🇧🇪 EU Projects Officer Job in Belgium 🎗️ EU-Funded Cancer Project Management at the European Cancer Organisation 📋

Are you interested in project management, public health and EU funding programmes, and do you want to contribute to a mission that improves the lives of cancer patients, survivors and their families across Europe? In this full-time Brussels-based role, you will support a portfolio of EU-funded projects contributing to Europe's Beating Cancer Plan and the EU Cancer Mission, working closely with experts, clinicians, patients, carers and policymakers to help deliver meaningful change in cancer prevention, care and quality of life.

🎗️ About the European Cancer Organisation

The European Cancer Organisation is a not-for-profit federation of 40 healthcare professional organisations and 21 patient groups committed to reducing the burden of cancer. It brings together oncology professionals, survivors, patients, carers and civil society to shape and implement evidence-based policy and advocate for progress across the entire cancer care pathway. The organisation is actively involved in a high number of EU-funded research and policy implementation initiatives that encompass areas such as improving quality of life for survivors and patients, strengthening cancer screening and early detection, enhancing the training of oncology professionals and advancing collaborative cancer care networks, and it plays a key role in stakeholder engagement, patient involvement, policy translation of research findings, advocacy, communication and dissemination.

📋 Your Responsibilities

📅 Contribute to the effective coordination and delivery of EU-funded projects in which the organisation participates, being responsible for the monitoring of timelines and deliverables, ensuring smooth internal workflows, maintaining organised project records, and helping prepare materials such as agendas, presentations, reports and meeting minutes

🤝 Act as a main point of contact for project partners, ensuring clear communication and the timely exchange of information

🎪 Play a role in the organisation of meetings and events, working closely with the Operations team to manage scheduling, logistics and follow-up

📝 Support the organisation's participation in new project proposals, from monitoring new calls to drafting elements of project applications, helping coordinate internal inputs and liaising with colleagues involved in drafting contributions

🇪🇺 Contribute to the organisation's broader engagement with EU-funded initiatives relevant to cancer policy, extending beyond the projects in which it is a direct partner

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✅ Who We're Looking For

🗂️ A motivated and proactive professional eager to grow within the EU health policy funding landscape, highly organised, attentive to detail and comfortable managing multiple parallel tasks

🗣️ Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present information clearly and to the point and maintain constructive relationships with diverse partners

🔧 Someone who enjoys problem-solving, is willing to take initiative, and can keep calm and focused when navigating complexity or dealing with unexpected challenges

💼 1 to 2 years of prior professional experience in project management is required, with knowledge of EU funding programmes, particularly EU4Health and Horizon Europe, being an advantage

🌐 Fluency in written and spoken English is critical, and proficiency in additional European languages is welcome

💻 Proficiency using Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, is required

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🎁 What the Role Offers

🎗️ The opportunity to contribute to impactful European initiatives that improve the lives of cancer patients, survivors and families, gaining experience in public health, EU-funded project management and policy implementation

🤝 Working closely with high-level experts, policy leaders and EU institutions, while gaining insight into the functioning of an active, mission-driven not-for-profit organisation, in a dynamic collaborative environment

📋 The Details

📍 Location: Brussels, Belgium

📄 Contract: full-time, contrat à durée indéterminée, meaning a permanent contract

🗣️ Working language: English

👤 Reports to: EU Projects Lead

⚠️ The organisation is unable to provide visa or work permit sponsorship, so applicants must have the legal right to work in Belgium at the time of application

🏠 Staff members are expected to be present in the Brussels office an average of four days per week, with one day of teleworking permitted

📌 The offer does not state a salary figure, and applicants are asked to indicate their salary expectations

📩 How to Apply

Send your CV, a cover letter of maximum one page written in your own voice, your salary expectations and your earliest start date and any notice period, with the subject line "EU Projects Officer", to the jobs email address. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and the organisation reserves the right to close the process and appoint a candidate before the deadline. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and the selection process includes a written assignment.