Notice of call for expressions of interest - Scientific and Technical Support - Various Scientific Profiles - European Food Safety Authority (Parma)

About this position

The summary below is published by European Food Safety Authority on the official vacancy notice. Our own analysis — salary realism, comparable openings, career trajectory, language profile — follows further down the page.

Key responsibilities

According to the vacancy notice, the role centres on the following duties:

• Provide preliminary completeness check of dossiers
• Perform literature analysis and systematic reviews
• Data validation, extraction, appraisal, and processing
• Provide methodological support for literature reviews
• Support data collections from EU Member States and stakeholders
• Prepare summaries and formulate key findings
• Prepare drafts for specific parts of risk assessments
• Perform modelling and geospatial information analysis

Contract and working arrangements

Contract duration: maximum 5 years from first publication.

Hiring unit: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Position details

Reference

EOI/EFSA/2022/01

Last Verified

15 September 2026

Position overview

This is the official EU Careers listing for Notice of call for expressions of interest - Scientific and Technical Support - Various Scientific Profiles at EFSA based in Parma (Other). The vacancy reference is EOI/EFSA/2022/01.

Notice of Call for Expressions of Interest

Scientific and Technical Support in the area of the assessment of Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Biological Hazards and Chemical contaminants, Pesticides, Plant health, Genetically Modified Organisms for food and feed uses, Food Additives, Food Contact Materials, Food Enzymes, Food Flavourings, Feed additives, Novel Foods, and Nutrition

1. INTRODUCTION TO EFSA AS CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

CONTRACTING AUTHORITY:

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Via Carlo Magno 1A Parma 43126

Italy E-mail:[email protected]

More information about EFSA can be found here:http://www.efsa.europa.eu/

2. LIST OF INDIVIDUALS FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SCHEME

2.1 OBJECTIVE OF THE CALL

The objective of this call for expressions of interest is to establish a list of individuals (natural persons) with scientific expertise to assist EFSA in carrying out preparatory work (including data related activities) in support of EFSA’s scientific and risk communication activities with the main focus on the areas of generic risk assessments and the assessment of applications for the authorisation of regulated products, in particular in the areas of Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Biological hazards and Chemical contaminants, Pesticides, Plant health, Genetically Modified Organisms for food and feed uses, Food Additives, Food Contact Materials, Food Enzymes, Food Flavourings, Feed additives, Novel Foods, and Nutrition. The delivered preparatory work will be reviewed by EFSA staff and/or ad hoc experts for its use in EFSA scientific outputs and communications.

This call will replace the previously published calls (EOI/EFSA/NUTRI/2019/01) and (EOI/EFSA/SCIENCE/2020/01). Please refer to article 2.3 for further instructions.

Background Information

Many food and feed related products require a scientific assessment to evaluate their safety and/or efficacy before risk managers can authorise them for the EU market. EFSA carries out these assessments to support EU risk managers in their decision-making. These so-called regulated products include substances used in food and feed (such as additives, enzymes, flavourings, novel foods and nutrient sources), food contact materials and pesticides, genetically modified organisms for food and feed uses, food-related processes and processing aids.

EFSA also carries out hazard (biological and chemical) and risk assessments on non- regulated products and hazard monitoring activities in the area of food and feed safety/efficacy, animal health and welfare, plant health and human nutrition. A detailed description of all our activities can be found on EFSA’s website. Information on the data requirements and the activities performed in a risk assessment within each of the areas can be found in the various guidance documents on EFSA’s website(RESOURCES and APPLICATIONS).

2.2 FIELDS OF EXPERTISE SOUGHT & EXAMPLES OF TYPICAL TYPES OF EXPECTED TASKS

Individuals are required to indicate their area of expertise using the list of knowledge areas in Annex V.

The following list contains examples of tasks that EFSA can entrust to selected candidates[1]:

- Provide preliminary completeness check of dossiers, in compliance with EFSA administrative and scientific guidance documents and guidance from other organisations (eg OECD) that apply to EFSA risk assessment

- Perform specific activities to provide advice in relation to risk assessment (e.g. literature analysis, systematic review, supporting an expert knowledge elicitation, data validation, data extraction, data appraisal, data quality, data cleansing collation and processing, summarising and analysis)

- Methodological support in performing and/or appraising full or part(s) of literature reviews to support evidence-based scientific assessments

- Provide specific support on data collections from EU Member States (MSs) and other stakeholders via preparations for the annual opening of data collection and providing support during the data collections and after closure

- Prepare summaries and formulate key findings (uncertainties, preliminary conclusions, gaps,...) of submitted data/information

- Provide specific support in the preparation of drafts for specific parts of a risk assessment

- Perform specific activities in support of risk assessment (eg modelling, geospatial information analysis and processing, assessment of traceability data,...)

- Perform peer review activities on draft EFSA scientific outputs at different phases of risk assessment to adoption (focusing on the quality, completeness, consistency and accuracy)

- S upport the preparation of public and/or targeted consultations and the preparation of related outcomes (e.g., technical reports)

- Provide ad-hoc support in specific cases (e.g. in relation to the preparation of input data to launch calls-for-data, in relation to specific meetings and/or scientific events).

- Provide expert advice in defining the project idea

- Provide expert advice on specific elements of the tender specifications

- Provide expert advice during the communication phase of the call, e.g. contribution at explanatory webinars, expert contribution to Q/As; prepare presentations and FAQ documents

- Provide an expert opinion about tenders or proposals received, but limiting the opinion to their field of expertise

- Providing expert opinion about the material submitted by the contractor/beneficiary for meetings; provide expert opinion/contribution during the contract/grant implementation meetings

- Provide expert advice/opinions during the re porting phase of the EFSA project/process , contributing with expert knowledge to preparing the presentations for internal and external stakeholders

- Provide expert advice/opinions on the EFSA project/process deliverables (intermediate/final), contributing with expert knowledge to preparing presentations for internal and external stakeholders

- Provide expert advice/opinions on the EFSA project/process close artefacts, contributing with expert knowledge to preparing the final EFSA project/process closure documentations for internal and external stakeholders

- Provide expert advice and support in developing training materials and/or training programmes and/or to deliver training courses as tutors, in scientific topics under the remit of EFSA.

- Provide ad-hoc specific expert scientific advice in different phases of evolution of scientific opinions/assessments, excluding drafting of EFSA opinions and general management of life-cycle of EFSA opinions/assessments.

Please note that, following publication of the call EOI/EFSA/COM/2026/01 with title ‘Expert advice in the area of Communication, Digital and Social Science’ (link here), applications for social science knowledge area and related subareas (‘Communication Science’, ‘Discourse Monitoring and Analysis’, ‘Psychology and Behavioural Science’, ‘Sociology’) are no longer accepted via this call EOI/EFSA/2022/01. Applications are open for the new call ‘Expert advice in the area of Communication, Digital and Social Science’.

[1]General tasks provided by way of example, the list is non exhaustive.

2.3 PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF THE LIST

HOW THE LIST IS ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED

•The procedure has its legal basis in Art 237 of the EU Financial Regulation.

- Individuals submit an expression of interest in accordance with the rules set out in this notice.

•EFSA as the contracting authority will draw up a list of individuals who meet the criteria set out at point 3.

•Individuals included in the list do not act or speak on behalf of EFSA and EFSA cannot be held responsible for their actions and expressions.

•Staff in service at EFSA is not eligible for inclusion in the list and cannot be selected for appointment for specific assignments.

LIST DURATION

The list resulting from this call for expression of interests and any further updates are valid for maximum 5 years from the first publication of the open call for expressions of interest (CEI). The list is intended to cover the period of activity of the EFSA mandate in the areas of Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Biological Hazards, Chemical contaminants, Pesticides, Plant health, Genetically Modified Organisms for Food and Feed uses, Food Additives, Food Contact Materials, Food Enzymes, Food Flavourings, Feed additives, Novel Food and Nutrition in the realm of EFSA’s risk communication mandate. EFSA retains the right to close the open call for expressions of interest (CEI) at any time.

The list resulting from this call for expression of interests will be used exclusively for execution of the tasks such as those described at point 2.2 above.

I nclusion on the list entails no obligation on the part of EFSA to award a contract.

With this new call EFSA envisages to classify all candidates according to knowledge areas that are aligned with the ones used for EFSA experts and staff. Therefore EFSA will invite (written communication within 2 months of the launch of this call) all candidates that have been deemed eligible for the two previous calls (EOI/EFSA/NUTR/2019/01) and (EOI/EFSA/SCIENCE/2020/01) to apply to this new call. To ensure continuity a six-month transition period (starting from the launch of this new call) will be granted to the eligible candidates of the previous calls to apply to this new call. A period during which they can still be contracted by EFSA under the previous calls. If a previous eligible candidate applies to the new call, he/she will automatically be deemed eligible. The valid lists with experts from calls EOI/EFSA/NUTRI/2019/1 and EOI/EFSA/SCIENCE/2020/01 will expire six months after the launch of this new call.

Application timeline

This vacancy was first listed on 27 May 2026, 111 days ago.

No closing date is published in the source feed for this position. EU vacancies typically remain open for four to eight weeks; check the official vacancy notice for the cut-off date and time.

Last verified against the EU Careers feed on 15 September 2026.

Where to learn more

For headcount, mission, and other open vacancies at EFSA see the EFSA institution page; for the cost of living, correction coefficient, and other postings in Parma see our Parma location page.

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