Transparency Officer
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- Grade
- Not specified
- Contract
- Contract Staff
- Basic salary estimate
- Salary not mapped
- Deadline
- September 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM · Europe/Amsterdam
- Location
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
European Medicines Agency
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Radar brief
Transparency Officer is an opportunity at European Medicines Agency · Contract Staff · Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
This role ensures EMA meets its transparency obligations, protecting public health by making medicine information accessible.
What you would do
- Assess commercially confidential information (CCI) and protected personal data (PPD) / anonymisation methodology in the context of document-/data-sharing with stakeholders.
- Peer review of other document managers’ assessments of CCI and anonymisation of personal data within set deadlines.
- Analyse new EU legislation to identify transparency requirements for EMA; participate in the design of implementation plan(s).
- Provide guidance/scientific input to help with identifying and locating documents/data when required.
- Assess CCI and anonymisation of personal data when EMA is consulted as a third party.
- Identify issues and escalate them as required.
- Draft, review and/or develop internal and external procedural guidance documents.
- Respond to requests for information (RFIs) when applicable in line with the Agency’s practice.
Eligibility snapshot
Must have
- Enjoy full rights as a citizen of a European Union Member State, Iceland, Liechtenstein, or Norway.
- Have a thorough knowledge of English (at least level C1) and a satisfactory knowledge of another official language of the European Union (at least level B2).
- Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by applicable laws concerning military service.
- Completed university studies of at least three years in Medicine, Pharmacy, other Life Sciences, Legal or International affairs attested by a diploma obtained by the closing date.
- At least 2 years of relevant professional experience in the field of medicine, pharmacy, research, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, regulatory affairs, transparency, life sciences, scientific or related area.
- Demonstrate sub-family competencies: Regulatory frameworks and strategy (Basic), Applied knowledge (Basic).
- Demonstrate grade competencies: Adaptability and agility (Intermediate), Coping with pressures and setbacks (Intermediate), Analysing and problem solving (Intermediate).
- Demonstrate core competencies: Ethics and integrity, Team collaboration, Customer centricity, Results orientation, Communication, Cross-cultural sensitivity (all Intermediate), Continuous learning and self-development (Basic).
Advantageous
- Experience in regulatory affairs of medicinal products and/or medical, pharmaceutical, or life sciences field.
- Experience in working as part of a multinational team.
- Knowledge of regulatory affairs.
- Knowledge of the development of medicinal products.
- Knowledge of the anonymisation of personal data.
- In regulatory affairs of medicinal products and/or medical, pharmaceutical, or life sciences field;
- In working as part of a multinational team.
- Knowledge of the development of medicinal products;
Contract and workplace context
Contract-agent post. Function group, contract duration and renewal conditions remain governed by the official notice.
Application toolkit
Documents
- Documentary evidence of general condition 1 (citizenship) and specific condition 1 (diploma) at the interview stage.
- Other opportunities Seconded National Experts Interims Trainees Collaborating Expert
Selection steps
- Submit application by deadline.
- Eligibility check based on application form.
- Shortlisting based on responses to pre-defined questions and application.
- Preliminary assessments (estimated for 08-09 October 2026).
- Final assessments (estimated for week 26 October or early November 2026).
- Personality assessments (e.g. SHL OPQ32) to assess Core Competencies.
- Additional assessments such as cognitive (e.g. deductive reasoning) may be foreseen.
- Placement on reserve list and/or job offer.
Questions to prepare
Plan evidence and examples before opening the official application form.
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When answering a question, you should include all relevant information, even if it is already mentioned in other sections of your application form.
- All candidates must answer the pre-defined set of questions based on Need to have criteria and sub-family competencies.
Official source
Employer: European Medicines Agency Status: Open Contract type: Contract Staff Opening date: 2026-08-05T12:00:00+00:00 Deadline: 2026-09-06T21:59:00+00:00 Application page Details Status Open Opening date 5 August 2026 Deadline 6 September 2026, 23:59 (CEST) Department European Medicines Agency Agency EMA - European…
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