Expert – Waste Data Reporting

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📁📅Jun 29, 2026Post Date📅EEA/CA/2026/9Requisition #

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VACANCY NOTICE FOR POSITIONS OF

Expert – Waste Data Reporting – Contract Agent (FGIV)

Reference no. EEA/CA/2026/9

Please send us your application by no later than 11 August 2026 at 23:59 (Copenhagen time), following the instructions in the ANNEX.

The European Environment Agency (EEA) is organising an open competition with a view to establishing a reserve list of experts to work in the field of data handling, processing and dissemination in the area of waste generation and management.

THE AGENCY:

The EEA is an Agency of the European Union (EU) and one of the decentralised Union bodies. The EEA aims to support sustainable development and to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe’s environment, through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy-making agents and the public.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Under the responsibility of the Head of Unit ‘Circular Economy and Clean Industry’, reporting to the Head of Department ‘Climate and Circular Economy’ (see organisational chart), the Expert shall be responsible for tasks related to waste data reporting.

The EEA seeks talented individuals with diverse skill sets related to data handling, processing, and dissemination in the field of waste generation and management. This includes the development of IT tools to support data exchange between the EEA and its data providers, the development and management of a reporters’ community of practice, the assessment of data quality, the analysis of reported information to inform status, trend, and distance-to-target assessments, and the dissemination of this information to various stakeholders, including policy makers and the wider public.

The position will entail the following tasks:

• Contributing to the management of waste data flows across the full data cycle, from data acquisition and validation to analysis and dissemination, including supporting data exchange between EEA and its data providers;
• Ensuring the quality, completeness, and consistency of reported data, including quality checks;
• Designing, developing, and maintaining data products for policy makers and the public, including indicators, dashboards, visualisations, thematic websites and other public-facing products;
• Designing and contributing to the development and improvement of IT tools supporting data exchange, processing, and dissemination;
• Analysing reporting-tool business cases and contributing to the development and improvement of data exchange systems;
• Contributing to data modelling, as well as the definition of data warehouses and storage solutions;
• Carrying out data analysis in support of assessments informing the implementation of EU waste policies and contributing to feedback loops towards policy makers;
• Manage and support the reporters’ community of practice and liaise with other key stakeholders involved in data reporting under EU legislation, including the European Commission services;
• Contributing to the management of specific waste data flows, including municipal waste, construction and demolition waste, waste oils, end-of-life vehicles, waste batteries, and related domains.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Candidates applying must satisfy the following eligibility criteria on the closing date for the submission of applications:

a)    a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma, OR where justified in the interest of the service, professional training of an equivalent level;

b)    a minimum of 1 year of relevant professional experience after achieving the qualification set out above.

In addition, in order to be eligible a candidate must:

• Be a national of one of the member countries of the EEA (Member States of the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Türkiye);
• Enjoy full rights as a citizen;
• Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by law concerning military service;
• Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the EEA member countries and a satisfactory knowledge of another of these languages (corresponding to level B.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages CEFR);
• Meet the character requirements for the duties involved;
• Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post.

Candidates should assess carefully and check before submitting their application whether they fulfil all the conditions for admission laid down in the vacancy notice, particularly in terms of qualifications and relevant professional experience.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

(In your application, please provide examples from current or past work experience where these competencies have been applied)

Essential:

• Demonstrated professional experience in managing data throughout its lifecycle, including data collection, validation, quality assurance, metadata, governance, and dissemination;
• Demonstrated experience working with complex datasets and modern data tools, including experience with databases, data visualisation, dashboards, automation, or data engineering concepts;
• Proven experience translating business or policy needs into data requirements and working with multiple stakeholders (e.g. national authorities, IT developers, subject experts, contractors);
• Proven experience in presenting data and insights to different audiences through reports, dashboards, indicators, web products, or other information services;
• Excellent command of written and spoken English language, at least at level C1 in all categories according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Language.

Advantageous:

• Proven experience working in the policy field of circular economy, waste generation and management.

In addition to the requirements above, candidates invited to the written test and interview stage, will also be assessed against the following behavioural competencies:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and networking skills;
• Ability to work collaboratively and share expertise with others to deliver on common work goals;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations in a multicultural environment;
• Diversity awareness and sensitivity;
• Attention to detail and ability to summarise complex information;
• Well-developed solution-oriented and problem-solving approach, stakeholder orientation and a proactive way of working;
• Enthusiasm, flexibility and ability to work under pressure;
• Ability to organise work and prioritise tasks; and ability to seek out learning opportunities proactively.

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS:

The successful candidate will be offered a Contract Agent contract in accordance with Article 3a) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union. The selected candidate will be employed for an initial time period of four years, renewable.