Innovation Consultant – EU Funding

Role Overview

• This position is ideal for a professional who can lead the preparation of EU proposals end-to-end with limited supervision, collaborating closely with senior colleagues and external partners across Europe.
• At Innovarum, innovation consultants contribute to both: Proposal writing, including proposal conceptualisation, consortium building, benchmarking, work plan development, and proposal coordination.
• Project management, supporting implementation, reporting, and coordination activities when proposals succeed.
• You will progressively take more ownership over proposals, client relationships, and strategic positioning, depending on your strengths and development path.
• This position is meant for an experienced proposal writer able to carry out a full proposal writing on its own with limited supervision.
• Leading the drafting of EU proposals (Horizon Europe, H2020, BBI JU, CBE JU—especially Cluster 6 and related areas).
• Designing work plans (WPs, tasks, deliverables, milestones), budgets, and partner contributions.
• Preparing technical benchmarking and state-of-the-art analyses to support project ambition.
• Developing market studies, exploitation pathways, & innovation/business plans (as required by the call).
• Coordinating inputs from multiple partners and ensuring proposal consistency, quality, and compliance with call requirements.
• Supporting project implementation and reporting (technical and financial) depending on project needs.
• Contributing to proposal strategy: topic screening, consortium building, and positioning of innovation concepts.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience, with proven hands-on EU proposal writing experience.
• Overall track record of 4–5 EU proposals (H2020 / Horizon Europe / BBI JU / CBE JU…)
• Experience in the writing of 2 full collaborative EU proposals (+10 partners) from beginning to end: idea conceptualisation, consortium building, overall writing supervision and integration, budget and work packages development, and submission through the Funding & Tenders Portal.
• C2 level English and Spanish, written and oral.
• MSc (or equivalent) in Agricultural Engineering or related scientific/technical disciplines (environmental sciences, biology, etc.).
• Experience in technical roles requiring strong writing skills (reports, scientific documents, technical documentation).

Benefits

• Hybrid (2 days/week office)
• 38h/week (40h contract)
• Structured recovery time after major submissions
• Extra leave: birthday (when Mon-Fry) + Dec 24 & Dec 31
• Fully remote periods (summer month + Christmas)
• Team celebrations & 2 annual team-building events