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- EMBL Heidelberg

EMBL is Europe’s life sciences laboratory - an intergovernmental organisation with more than 110 independent research groups and service teams covering the spectrum of molecular biology. It operates across six sites in Heidelberg (headquarters), Barcelona, Cambridge, Grenoble, Hamburg and Rome. Our mission is to perform basic research in molecular biology; train scientists, students and visitors at all levels; offer vital services to scientists in the public and private sectors within the member states; develop new instruments and methods; and engage actively in technology transfer.

Bioethics Services, which sits within the DG Office, is located in EMBL’s Headquarters in Heidelberg, and has overall responsibility for Governance, Monitoring, Training and Engagement in the fields of human, animal and environmental ethics. It has close links to the Science & Society Programme, which facilitates internal and external dialogue on the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of EMBL's research, and which holds a variety of outreach events across all the EMBL sites.

Your role

**Your Role**

You will report to the Ethics Lead (who manages Bioethics Services), and the Bioethics Officer (who reports to the Ethics Lead). Bioethics Services provides a central point of contact for ethical issues across human, animal, environmental and technological ethics. We have two key areas of work - ethics governance, and ethics training & engagement.

Your duties will include:
Assisting the Ethics Lead and the Bioethics Officer with tasks across our portfolio of services and our key areas of work. This could include legal and regulatory research, report writing, and administrative tasks to support the effective running of Bioethics Services (such as ethics audit trail management, committee preparations and event management). This is a really diverse role, which could involve activities like research into AI Ethics or the Nagoya Protocol, or liaising with expert Committee members, to conducting horizon scanning on ethical and legal developments at a European and International level.

You will work in close collaboration with:
The Legal Services division, and in particular with the Legal Officer (Research Ethics & Compliance);
The Compliance department, and in particular the Risk Officer;
The European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS), EMBL's science education department; and

Communications, and Outreach Officers at each of the EMBL sites.

**Closing date**: 16 February 2024

Contract duration: 12 months

Grading: 750 EUR + accommodation

Reference number: HD02537

You have

You have strong communication, organisational and analytical skills, and you have demonstrated your ability to work in a multicultural environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds. You speak and write English fluently.

You might also have

Previous experience of working in or studying an element of law or ethics, along with project management experience would be an asset, but is not essential.

Why join us

EMBL is curiosity-driven, community-oriented and international. As an inclusive, equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity enables us to collaborate more effectively and be innovative in our approaches. We are, therefore, committed to creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation.

EMBL offers attractive conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research organisation with a very collegial and family-friendly working environment. Competitive salary and social security benefits, financial support for relocation, a relaxed culture, professional development, an on-site nursery, canteen and other staff facilities make EMBL a great place to work.

What else you need to know

We are Europe’s research laboratory for the life sciences - an intergovernmental organisation performing scientific research in disciplines including molecular biology, physics, chemistry and computer science. We are an international, innovative and interdisciplinary laboratory with more than 1900 employees from many nations, operating across six sites, in Heidelberg (HQ), Barcelona, Hinxton near Cambridge, Hamburg, Grenoble and Rome.

Our mission is to offer vital services in training scientists, students and visitors at all levels; to develop new instruments and methods in the life sciences and actively engage in technology transfer activities, and to integrate European life science research. The working language of the institute is English.

EMBL is a signatory of DORA. Find out how we implement best practices in research assessment in our recruitment processes here.