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Interesting in joining the EMBRC team? See below for open positions at the headquarters in Paris. Select positions at EMBRC ‘nodes’ (ie country members) may also be listed, as relevant.

EU Project Manager
Full-time
24 Sep 2023
Paris, France (Headquaters)

Purpose

The European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC) is seeking a motivated and experienced Project Manager (PM) to run a recently won Horizon Europe project on marine biodiversity and biodiversity observation. The MARCO-BOLO project, which unites more than 20 academic partners across Europe, aims to improve our ability to monitor, observe and predict marine biodiversity for better preservation, conservation, and management of marine ecosystems in Europe. The project manager will ensure a smooth delivery of the project, anticipating deadlines, events, and deliverables.

Contract

4-year contract

Central department

EMBRC-ERIC Secretariat

Location

EMBRC-ERIC Headquarters, Campus de Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, France, c/o Sorbonne Université, Paris 75005.

Start date

1st December 2022

About EMBRC

The European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC) is a distributed pan-European research infrastructure that aims to provide a strategic delivery mechanism for excellent and large-scale marine science in Europe. With its services, EMBRC-ERIC supports both fundamental and applied research based on marine bioresources and marine ecosystems. EMBRC-ERIC is centrally managed by the EMBRC-ERIC Executive Director, with the support of the EMBRC-ERIC Secretariat. The working language is English, and knowledge of French will be advantageous.

For further information:

Description of MARCO-BOLO

MARCO-BOLO (MBO) aims to structure and strengthen European coastal and marine biodiversity observation capabilities, linking them to global efforts to understand and restore ocean health, hence ensuring that outputs respond to explicit stakeholder needs from policy, planning and industry. To this end MBO will establish and engage with a Community of Practice (CoP) to determine end- user needs with the aim of optimising marine data flows, knowledge uptake, and improving governance-based on biodiversity observations.

By exploiting synergies with concurrent projects MBO will develop and demonstrate new autonomous technology for biodiversity mapping and monitoring, and data streams from remote sensing, eDNA, robotics, optical and acoustic observations. Protocols for eDNA-based biodiversity observations are established and validated across applications, taxa and ecosystems. The sequence of the analytical and technical processes for the different use cases will be incorporated into operational Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) and included into online reusable workflows, contributing to the free and open access of EU and global biodiversity information facilities, and to support major EU biodiversity directives and global initiatives.

The project partnership will leverage its international activities (MBON, GOOS, OBIS) and participation in UN Ocean Decade Programmes (Marine Life 2030, OBON, ODIS, Ocean Practices for the Decade) to align the MBO work programme to global CoP, ensuring European participation and leadership in global biodiversity monitoring and global science. MBO results will be designed to build upon existing capability and infrastructures, and to be relevant to existing frameworks so that outputs can be easily integrated into national, regional (EU and adjacent sea basins), and global observation systems, with no delay ensuring the reusability of the investments Europe is already making in data generation.

Mission and Objectives
 

Under the supervision of the project coordinator, Nicolas Pade, the PM will be in charge of the smooth running and delivery of the MARCO-BOLO project from the official kick-off until the final reporting of the project. In their role, the PM will ensure the timely delivery of all deliverables and reporting duties, and will be the main contact point for the consortium partners and for the European Commission’s project officer. They will also play an active role in the delivery of parts of the project and represent the project in discussions and coordination with related Horizon-funded projects. The PM will work directly with the project coordinator and the project Implementation Board. Whereas MARCO-BOLO will be the main task of this project management position, the PM will also be expected to help on other projects in the EMBRC portfolio, as time and effort permits.

Main Responsibilities
 

    • Communication with the European Commission (EC) and the Project Officer assigned to MARCO-BOLO;
    • Ensure the delivery of the project as defined in the Grant Agreement, and ensure the compliance of all consortium members;
    • Financial and administrative monitoring of the project, ensuring budgets are spent and expenses are within the allocated budgets, coordinating the timely reporting of the project to the EC;
    • Advice, guide and support the logistical and scientific delivery of the project, verifying and checking all deliverables adhere to the Description of Work and Grant Agreement;
    • Ensure the due involvement and management of the projects advisory bodies;
    • Supervise and support the internal and external project communication;
    • Organise, participate, and minute taking in project meetings;
    • Manage and anticipate potential conflicts;
    • Manage project risks, possible deviations, and mitigating measures;
    • Support the management through organising travel, handling ordering of necessary materials and obtaining the necessary quotes;
    • Provide general support and advice to other on-going projects in the EMBRC portfolio and assist the submission of future projects.

Desirable Skills
 

  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing Horizon-type projects;
  • Understanding of marine biology, ecology, and/or observation;
  • Understanding and familiarity with the research environment;
  • Experience in organising, running, and animating meetings and workshops;
  • Excellent note-taking abilities;
  • Excellent command of oral and written English. Good command of French is a bonus;
  • Strong writing abilities and report drafting;
  • Full command of Microsoft Office or equivalent;

Special Personal Attributes Required for the Position

  • Strong interpersonal and networking abilities;
  • Accustomed to working with a high-degree of transparency and in close interaction with colleagues;
  • Able to work towards precise objectives under specific time constraints;
  • Ability to plan ahead and anticipate tasks and obstacles;
  • Commitment to producing high-quality work;
  • Excellent organizational skills, including the time management of personal and team assignments;
  • International work experience;

Remuneration

Competitive, experience based salary (Gross salary point around €36 000 ).

A benefit package will be offered, including comprehensive health insurance, public transportation subsidy, and flexible work environment with up to two days remote working per week. All staff benefit from 7 weeks of paid leave.

Conditions

4 year contract with 3 month probation period.

Overtime may be required to meet activity deadlines.

National and international travel will be required occasionally for the purpose of meeting with internal and external stakeholders.

EMBRC-ERIC is an equal opportunities employer.

Application
 

Applicants should send a CV along with a covering letter (as one PDF document) that summarises their relevant experience, and in particular any scientific communication expertise, links to online activities or at least two pieces of original content created, current salary, and why they are enthusiastic about this opportunity. They should include the names and contact information of at least two references.

Enclose this document in an email message, with subject: “EMBRC Project Manager” addressed to: <secretariat@embrc.eu>.

Applications will be accepted until midnight on 24th September, 2023.

 

 

EU Project Manager
Full-time
18 Aug 2023, 15 Sep 2023
Paris, France

Purpose

The eDNAqua_Plan Project Manager (PM) is responsible for managing the project eDNAqua_Plan, which is coordinated by EMBRC-ERIC. The PM’s primary role will be to ensure a smooth delivery of the project, anticipating deadlines, events, and deliverables, in close collaboration with the project coordinator. The PM will join the growing project team at EMBRC, which manages the considerable portfolio of projects the organisation is involved in. The PM will support the administrative component of projects funded by the European Commission, on reporting, Grant Agreement and Consortium Agreement review and validation, and financial reporting. The PM will, when necessary, support the administrative development of project proposals.

Contract

2-year contract, full time.

Central department

EMBRC-ERIC Secretariat

Location

EMBRC-ERIC Headquarters, Campus de Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, France, c/o Sorbonne Université, Paris 75005 OR remotely in Europe.

Start date

As soon as possible.

About EMBRC

The European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC) is a distributed pan-European research infrastructure that aims to provide a strategic delivery mechanism for excellent and large-scale marine science in Europe. With its services, EMBRC-ERIC supports both fundamental and applied research based on marine bioresources and marine ecosystems. EMBRC-ERIC is centrally managed by the EMBRC-ERIC Executive Director, with the support of the EMBRC-ERIC Secretariat. The working language is English, and knowledge of French will be advantageous.

For further information:

Description of eDNAqua_Plan

The EU Mission to restore our Oceans and Waters by 2030 relies on robust, reliable and ideally real-time biodiversity data. The analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) extracted from water or sediment, represents a major source of innovation in aquatic ecosystem monitoring with great potential to support the EU Mission. The central limitation for the routine implementation of eDNA-based methods are incomplete, disconnected and non-standardized reference libraries for taxonomic assignment as well as a lack of harmonised metadata. To support the coordination of the EU Mission Ocean strategy, eDNAqua-Plan will 1) collect information on existing projects, initiatives and infrastructures for aquatic monitoring in the EU and associated countries, 2) provide an overview of all national and international activities of standardization and interoperationalisation of methods and data workflows and 3) assess the relevance and feasibility of the creation of a digital ecosystem of eDNA repositories and an integrated and dynamic reference library of marine and freshwater species that is open-access and based on FAIR principles to support future aquatic biodiversity monitoring programmes and mapping initiatives. The interdisciplinary eDNAqua-Plan consortium comprises 18 partner institutions from 11 countries, and one international (United Nations) institute, with complementary expertise in marine and freshwater monitoring, eDNA analysis as well as data science. The consortium cooperates with the large EU research projects and infrastructure such as EMODnet, BIOSCAN-Europe, the Ocean and Water knowledge system, EMBRC, LifeWatch, and international systems (ELIXIR/EBI and OBIS) etc. to maximise synergies and interoperability internationally.

Mission and Objectives
 

EMBRC-ERIC is looking for a motivated and proficient Project Manager (PM) to strengthen its developing Project Team. The PM will manage the eDNAqua_Plan project and support EMBRC’s participation in projects, particularly Horizon Europe projects funded by the European Commission. The PM will ensure that EMBRC fulfils its obligations and tasks within these projects, contributing to deliverables, workshops and meetings as necessary. The successful applicant will also handle the administrative side of project participation and carry out regular horizon scanning for project opportunities.

Main Responsibilities
 

    • Communication with the European Commission (EC) and the Project Officer;
    • Ensure the delivery of the project as defined in the Grant Agreement, and ensure the compliance of all consortium members;
    • Advice, guide and support the logistical and scientific delivery of the EMBRC project portfolio, including verifying and checking deliverables adhere to the Description of Work and Grant Agreement;
    • Organise, participate, and minute taking in project meetings.

Desirable Skills
 

  • A minimum of 1 year experience in managing Horizon-type projects;
  • Experience in organising, running, and animating meetings and workshops;
  • Excellent note-taking abilities;
  • Excellent command of oral and written English. Good command of French is a bonus;
  • Strong writing abilities and report drafting;
  • Full command of Microsoft Office or equivalent;

Special Personal Attributes Required for the Position

  • Strong interpersonal and networking abilities;
  • Accustomed to working with a high-degree of transparency and in close interaction with colleagues;
  • Able to work towards precise objectives under specific time constraints;
  • Ability to plan ahead and anticipate tasks and obstacles;
  • Commitment to producing high-quality work;
  • Excellent organizational skills, including the time management of personal and team assignments.

Remuneration

Competitive, experience-based salary.

A benefit package will be offered, including comprehensive health insurance, public transportation subsidy, and flexible work environment with remote working. All staff benefit from 7 weeks of paid leave.

Conditions

2-year contract with 3-month probation period.

Overtime may be required to meet activity deadlines.

National and international travel will be required occasionally for the purpose of meeting with internal and external stakeholders.

Full-time teleworking from France or elsewhere in the European Union possible

EMBRC-ERIC is an equal opportunities employer.

Application process
 

Applicants should send a CV along with a covering letter (as one PDF document) that summarises their relevant experience, and in particular any scientific communication expertise, links to online activities or at least two pieces of original content created, current salary, and why they are enthusiastic about this opportunity. They should include the names and contact information of at least two references.

Enclose this document in an email message, with subject: “EMBRC Project Manager” addressed to: secretariat@embrc.eu

Applications will be accepted until midnight on 15th September, 2023.