior Professional Programme or Turnover Profiles will not be eligible again for any of the profiles under these schemes. The Council of Europe reserves the right to assess the admissibility of candidates who are or have previously been employed with the Organisation according to their contractual situation at the closing date of this competition.).
Job mission
Under the authority of the Director of the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare and the Head of the Department, the incumbent ensures professional scientific assistance, in accordance with procedures, guidelines and priorities and with a concern for quality, efficiency and accuracy, and in compliance with Council of Europe’s values and regulations.
Staff members or former staff members who are or have previously been employed in the framework of the Junior Professional Programme or Turnover Profiles will not be eligible again for any of the profiles under these schemes. The Council of Europe reserves the right to assess the admissibility of candidates who are or have previously been employed with the Organisation according to their contractual situation at the closing date of this competition.
* External recruitment procedure organised in accordance with Article 16 of the Regulations on Appointments
Key activities
The incumbent performs the following key duties:
- ensures the executive secretariat of meetings of groups of experts and working parties: preparation of meetings, agendas and reports; provision of assistance to the chairs and experts of assigned groups in obtaining samples and preparing working documents, especially draft new and revised monographs, ensuring their consistency and compliance with the technical guide for the elaboration of monographs and the drafting guide; follow up of meetings;
- follows up laboratory studies in co-operation with the study directors;
- prepares texts in view of their publication in Pharmeuropa, to be presented to the Commission, then final texts for transmission to the Publications and Multimedia Department;
- participates in the general revision of monographs (Reader’s Group);
- reports to supervisor(s) on the results achieved and on problems resolved.
Please note that the incumbent may be required to perform other duties not listed in the vacancy notice.
Closing date: 16 August 2016
Location : Strasbourg, France
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