Deadline:
November 30, 2025
Location(s)
Italy
Emilia-Romagna, Parma
Overview
Would you like to join our Agency for a few months and take part in our different projects? Would you be interested to share your expertise with us while gaining valuable insights from the work we do to ensure food safety within the EU? Would you like to enter the EU Agencies ecosystem and get a hands-on experience?
As a guest professional, you would bring your expertise to EFSA and take back to your home administration or university the knowledge acquired during your period of secondment.
Details
The Guest Programme is open to PhD candidates and employees of public administration, institutions or international organisations. It is a cost-free scheme for which EFSA does not pay any financial contribution to the selected candidates. The secondment will take place either at the premises of EFSA or remotely.
Your key objectives
- Under the supervision of an Adviser within the unit of assignment, you will have the opportunity to:
- Gain first-hand experience in a scientific EU Agency allowing you to develop new competencies and skills in line with personal interests and professional aspirations;
- Contribute to specific and/or research projects with new ideas and innovative solutions;
- Bring forward your project and deepen your research in collaboration with experts in the field;
- Extend links to the international risk assessment community;
- Provide support to the implementation of Risk Assessment capacity building in Europe.
WHY EFSA
You will play an active role in an organisation that makes a difference to the lives of 445 million EU citizens. EFSA employs approximately 520 staff members, and its Scientific Committee and Panels engage highly qualified and independent scientific experts. Every position within EFSA plays an important part in creating an inspirational environment in which to work and develop.
EFSA’s standards and values are driven by ethics and integrity and all staff is expected to act in a manner consistent with its principles, including fairness, transparency and impartiality in work practices and conduct towards other people.
As an EFSA staff member, you will have the chance to make a difference to European food safety working in an international and dynamic environment. You will also be able to participate in several valuable networking opportunities across Europe.
Furthermore, you will be joining EFSA at an exciting time as we are preparing for the implementation of the Transparency Regulation: EFSA will expand its mandate and grow considerably over the next few years.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Eligibility criteria
- Have a good knowledge of English (minimum level: B2 - according to CEFR).
- Meet the character requirements needed for the duties involved (e.g. a sworn affidavit to the effect that you have no criminal record).
- PhD candidates must prove that they are currently enrolled in a PhD program.
- Candidates from public administration / institutions or international government organisations should have the prior agreement of their organisation.
Dates
Deadline: November 30, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
EFSA does not pay any financial contribution to the selected candidates or cover any expenses incurred by them, other than those related to the performance of their duties during their secondment.
The duration of the placement will be specified in the offer and cannot exceed the maximum period mentioned below, regardless of whether the time is spent at intervals or in full. More specifically the period could be:
- 12 months maximum, for candidates from a public entity or international organisation, or
- 6 months maximum, for PhD candidates.
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