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Työnimike: Scientific Officer - Dissemination of Information

Työnkuvaus:
Scientific Officer - Dissemination of Information on Chemicals, M/F AD 5


1.THE JOB

The Computational Assessment and Dissemination Unit develops computational methods and tools for collecting, analysing and publishing data on chemicals. The Scientific Officer - Dissemination will work in the context of dissemination for all regulations implemented by ECHA, such as REACH, CLP, Biocides, PIC and other (possibly new) activities that require dissemination of information. ECHA holds one of the largest public chemicals database in the world, with information on more than 140'000 chemicals. The published information is used by a wide range of stakeholders such us EU member states, the chemical industry, non-governmental organisations, academia and citizens.

The Scientific Officer - Dissemination of information on chemicals, will contribute to the Product Management of Dissemination activities. In particular, the work will include the following tasks:
The development of the Dissemination Vision and Roadmap:
oWork with external stakeholders to collect and prepare requirements and specifications;
oWork in close collaboration with internal stakeholders to collect, prepare, review and proactively provide feedback on requirements, specifications and business processes in the context of dissemination;
oAct as lead in the development of the product vision and the product roadmap, including acting as a liaison between internal and external stakeholders and IT (in-house project management teams and third party contractors) regarding software development planning to fulfil the Dissemination vision.

Follow the development of the Dissemination product(s):
oAct as primary liaison between internal and external stakeholders and IT (in-house project management teams and third party contractors) regarding software functionality throughout the development lifecycle, including analysis of the usage and user satisfaction, collecting and proposing changes and prioritisation of change requests;
oSupport the Maintenance and Project activity where the IT unit is in the lead, by for instance assisting in the further development of business specification (business analysis), contributing to end user testing, analysing and reviewing functional and technical artefacts delivered by a contractor;
oEnsure a good alignment with colleagues responsible for other relevant tools.
Product roll-out support and service management support:
oRepresent Dissemination activities in meetings, webinars, working groups, committees or other circles (internal and external);
oEnsure the continuous delivery of appropriate support (help text, support via helpdesk, etc.).

In addition, and depending on the profile, the Scientific Officer - Dissemination will contribute to technical, scientific/regulatory tasks by taking the lead on specific tasks, such as:
 
oThe specification of rules to filter Confidential Business Information and/or Intellectual Property Right information;
oThe development of a process for handling and publishing other scientific and regulatory data;
oThe development of innovative data aggregation and visualisation approaches.

It is to be noted that this is not an IT position.
2. QUALIFICATIONS

Successful completion of a full course of university studies attested by a degree, where the normal duration of university education is three (3) years.

Only qualifications issued by EU Member State authorities or EEA authorities and qualifications recognised as equivalent by the relevant EU or EEA Member State authorities will be accepted.


3. SELECTION CRITERIA

If you meet the eligibility criteria set out in section 2, you will be assessed on the basis of the following selection criteria. The candidates who are judged to be the most suitable on the basis of the selection criteria will be invited to an interview.

Your academic and professional qualifications and their relevance to the main areas of work listed in section 1.
Your professional experience: the range of fields covered, the type and level of work done and its relevance to the areas of work listed in section 1.

The following will be considered as assets:
Work experience in product/project management, implementing similar large scale programmes and products involving external stakeholders;
Experience with stakeholder engagement in the context of IT development, noting that this is not an IT position;
Work experience gained in a similar multicultural environment. Preference will be given to work experience abroad.
The academic and professional qualifications, professional experience and experience considered as an asset must be described as precisely as possible in your application.

4. HOW TO APPLY

You can submit your application and find more information (complete vacancy notice and application form) on ECHA website http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/about-us/jobs/open-positions.

The deadline to fill in the application form is
25 September 2018 at noon 12:00, Helsinki time (11:00 a.m. CET).

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Työnantajan nimi: European Chemicals Agency

source: TIVA