Scientific Project Manager - Brussels, België - ILSI Europe

Beschrijving

Organisation
ILSI Europe is the European Branch of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), a global, non-profit federation.

Our mission is to develop, communicate & disseminate science-based guidance to tackle food and public health challenges by facilitating collaboration and consensus building between academic, industry and public service experts.

The ILSI Europe portfolio consists of projects initiated and supported by 14 Task forces, and of EU funded projects.

ILSI Europe activities are very diverse going from management of expert groups that assemble science, to organisation of workshop and international events, to summarizing and communication via various channels our scientific output.

ILSI Europe activities are coordinated by an international staff of 13.


Location

ILSI Europe is located in Brussels and the role is expected to be fulfilled partly in its office and partly from home (address in Belgium).

Mission

The Scientific Project Manager (SPM) manages task forces and related scientific projects in the field of food safety, nutrition and/or sustainability.

He/she supports experts in their scientific mission and to achieve the agreed project objectives. The SPM ensures that the project works meets the quality expectations. He/she reports to the Scientific Programme Director (SPD), and he/she supports in establishing scientific relationships with key stakeholders. Furthermore, he/she organises the dissemination of scientific output at conferences, webinars etc. in collaboration with the Communications Manager (CM) and event officer (EO). The SPM also supports membership recruitment efforts.


Reporting & supervisory relationships

• Reports to the Scientific Programme Director
• Directly manages some of ILSI Europe's task forces and related expert groups

Responsibilities

• Task force (TF) / expert group (EG) management in accordance with ILSI Europe's rules, principles and policies
• Ensures that projects reach their objectives (qualitative and timely scientific output, adequate communication and dissemination)
• Manages projects in a professional and timely manner
• Generates relevant documents like minutes, agendas and information documents
• Initiates and follows the manuscript review process by journals and ensures publication of scientific output in open access
• Organises meetings, calls and dissemination events in accordance with the planned TF budget
• Plans, manages and executes the TF budget
• Ensures that members and experts are aware of important and relevant information (for instance change in the scientific programme of the TF/EG, experts' involvement in projects, finances, SAC/BOD decisions etc.)
• Keep up to date with relevant scientific developments related to the task force work, including that of international organisations and reports back to relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Presenting the outcome and impact of the task force activities in meetings and conferences,
• Establishing contact with renowned scientists and coordinating their work.

Scientific expertise

• Ideally a MSc in Nutrition and/or related fields, Food Engineering or Biomedical Sciences
• Experience in life sciences (food safety, nutrition, toxicology, biology, agriculture, sustainability)

Experience required

• Previous experience in scientific project management in food safety in an international organization will be considered as a plus
• Previous experience in developing narrative and/or systematic reviews and publishing in peer reviewed journals will be considered as a plus
• Stakeholder management
• Budget management
• Working experience in industry and/or regulatory domain is an added value
• Familiar with digital technologies is a plus

Skills & abilities required

• Strong organisational, project management
• Problem solving skills and pragmatic
• Highly articulate individual with excellent interpersonal communication and diplomacy
• Dynamic, proactive, communicative individual
• Rigorous person
• Strong team and constructive spirit, eager to contribute to common objectives.
• Aligned with ILSI Europe code of ethics and values
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English is a must
• Able to travel throughout Europe few times (<5x) per year
• European citizenship or holding an EU working permit

We offer

• Initially a oneyear contract, with renewal options
• A multicultural, dynamic, flexible working environment,
• Excellent networking opportunities with academic, industry and public sector scientists
• Permanent learning curve

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