Career opportunities: Trainee (Supporting stakeholders engagement / medical writing (50/50))

About the traineeship programme

The Agency is looking for motivated, qualified recent graduates or students on an Erasmus+ or other programme or PhD students or Master's students (who posses a previous degree), who are interested in gaining experience and contribute to the Agency’s work for every patient in Europe. The purpose of a traineeship at the Agency is to perform tasks that are predominantly in the interest of the trainee’s training and principally serve to increase the trainee’s knowledge and to gain relevant experience.

Placement description

We are looking for a trainee in the Public and Stakeholders Engagement Department within the Stakeholders and Communication Division.

Specific objectives and projects

During your traineeship, you will contribute to stakeholder engagement and communication and, support the sustainability of the network.

The selected trainee will have the opportunity to contribute to the following projects:

1. Support stakeholders’ contributions to the diverse activities of the Agency through the developemnet and implementation of a 'Training and Information Action Plan' to support stakeholders' interactions with regulatory authorities.  
2. Contibute to better understanding of how patients not affiliated with organisations can find more comprehensive information about medicines leveraging information provided at national and EMA levels.
3. Investigate opportunities for visualisation for EMA’s medicines landing pages.

Learning outcomes

Through this traineeship, you will:

• Gain knowledge of the Agency’s processes and regulatory work
• Learn more on EMA’s approach to stakeholder engagement in Agency’s activities;
• Develop a plan to support stakeholders’ contributions to Agency’s diverse activities;
• Develop expertise in designing EMA training material relevant to specific stakeholder’s groups;
  
• Develop expertise in design and analysis of stakeholder’s surveys and propose relevant recommendations; 
  
• Gain understanding of factors contributing to effective engagement and communication.
  
• Gain insight into data visualisation  in the context of EMA’s medicines landing pages

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for consideration for this placement, you are required to:

1. enjoy full rights as a citizen of a European Union Member State or Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway;
2. possess a university degree in biomedical sciences, public health, journalism, communication, social sciences or related that must have been obtained between 30 September 2024 and 30 September 2025 or be a university student on an Erasmus + or a similar programme or a PhD student or a Master's student with a previous fully finished degree in the areas mentioned before.
3. a thorough knowledge of English (at least level C1) and good knowledge of other official EU language (at least B2) of the Common European Framework for Languages

For criteria 1 and 2, you will be required to provide proof in the application form and at the interview stage. Failing to present these documents may result in the disqualification from the procedure.

Additional skills

In addition to the eligibility criteria, you will have:

•    Previous experience in regulatory affairs, pharmaceutical legislation or stakeholders' engagement
•    Communication skills (English writing and verbal)
•    Experience working for public health or medicines regulatory agencies
•    Experience in drafting, conducting and analysing surveys
•    Experience creating communication materials, ideally videography and video editing, visual design

Behavioural Competencies

You will demonstrate the following behavioural competencies:

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Working with others
• Adaptability
• Research and analytical skills
• Learning and development

Conditions of traineeship

The traineeship is offered for 10 months (1 March 2026 – 31 December 2026) and takes place at the Agency’s premises in Amsterdam with possibility for teleworking up to 40% of working time from The Netherlands and occasional teleworking from outside The Netherlands. Traineeships are offered for either full-time or part-time (80% or 50%) if combined with university studies.

The Agency pays a monthly stipend of €1,963.93 for a full-time traineeship (reduced accordingly for 80% or 50%) and a travel contribution upon joining the Agency.

Each trainee will have a mentor at the Agency who will guide the trainee through the programme.

The conditions of employment are stated in the Executive Decision on rules governing the traineeship programme at the EMA available here.

Expected selection timelines