Collaborating Expert on Careers Website - European Medicines Agency (Amsterdam)

About this position

The summary below is published by European Medicines Agency 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:

• Review current EMA careers website from candidate-experience and employer-brand perspective
• Assess website's information architecture, navigation, content hierarchy and candidate journeys
• Benchmark careers websites and recruitment practices of other EU institutions and agencies
• Identify candidate needs and gaps in current careers content
• Develop recommendations for clearer and more engaging careers website structure
• Review how EMA's employer value proposition, mission, culture and working environment are communicated
• Ensure proposed improvements are consistent with EMA's corporate brand and visual identity
• Propose approaches for presenting vacancies, career areas, employee stories, benefits and recruitment process

Are you eligible?

Check these requirements from the notice before investing time in an application:

• Education: Degree in Communications, Marketing, Digital Media, Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Design, Information Technology, or another relevant field
• Experience: Professional experience in careers website development or optimisation, employer branding or recruitment marketing, digital communications and web content, user experience (UX), information architecture or service design, candidate experience, corporate branding and brand implementation, or content strategy or digital storytelling. Experience translating organisational objectives and user needs i…
• Languages: English (C1), Official EU language (B2)
• Key skills: Careers website development or optimisation, Employer branding or recruitment marketing, Digital communications and web content, User experience (UX), information architecture or service design, Candidate experience, Corporate branding and brand implementation, Content strategy or digital storytelling, Stakeholder management across different professional areas, Balancing candidate experience, recruitment needs, corporate communications and brand requirements
• Eligibility: Be a paid employee from an EU or non-EU, public or academic organisation (e.g. national competent authority, international regulator, research institutions or international organisations), or a post graduate student within such organisations. Proof of employment/student status and agreement in principle of employer/academic institution will be requested.

Contract and working arrangements

Contract duration: 3-6 months, extendable if needed.

Working arrangements: Remote (occasionally on EMA premises). Part-time position, 20 hours per week..

Hiring unit: Administration & Corporate MGMT Division, Talent Acquisition Office.

Position overview

This is the official EU Careers listing for Collaborating Expert on Careers Website at EMA based in Amsterdam (Other).

Type of position:Collaborating Experts

Job Type:2 November 2026 at 2026 23:59 CET

Organizational Unit:Administration & Corporate MGMT Division

Talent Acquisition Office

Place of work: Remote (occasionally on EMA premises).

Proposed length: 3-6months (extendable if needed).This position is part-time. The successful candidate will be able to dedicate 20 hours per week to the collaboration.

Remuneration:Experts should be salaried by their employer or be a post-graduate student (financed by their educational entity or self-financed).

Deadline for applications: 2 November 202623:59 CET

The European Medicines Agency is a decentralized body of the European Union with all its offices and Headquarters based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Its core responsibility is the protection and promotion of public and animal health through the evaluation and supervision of medicines.

The Collaborating Expert Programme is addressed to scientists and professionals who can share their expertise in a particular area of European Medicines Agency’s activities or are interested in collaborative research projects related to EMA’s scientific work.

The aim is to provide a mechanism for EMA and external researchers to collaborate in identifying and tackling important research questions to support regulatory decision-making.

This will help ensure that regulatory science remains at the cutting edge so that EMA can deliver its fundamental mission of protecting human and animal health and facilitating the availability of medicines to patients.

This announcement is governed by the Policy 0083. For further information please visit ourCollaborating Expert Programmewebsite.

Strategic area / objective

Help us shape the future of EMA Careers

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is looking for a Collaborating Expert in careers website development and employer branding to help us improve the way we present EMA as an employer and engage with prospective candidates.

Our careers website is an important part of the candidate journey. We want to make it easier for people to understand who we are, why they should consider a career at EMA, where they could contribute and how to join us.

Working closely with Talent Acquisition, Communications and other relevant teams, you will review our current careers website and help develop recommendations for a more engaging, accessible and candidate-centred experience, fully aligned with the EMA corporate brand and digital identity.

Specific projects

What you will work on

Your assignment will focus on the review and improvement of the EMA careers website and its employer-branding content.

You will: - review the current EMA careers website from a candidate-experience and employer-brand perspective; - assess the website's information architecture, navigation, content hierarchy and candidate journeys; - benchmark careers websites and recruitment practices of other EU institutions, agencies and relevant external organisations; - identify candidate needs and potential gaps in the current careers content; - develop recommendations for a clearer and more engaging careers website structure; - review how EMA's employer value proposition, mission, culture and working environment are communicated to prospective candidates; - ensure proposed improvements are consistent with EMA's corporate brand, visual identity, tone of voice and wider web presence; - propose approaches for presenting vacancies, career areas, employee stories, benefits, working arrangements, relocation information and the EMA recruitment process; - consider accessibility, mobile usability, inclusive communication and good digital-content practices; - support the development of new or revised careers content, page concepts, templates and candidate-facing materials; and - propose practical measures and indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of the improved careers website.

Deliverables

What we would like you to deliver

After 3 months:

Careers website review An assessment of the current website, including strengths, gaps and opportunities for improvement.

Benchmark and good-practice review Examples and insights from high-performing careers websites and relevant public-sector and EU organisations.

Candidate journey and information architecture Recommendations for how candidates should navigate the website—from discovering EMA through to finding and applying for an opportunity.

Employer-brand recommendations Recommendations for presenting EMA consistently and authentically as an employer while remaining aligned with the EMA corporate brand.

After 6 months:

Careers website concept A proposed structure for the future EMA careers website, including key pages, content hierarchy and user journeys.

Content and page concepts Examples or prototypes for priority pages, such as the careers homepage, vacancy pages, “Why EMA?”, “How we hire”, career areas, benefits and working at EMA.

Implementation roadmap Prioritised recommendations distinguishing quick wins from medium- and longer-term improvements.

Benefits for the expert

You will work primarily with EMA's Talent Acquisition team, in close collaboration with colleagues responsible for communications.

The assignment offers an opportunity to contribute directly to how EMA presents itself to future colleagues and to help create a careers experience that reflects both EMA's public-health mission and its identity as an employer.

Benefits for the collaborating institution

This collaboration offers the participating institution an opportunity to contribute to the development of EMA's digital recruitment and employer-branding practices while supporting professional development and knowledge exchange. Through the assignment, the collaborating institution may benefit from: Knowledge sharing and transfer: Access to insights and good practices in employer branding, digital recruitment, careers website development and candidate experience. Professional development: The opportunity for its expert to broaden their expertise through practical experience in a multicultural EU environment and bring new knowledge and approaches back to their home institution. Cross-institutional collaboration: Strengthened professional relationships and exchange of experience with EMA's Talent Acquisition, Communications and digital teams. Transferable outcomes: Exposure to methodologies and approaches that may support improvements to the collaborating institution's own recruitment communications and digital channels. Contribution to the European regulatory network: An opportunity to support EMA's efforts to attract and engage talent, contributing to the long-term development of capabilities across the European medicines regulatory network. The assignment is intended to promote mutual learning, professional exchange and cooperation between EMA and the collaborating institution.

Essential requirements

Eligibility criteria: •Meet the requirements stated in the profile description;•Be a paid employee from an EU or non-EU, public or academic organisation (e.g. national competent authority, international regulator, research institutions or international organisations), or a post graduate student within such organisations.Proof of employment/student status and agreement in principle of employer/academic institution will be requested.;•Have a thorough knowledge of English (at least level C1). Good knowledge of another official EU language (at least B2) is an asset, as per the Common European Framework for Languages.

Univeristy Degree(s):

Essential: Degree in Communications, Marketing, Digital Media, Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Design, Information Technology, or another relevant field.

Experience and Additional Skills

We are particularly interested in candidates with professional experience in one or more of the following areas:

- careers website development or optimisation; - employer branding or recruitment marketing; - digital communications and web content; - user experience (UX), information architecture or service design; - candidate experience; - corporate branding and brand implementation; - content strategy or digital storytelling.

You should have experience translating organisational objectives and user needs into practical digital solutions and engaging online content.

Experience working with complex, international or public-sector organisations would be an advantage. You should also be comfortable working with stakeholders from different professional areas and balancing candidate experience, recruitment needs, corporate communications, brand requirements, accessibility and organisational constraints.

Application timeline

This vacancy was first listed on 14 October 2026, 4 days ago.

The application deadline is 2 November 2026, 13 days from today. Late applications are not accepted, so submit through the official EU Careers portal well in advance.

Last verified against the EU Careers feed on 18 October 2026.

Where to learn more

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

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