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Työnimike: Scientific Officer, ECHA Helsinki

Työnkuvaus:
Scientific Officer (New Approach Methods), M/F AD 6


1. The Job


The Scientific Officer will work in the Directorate for Prioritisation and Integration of the Agency, in the Computational Assessment Unit. The Unit develops computational methods and tools for collecting, analysing and making available data on chemicals. The tools developed by the Unit help the Agency with prioritisation and selection of dossiers and substances for further regulatory actions, such as compliance checks.

The Unit promotes and uses alternative test methods, including integrated testing strategies, QSAR, in-vitro assays, read-across, categories and other New Approach Methods (NAM). The Unit is responsible for IUCLID - the tool used by companies and authorities worldwide for creating and exchanging chemical data. The Unit's international work includes co-managing the QSAR Toolbox development with OECD and the coordination of the APCRA work together with the United States' Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and Health Canada.

The Scientific Officer will contribute to the successful implementation of the Unit's tasks. The work will consist of the following:

QSAR related activities:

Execute QSAR expert consultations: expert consultations involve the running of predictive toxicology tools, answering specific questions arising from assessments of human health or environmental endpoints;
Support the ECHA Grouping Strategy, specifically in assisting the assessment of all available information, including generating predictions where relevant;
Maintain the knowledge base of QSAR models and approaches;
Contribute to the development of the OECD QSAR Toolbox;
Contribute to the development of guidance/manuals for QSAR approaches and/or OECD QSAR Toolbox;
Support ECHA's Scientific Data Analysis Platform (SDAP) with predictions on large groups of chemicals and constituents.

New Approach Methods related activities:

Contribute to the New Approach Methods (NAM) projects ECHA is undertaking/contributing to;
Analyse multi-omics (mainly transcriptomic and metabolomics) datasets from toxicological studies;
Analyse data generated by ToxCast and Tox21 programmes.

General activities:

Contribute to the REACH Article 117.3 report;
Other activities in support of alternative methods as appropriate.

2. Minimum 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 or more.

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. Professional Experience

To qualify for this profile, you must have at the closing date for applications a total professional experience of at least three (3) years acquired after achieving the minimum requirements stated out in 2.2. At least one (1) year of your total professional experience must be relevant professional experience in the fields listed in section 1.

4. 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. Preference will be given to qualifications obtained in the following fields: (eco)toxicology, computational chemistry or similar.

Your professional experience in the range of fields covered, the type and level of work done and its relevance8 to the areas of work listed in section 1.

The following will be considered as assets:

Experience in managing large international projects related to the work described in this notice;
Work experience gained in a similar multicultural environment. Preference will be given to work experience abroad.

The academic and professional qualifications, professional experience and knowledge and experience considered as an asset must be described as precisely as possible in your application.

5. 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
26 August 2019 at noon 12:00, Helsinki time (11:00 a.m. CET

ECHA recruitment team

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