The position we are recruiting for is situated within the Substance use, harms and responses unit, and the selected candidate will be reporting to the Head of the Health and social responses sector. The jobholder will contribute to the achievement of objectives and outputs in the area of health and social responses to drug-related problems at the individual and societal levels. The focus will be on treatment and related interventions, including outcomes, service quality, social reintegration and comorbidity. The jobholder will be working within the framework of the EUDA’s mandate, responsible for implementing work programme activities, both sector-related and transversal.
The successful applicant will be requested to perform the following main tasks and responsibilities:
- act as a point of reference on health and social responses to drugs, with a focus on drug-related treatment;
- play a key role in the agency’s monitoring and evaluation of drug treatment quality and outcomes analysis;
- coordinate the agency’s developmental work in quality assurance and quality standards in drug treatment services and systems;
- coordinate the development of the EU-QUALITY project on European services quality standards, its implementation and follow-up;
- contribute to the agency’s work with capacity development, capacity building and training for professionals of drug services and systems;
- keep abreast of the latest research and emerging developments in the relevant fields, including drafting rapid reviews for responding to emerging threats;
- draft evidence syntheses and develop high-quality data reporting tools and instruments for implementation and evaluation sciences in areas relevant to drug treatment;
- contribute to the core work and main products of the agency, including the data collection workbooks, the European Drug Report, the European Responses Guide, new services developed by the agency, and the drafting and reviewing of other EUDA publications, as requested;
- support the agency’s work in monitoring health and social services and interventions beyond Europe, as necessary;
- contribute to the general scientific planning and development of the agency;
- contribute to both planned and ad hoc transversal projects;
- represent the agency in relevant scientific meetings and conferences.
