Policy Manager

European Health Management Association

Hours
38 hours per week

About the Organisation

European Health Management Association (EHMA) is the only membership association in Europe that brings together the full health ecosystem of health managers, informal and formal caregivers, patients, legislators, educators, policymakers and regulators, public health experts, researchers, health insurance experts, and industry. We coordinate projects, events, and initiatives aimed at creating a clear health vision and alignment strategy, as well as lay down the organizational, societal, and technological conditions to achieve optimal health outcomes for individual patients and the entire community. There are currently 15 highly skilled colleagues in the office contributing to an active, diverse, and dynamic work environment.

About the role

To build excellence in health management, we lead initiatives including research projects, working groups, policy and communication campaigns, and events. We are organised in three departments: Policy & Research, Communications, and Operations. The Senior Management and the Management teams provide leadership and support to all departments.

EHMA is looking for a Policy Manager to lead high-quality policy and research activities that support effective health management across Europe. The Policy Manager will combine policy analysis, research, project delivery and stakeholder engagement to ensure that EHMA contributes credible evidence and a strong health management perspective to European policy discussions.

The Policy Manager will monitor and analyse European policy developments and relevant policy files, assess their implications for health management, and identify opportunities for EHMA to inform and influence policy. They will conduct and oversee policy research, develop evidence-based recommendations, engage EHMA members and stakeholders, and translate evidence into impactful policy outputs and activities.

The Policy Manager will also lead the substantive delivery of a portfolio of EU-funded and privately funded projects and contribute policy expertise across EHMA’s wider activities, including conferences, events, working groups and policy networks. The Policy Manager will report to the Director of Policy and Research and will manage one Policy Officer.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the substantive delivery of a portfolio of EU-funded and privately funded projects, managing policy and research activities, producing high-quality deliverables, maintaining strong relationships with partners and stakeholders, and ensuring that the health management perspective is effectively reflected throughout the work.
• Monitor and analyse European health policy developments and relevant policy files, assess their implications for health management, develop evidence-based policy positions and recommendations, and identify and pursue opportunities to influence policy and legislation.
• Conduct policy research, including designing research methodologies and surveys, collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data, interpreting findings, and developing evidence-based policy recommendations.
• Contribute to and represent EHMA across internal and external policy activities, including policy networks, conferences, events, working groups and other meetings, ensuring that the health management perspective informs discussions and that relevant policy intelligence and opportunities are brought into EHMA’s work.
• Develop high-quality and impactful policy outputs and engagement activities, including policy briefs, reports, presentations, campaigns and policy events, adapting content and messaging to different audiences to stimulate discussion, engagement and action.
• Coordinate EHMA’s responses to relevant policy consultations, actively engaging EHMA members and stakeholders to ensure that their perspectives and expertise are reflected in EHMA’s responses.
• Contribute to the development of new funding opportunities and project proposals, providing policy and technical expertise and proactively identifying opportunities aligned with EHMA’s mission and areas of work.

Skills, Competencies, Experience & Attributes

Knowledge:

• Excellent understanding of health management issues.
• In-depth knowledge of the European health ecosystem.
• Advanced knowledge of current European policy topics relevant to health management.
• Sound knowledge of EU institutions and their decision-making processes.
• Strong understanding of European and international trends in health management.

General Competencies for all staff:

• Uphold EHMA’s statutes, vision and values.
• Adhere to EHMA’s policies and procedures.
• Fluency in English, spoken and written.
• Strong writing and communication skills.
• Provide outstanding customer service to our members, colleagues, board, and stakeholders.
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work flexibly, manage competing priorities, and handle multiple tasks.
• Maintain positive and constructive working relationships across teams.
• Have a can-do attitude and be solution-focused.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with data protection requirements.
• Adhere to all internal and external policies and procedures and contribute to their ongoing development.
• Have regard for personal health and safety and that of others.
• Ability to travel across Europe and occasionally beyond, including overnight and multi-day travel.
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office and SharePoint.

Policy Competencies:

• Strong policy research and analytical skills.
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, including survey design and data analysis.
• Ability to identify, process and critically analyse relevant information from multiple sources.
• Ability to monitor and interpret European policy developments and policy files, identifying their implications for health management.
• Sound policy judgement and ability to develop credible, evidence-based recommendations.
• Ability to identify and pursue opportunities for policy influence and advocacy.
• Experience in stakeholder and member consultation and engagement.
• Ability to apply a health management perspective across different policy topics, projects and contexts.

Communications Competencies:

• Excellent writing skills and ability to develop clear, concise and impactful policy content.
• Ability to translate complex evidence and policy issues into accessible and compelling messages.
• Strong understanding of different audiences and ability to adapt language, content and messaging accordingly.
• Ability to develop a range of policy outputs, including policy briefs, reports, presentations, speaking notes and advocacy materials.
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.
• Confidence and credibility to represent EHMA in external meetings, events and policy discussions.
• Ability to prepare senior management and other EHMA representatives for external speaking and engagement opportunities.
• Ability to work effectively with the Communications Team to translate policy activities and outputs into relevant external communication.

Project Management Competencies:

• Advanced project management skills.
• Ability to plan, coordinate and deliver complex projects and activities against agreed objectives, timelines and deliverables.
• Strong partner and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to coordinate contributions from internal and external collaborators and ensure effective delivery of shared outputs.
• Ability to anticipate challenges, identify solutions and keep project delivery on track.
• Experience contributing to the development of project proposals and building effective project consortia.

Financial Competencies:

• Ability to manage activities within agreed project budgets.
• Ability to plan and monitor the effective use of project resources, including staff time.
• Sound understanding of the financial implications of project planning and delivery.
• Ability to contribute to the development of budgets for funding proposals.

Leadership:

• Ability to manage, support and develop staff effectively.
• Sound judgement and confidence to make decisions within the responsibilities and authority of the role.
• Ability to take ownership of work, proactively identify challenges and develop solutions.
• Ability to foster collaboration and constructive working relationships across teams.
• Ability to represent EHMA’s interests and values with professionalism and integrity.
• Commitment to putting EHMA’s mission, members and organisational interests at the centre of external representation and engagement.

Cultural Competencies:

• Recognise the role of gender, cultural, social, and behavioural factors in the accessibility, availability, acceptability and delivery of all EHMA initiatives.

Partnership Dimensions:

• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with policy-makers, EHMA members, partners, stakeholders, industry and subject matter experts.
• Ability to build and sustain networks that support EHMA’s policy objectives and strengthen its influence.
• Work effectively with European partners and organisations internationally.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience working in a European or international policy environment.
• Experience working on EU-funded projects.
• Previous experience managing staff.
• Fluency in one or more European languages in addition to English.

Compensation & Benefits

• Meal Vouchers
• €8 per day worked 
• €50 a month for phone reimbursement (public)
• Transport Reimbursement
• Complementary Pension
• Hospitalisation Insurance
• Ambulatory and Dental Care
• 5 days of paid Extra-Legal holidays over the Christmas period.

Conditions of employment

• You need to be eligible to work in Belgium

Working locations

• Hybrid model, working in the Brussels office and remotely
• Occasional travel required.

How to apply

• Apply on our website
• To apply, please have the following documents ready in a single attachment, with the filename: Last Name_First Name, Policy Manager
  • Your CV (maximum 3 pages).
  • A motivation letter (maximum 2 pages). In your motivation letter, please explain why you are applying for this position and how your experience responds to the profile requirements. Please also detail your salary and benefits expectations, and the reasons for your request.
• No other attachments are required, and we ask you not to include any additional information at this stage.
• Please note that applications that do not follow the above instructions will be disregarded.
• We strongly encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible, as we will conduct this recruitment on a rolling basis.
• We expect the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.
• For further information, please email the Director of Policy and Research, Ms Alexis Strader, at [email protected]

Policies

We are committed to building an inclusive working environment, and we want all our staff to thrive. We value the diversity that every staff member brings to EHMA. We offer a flexible working environment, and reasonable accommodations will be made for people who identify as living with a disability. We are also committed to reducing unconscious bias to the very minimum and making the recruitment process as objective as possible. We assess applications and interviews through a point-based system and candidates are asked the same interview questions. We also offer personal feedback to all applicants who request it.

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