Scientific development officer
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- Grade
- Not specified
- Contract
- Contract Staff
- Basic salary estimate
- Salary not mapped
- Deadline
- September 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM · Europe/Lisbon
- Location
- Lisbon, Portugal
European Union Drugs Agency
European Union Drugs Agency is the organisation publishing this vacancy. Review the official notice for its mandate, structure and employment conditions.
Radar brief
Scientific development officer is an opportunity at European Union Drugs Agency · Contract Staff · Lisbon, Portugal.
This role is central to ensuring robust data management and analysis to monitor and report the drug situation across Europe, supporting EUDA's strategic objectives.
What you would do
- Manage and validate data collected by the EUDA on the drug situation in Europe.
- Develop and maintain queries, views and tables within a data warehouse for data exploration and analysis.
- Provide support for the development of efficient methods of data validation, storage, transformation, extraction and presentation that are reproducible using scripts.
- Document standard operating procedures for data validation, storage, transformation, extraction and presentation to meet quality assurance requirements.
- Work with scientific analysts to produce tables, graphics and reports for EUDA outputs including the European Drug Report and European Markets Report, and for peer-reviewed scientific articles.
- Review EUDA data outputs for data quality.
- Support the work of scientific analysts, including the preparation for annual expert meetings, data analysis for official reports and scientific manuscripts.
- Support all aspects of the production of the Statistical Bulletin, from data acquisition through to final production and output.
Eligibility snapshot
Must have
- National of one of the Member States of the European Union, Norway or Türkiye.
- Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the laws concerning military service, if applicable.
- Produce the appropriate character references as to the suitability for the performance of the required duties.
- Be physically fit to perform the duties of the post.
- A level of post-secondary education attested by a diploma, OR a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to post-secondary education, and appropriate professional experience of at least three years.
- Thorough knowledge (mother tongue or minimum level C1) of one of the official languages of the European Union and a proven satisfactory knowledge (minimum level B2) of another of these languages.
- At least three years of proven professional experience in data management of large datasets, including a scripting/programming component.
- Advanced expertise in data collection, validation, transformation and documentation of data processing.
Advantageous
- Advanced use and knowledge of programming language used for data management and analysis, preferably R and/or Python.
- Experience working with databases and database structures, in particular SQL query language.
- Experience in applying data governance principles, including metadata management, data quality assurance and documentation standards.
- Experience in providing user support in relation to data systems, tools or outputs.
- Experience supporting the production of recurring statistical publications or analytical reporting outputs.
Contract and workplace context
Contract-agent post. Function group, contract duration and renewal conditions remain governed by the official notice.
Application toolkit
Documents
- Application form on the e-Recruitment site
Selection steps
- Apply via the e-Recruitment site before the deadline.
- Consult the main Job vacancies page for more about the selection process.
Official source
Employer: European Union Drugs Agency Status: Open Contract type: Contract Staff Opening date: 2026-08-17T12:00:00+00:00 Deadline: 2026-09-18T21:59:59+00:00 Application page Details Status Open Opening date 17 August 2026 Deadline 18 September 2026, 23:59 (CEST) Agency EUDA - European Union Drugs Agency Vacancy Type…
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