VVA Brussels is a young and fast-growing market, economic and policy consultancy providing top quality advice to the European institutions and private sector clients. Our specific focus is on Space, Telecommunications, Transport, Agrofood and other innovative technologies (e.g. Artificial intelligence (AI), Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT)). We are truly European company, part of a group based in Brussels and Milan with a team of professionals from different academic and national backgrounds.

What motivates us is our mission to progress the “European project” by helping our clients:

• anticipate change;
• design public policy responses;
• understand how the EU can improve the lives of Europeans, support our businesses and transform our economy and society; and
• communicate decisions and actions to key stakeholders.

We have a high-profile, expanding project portfolio including regulatory impact and cost assessments, economic and market studies and social policy research. We currently run projects and framework contracts for DG GROW, ESA, DG MOVE, GSA and others. We also participate in Horizon 2020 projects supporting consortia with our market analysis and business planning skills.

Our success is due to our excellent team of consultants and researchers and we are now looking to strengthen our practice with the appointment of a Senior Consultant who will be focusing on economic and market analysis in innovative environments.

VVA Brussels is looking for a Senior Consultant to extend its current team of consultants and researchers.

The Senior Consultant contributes to proposals and projects. She/he will lead projects and proposals with the support of a project director, and will autonomously lead workstreams, including the coordination of project partners. She/He plans, develops and delivers in an effective and efficient way primary (interviews) and secondary (desk) research.

Focusing on the internal management, the Senior Consultant manages more junior resources, delegating and coordinating activities and monitoring the effective and efficient delivery of the outputs whilst meeting project deadlines.

On top of this, the Senior Consultant will also be in charge of the coordination of project partners when their contributions are expected in the dedicated workstreams, discussing with the project director the optimal strategy at the beginning and throughout the project.

Senior Consultants also contribute to implementation of tools and methodologies/innovation and to the identification and solution of problems. A critical mindset and creativity to support the development of new tools and methodologies are important skills which will be encouraged on the job.

She/He is also an active team builder within the company and coaches more junior staff.

As some of our clients are based in several different countries, the position implies – in normal times – limited travel outside of Belgium and outside the EU.

All of the above implies that the candidate has a strong background and experience in:

• Policy and/or economic consultancy, with 3 years of relevant experience;
• Project day to day management and tender preparation, with 1 year of relevant experience;
• management of work streams;
• Transport policy and/or innovative environments is a plus;
• desk research and stakeholder consultations;
• data analysis (qualitative and quantitative);
• economic modelling (cost-benefit analysis, market evaluations, …);
• report and proposal drafting in English;
• oral presentations to clients.

All our professionals are strongly oriented to problem solving, goal achievement and client satisfaction and show a strong basis of leadership. The ideal candidate has an entrepreneurial and proactive mindset and feels at ease in a dynamic company oriented to growth into innovative domains such as transport and smart mobility and focusing on the policy, market and economics aspects of innovation. Interest in digitalization and space downstream applications is a plus.

The position is based in Brussels.

Only pre-selected participants will be contacted and invited for interviews. Interviews will be held in Brussels or, alternatively, via teleconference.

If you are interested in this position, please provide your CV and a 1-page cover letter outlining why you are suited for the job a:

recruitment_debtandgrant@vva.it

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Are you interested in building inclusive cities with migrants?
Would you like to be part of an initiative that enhances national capacities to better deliver policies on integration?
Do you want to be part of a collaborative team where your competencies will be highly valued?
… then becoming an Officer – Migration and Integration at CEMR might be your best choice: come and work with us!
Running from 2020 to 2022, the IncluCities project aims to improve integration of third-country nationals in small and medium-sized cities through city-to-city cooperation. Eight cities and their national associations of local and regional governments (CEMR members) are involved in the process. The initiative is led by CEMR and funded by the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF).
The Officer – Migration and Integration is responsible for the overall coordination of the IncluCities initiative. S/he will ensure the quality and good delivery of all activities and deliverables, together with two colleagues, one working on administrative issues, the other one on communication. He/she will foster the creation of synergies between the project’s objectives, deliverables and outcomes with the policy agenda on migration and integration at EU level.
The activities are part of the broader work of the CEMR Citizenship Team which covers equality, diversity, youth, town twinning and integration/migration policy.
The tasks are as follows:
• Ensure the overall implementation, execution, reporting and coordination of the initiative in close cooperation with the administration and communication colleagues, the Director of External Resources, partners and external stakeholders: ensure timely delivery of all related activities for the Secretariat and the partners, within the allocated budget;
• Set up project performance using appropriate tools and techniques; monitor implementation against the initial work programme and propose changes if relevant;
• Draft and submit the planned progress reports to the European Commission and scale up results at the EU level to translate them into policy initiatives when possible;
• Monitor policy developments in the fields of EU Justice & Home Affairs (integration, migration and asylum); Draft policy positions and briefings, as well as responses to EU legislative proposals and consultations; ensure the promotion of these positions where appropriate;
• Collaborate with other members of the Citizenship team to ensure effect mainstreaming of gender, disability and other human rights elements in the project and policy work;
• Coordinate CEMR Task Force on Refugees and Migrants.

Your Profile:
• You have 3-4 years experience in EU project management;
• You have proven experience and knowledge of Migration and Integration;
• You have good knowledge of the European Union policy-making and decision-making processes on the Migration and Integration issues;
• You have proven work experience with local and regional governments/at local level;
• You have proven coordination experience of managing international partnerships;
• You have proven organisational, communication, networking and drafting skills;
• On the human side, you are a positive, reliable and team player;
• You enjoy being in contact with partners and colleagues from diverse backgrounds, as you have strong interpersonal skills;
• You are fluent in English and French – both spoken and written skills;
• You are acquainted with digital communication and use of digital and online meeting tools;
• You are willing to travel, if necessary and when possible, in Europe and/or internationally;
• The post is based in Brussels.

We offer:
• A full-time contract until January 2023;
• A valuable experience with local and regional governments and EU institutions;
• An open, international and flexible work environment;
• A modern and well-situated office in the European Quarter nearby Luxembourg Brussels Station.

Wish to join us?
We are looking forward to meeting you! Send your CV and application letter in English and French (one document in English, the other one in French), telling us about your motivation and interest to application@ccre-cemr.org before 23h59 – 10 January 2021. Please put Project Officer – IncluCities in the title of the email. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

More about us:
www.cemr.org
www.inclucities.eu

CEMR is an equal opportunity employer.