Policy Officer

European Health Management Association

Hours
38 hours per week

Salary
€2,500 - €3,200 per month

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

EHMA is looking for a Policy Officer. The Policy Officer will play a critical role in supporting EHMA’s policy and research agenda, with a particular focus on delivering high-quality, evidence-informed outputs that advance health management in Europe. This role combines policy analysis with research design, delivery, and synthesis, ensuring that EHMA’s contributions are both scientifically rigorous and policy-relevant. The Policy Officer will work with both the Policy Team to ensure the implementation of EHMA’s policy strategy, and the Project Team to ensure the completion of all activities and deliverables for a portfolio of European Commission- and privately-funded projects.

The Policy Officer will report to the Director of Policy and Research and will manage interns and volunteers. The Policy Officer will play a critical role in supporting EHMA’s policy and research agenda, with a particular focus on delivering high-quality, evidence-informed outputs that advance health management in Europe. This role combines policy analysis with research design, delivery, and synthesis, ensuring that EHMA’s contributions are both scientifically rigorous and policy-relevant.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and implementation of EHMA’s policy strategy by identifying emerging trends in health management and aligning key outputs from projects and initiatives with strategic priorities.
• Plan, coordinate, and complete all activities and deliverables within a portfolio of EU and privately funded projects, ensuring compliance with timelines, budgets, and objectives.
• Ensure the integration of research and policy insights into EHMA’s events, trainings, annual conference, communication campaigns, and project deliverables.
• Design and deliver research activities – including surveys, interviews, focus groups, literature reviews, and data analysis – under the guidance of senior staff.
• Develop high-quality written content such as policy briefs, reports, speaking notes, white papers, and content for publications, dissemination activities, and conference programming.
• Co-author EHMA reports, articles, academic outputs, and other publications that contribute to the dissemination and impact of EHMA’s work.
• Coordinate consultation and working groups, conduct stakeholder mapping, maintain strong relationships with partners and networks, and represent EHMA at external conferences, meetings, and advocacy events.

Skills, Competencies & Experience

• Excellent knowledge of global trends in health management as well as sound knowledge of EU institutions and their decision-making processes.
• Experience in the design of research projects, with an understanding of qualitative and quantitative methods, and the ability to deliver research activities such as literature reviews, policy mapping, surveys, interviews, and focus groups.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to facilitate dialogue and incorporate diverse perspectives into research and policy outputs.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and have proven experience in writing articles, policy briefings, speeches, summaries, position papers, and statements.
• Demonstrate outstanding organisational skills, priority setting, and the ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously to meet different deadlines.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office tools, including Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and other virtual collaboration tools.
• Very good interpersonal skills and are a solution-focused team player. Experience working in a small, busy, international team.
• Willing to travel within Europe when required.

Required Qualifications

• Educated to a Master's level in a health-related field experience in policy for the health and care sector.

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

• Remotely working in Brussels, Belgium

How to apply

• Apply online
• To apply, please have ready the following documents in one single attachment, with its filename: Last Name_First Name, Policy Officer
  • 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.
• 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 to the very minimum (unconscious) bias 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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