Trainee - Biocidal Products Unit (P2)

The Biocidal Products Unit (P2) belongs to the Regulatory Cooperation, Biocides and Water Directorate and is responsible for ECHA's activities concerning the evaluation of Union authorisations and other related processes under the Biocidal Products Regulation:

• It provides support and coordination to Union authorisation and related processes;

• It operates the Secretariat to the Coordination Group responsible to facilitate the resolution of issues arising in National authorisation processes;

• It provides support to the Agency's Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) and its working groups in close cooperation with the Biocidal Active Substances Unit (P1);

• It is responsible for quality assurance of the different administrative processes, including planning and reporting for both P1 and P2 and coordinate communications on biocides related matters;

• It manages the development and maintenance of biocides IT tools and oversee the dissemination of biocides related information.

The Unit is organised in two teams:

• The Biocidal Products team provides support to the Union authorisation process and related processes, and runs Secretariat to the Coordination Group;

• The Horizontal Support team is involved in cross-cutting activities, namely:

o coordination of horizontal matters related to biocides, including communication and dissemination of information of biocidal products and active substances;

o IT solution management and integration with other IT tools.

Assignment

The selected person will work in one of the two teams and will perform tasks on projects and activities, depending on the profile and interest, such as:

• Support to the work of the working groups of the BPC;

• Administrative support to the activities related to product authorisation processes, for example assistance in guidance development;

• Support to specific IT projects for further improvement of the integration between the different biocides IT tools;

• Any other ad hoc task under the remit of the teams.

Profile

• Completed university studies at least to bachelor degree level in fields related to business administration, social sciences, economics, communications, information and communications technology (ICT), engineering, ecotoxicology, environmental sciences, chemistry, biology, biochemistry or toxicology;

• Good communication and interpersonal skills;

• Aptitude for teamwork and sharing information;

• Proactive attitude;

• Flexibility/adaptability;

• An eye for details;

• Aptitude to work towards deadlines;

• Excellent English skills both written and spoken (as this is the working language of the Agency);

• Experience in an international/multicultural environment is a plus.

Starting Date: 1 March 2027

Duration: 6 months

Deadline for applications: 2 November 2026 at noon 12:00 Helsinki time (11:00 a.m. CET)