The EPS is Looking for Freelance Support for Policy Initiatives

The European Physical Society wishes to engage a Policy Officer to support the EPS in its interactions with Policy Makers in the EU. The EPS requires expert support to aid the development and dissemination of EPS policy, facilitate the interaction between the EPS executive and EU institutions and play a leading role in organising events with the support of EPS colleagues.

The EPS would like to engage an experienced consultant on a freelance basis with up to 10 working days per month dependant on the parliamentary calendar.

Context of the Role

The EPS is a federation of national physical societies and individual physicists which advocates physics research and its contribution to the economic, technological, social and cultural advancement in Europe. The EPS represents the European physics community, supports the role of physicists to actively engage in the design and implementation of European science policies; provides a forum for EPS Members to discuss common issues and share best practice; engages in activities to reduce European fragmentation in physics research, funding and education and cooperates with international physical societies to promote physics, to support physicists worldwide and to foster international collaboration.

You will be:

• A voice for European Physics: ensuring the views of member societies, division and groups and individual members are communicated at a European Level.
• A conduit information: Relevant developments, news, opportunities from Brussels should be conveyed to our community of active researchers.
• Raising our profile: Work with EPS members to raise the profile of physics and promote the value that physics education and research offers.

Dimensions

• To ensure the President, Executive Committee, Secretary General and where appropriate the wider membership are informed about developments in Brussels in a timely manner.
• To produce thoroughly researched, rigorous and high-standard policy papers and briefings that effectively communicate the EPS’s policy messages to a variety of audiences, including MEPs, employees of the European Commission and the media
• To build and maintain relationships with elected officials and civil servants at the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council of the EU, and other public institutions – including at the national level across Europe.
• Identify of relevant opportunities for the EPS to influence EU policy by contributions to consultations, advisory groups etc. Ensure that the EPS is informed when such opportunities are open and transmit this information to the relevant groups.
• To contribute to the EPS response to policy developments, working to a high standard and within tight deadlines.

Application

We would be interested in receiving proposals including the following:

• Scope of Work: A detailed description of the services you provide
• Approach: how you propose to approach this consultancy
• Costs
• Curriculum Vitae
• Examples of Written Work: Position papers, reports, or other relevant  documents on which you are the sole or leading author.

Applications and enquiries should be sent to: secretariat@eps.org