JOB DESCRIPTION

 

Policy Officer in DG CLIMA of the European Commission

Job title: Policy officer –climate and industry
Domain: European Policy
Where: Unit CLIMA.C.1 – „Low Carbon Solutions (I): Montreal Protocol, Clean Cooling & Heating, Digital
Transition“, Brussels Unit
Function Group: FG IV
Contract Type: 3b
Express your interest until: 22.09.2025 – 12.00 (noon, Brussels time)

WE ARE

The Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) leads the European Commission’s efforts to
fight climate change at EU and international level. Its key mission is to formulate and implement
EU climate policies and strategies, so that the EU can turn into the first climate-neutral and climate
resilient continent by 2050.

Unit C1 implements the EU’s policies to protect the ozone layer and the climate against the adverse
effects of ozone depleting substances (ODS) and fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). Next to
that, the unit is also in charge of following climate related aspects of energy, circular economy and
industrial policies. In this context we are the lead unit in DG CLIMA to contribute to a number of
initiatives related the implementation of the Clean Industrial Deal, notably in areas of lead market
creation, increased circularity and access to affordable energy.

WE PROPOSE

Unit C1 of DG CLIMA is seeking to a policy officer focused on the wider policy framework that
supports industrial decarbonisation.

The policy officer would need to assess and advise on issues of importance for industrial
decarbonisation.

The policy officer will have to work with colleagues in DG GROW and DG ENV on policies to develop
lead markets, such as the development and implementation of carbon footprint labels for industrial
products, starting with steel. The policy officer will also be involved in the development of a
coherent set of carbon footprint labels (for instance in the context of the further implementation of
the Construction Products Regulation or the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation), as well
as the policies to guide government support in these areas (for instance related to the
implementation of the Net Zero Industry Act, or the upcoming Industrial Decarbonisation
Accelerator Act).

(Reference: Call for interest EC-2025-CLIMA- 468698)

The policy officer will be part of the team that contributes to a number of key policy files from
other DGs of importance for industrial decarbonisation, such as for instance energy market
regulations, waste and circularity policies. We work as a team on these issues, with the aim to
improve coherence across policies with regard to greenhouse gas mitigation. The policy officer will
be assigned to work on a number of these specific policies where he/she will need to develop DG
CLIMA’s position, in coordination with colleagues in the team and other units in DG CLIMA, insofar
they impact DG CLIMA’s policy field.

WE LOOK FOR

We are looking for a highly motivated colleague with a commitment to work in the high profile area
of climate change policy.

The ideal profile for the job is:

• having a university degree in engineering, environmental science, economics or similar
• having experience in a policy field of direct relevance to industrial decarbonisation
• having insights in how to develop carbon footprint methodologies or the monitoring,

reporting and verification of industrial greenhouse emissions would be an asset

• willing to learn about technical issues
• having strong analytical and organisational skills
• having and eye for details and numbers
• being able to work in excel
• having good communication and drafting abilities in many languages, especially in

English

• being service oriented and having a good code of conduct
• being a very good team player as well as being prepared to work autonomously

HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST?

With a view to guaranteeing equal access to all, the Commission recruits from an open database of
spontaneous applications. The present call for interests aims at helping the recruiters to identify
potentially interested candidates within this database.

In practice, to express your interest, please follow the subsequent two steps:

1.

If you are not registered yet in the open EPSO database, please do so at the following
address: CAST Permanent. Please select under selection procedures for contract agent the
CAST permanent profile that best suits your education and experience.
2. You should send your documents in a single pdf in the following order:

1. your CV
Please send these documents by the publication deadline to:

2. completed application form.

(Reference: Call for interest EC-2025-CLIMA- 468698)

[email protected] and
[email protected]

Indicating the call for interest reference EC-2025-CLIMA- 468698 in the subject.

No applications will be accepted after the publication deadline.