About this role
Role Overview
- 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)
- 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