Vacancy Notice V/ad/acs/1/2025

**VACANCY NOTICE V/AD/ACS/1/2025**

The **European University Institute (EUI),**based in **Florence**,** Italy**
is organising a selection procedure based on qualifications and tests

to draw up a reserve list1 for the post of

**PSYCHOLOGIST**
**in the Academic Service**

**(Contract agent post, type 3a, FGIV2)**

The **European University Institute** (EUI) seeks a

**Psychologist**to join its Psychological Support and Wellbeing Service (PSWS).

The Psychologist will provide psychological support and services to the growing EUI
community, with a focus on addressing the diverse linguistic and cultural needs of the EUI

members.

**Who We Are**

The **European University Institute (EUI)** at a glance:
- **an international organisation**set up in 1972;
- a research university focusing exclusively on **post-**
**graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral studies,**
and** advanced research**;
- located in the hills overlooking the city of Florence,
Italy.

The Institute also hosts the Historical Archives of the
European Union.

**Our Units**

The EUI **Psychological Support and Wellbeing Service (PSWS)** offers EUI members
short-term individual psychological support, group workshops and training, referrals to external
mental health services, and psychiatric consultation. Its goal is to contribute to the wellbeing

1 The reserve list may be used to fill similar vacant future positions in other units of the European
University Institute. Cf. President’s decision No 15/2021of 27 April 2021 laying down a procedure for
the use of reserve lists.
2 Cf. Annex II

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and mental health of EUI members by offering a professional service that helps manage a range
of personal, professional, emotional and psychological concerns. The service is open to any
active member of the EUI community, from all departments and services, at all levels, from all
nationalities and backgrounds. The PSWS is run by licensed psychologists with clinical
experience in treating a wide range of personal and academic issues. The service is confidential
and acts in complete respect of the values, choices, and lifestyles of the members of the EUI
community.

The PSWS is part of the **Academic Service**, which oversees and supports various academic
and Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, and professors. The Service acts as the University
Registrar and manages the academic progress of Master’s students and Doctoral researchers
throughout their programmes, in close collaboration with the academic units and the Dean of
Graduate Studies.

**Your Key Responsibilities**

The EUI’s Psychological Support and Wellbeing Service is seeking to recruit an experienced
**Psychologist** who will be responsible for providing psychological support and counselling
services to the growing EUI community, with a focus on addressing the diverse linguistic and
cultural needs of the EUI members.

The main duties may include the following:
Level of Expertise

intervention;
- Collecting and analysing mental health information, monitoring issues of mental health

within the EUI, and comparing data with other Higher Education settings;
- Providing consultation on mental health needs all members the EUI community;
- Providing expertise in diversity and harassment issues and including procedures and

implementation thereof in a university setting.

Representation/ Communication
- Serving as a liaison for mental health matters within the EUI community, representing

the Service in interservice meetings;
- Representing the PSWS team both internally and externally, e.g. when liaising with

external mental health experts;
- Developing a network of mental health professionals and services at the regional and

international level;
- Developing, preparing and delivering workshops and presentations on topics such as

academic resilience, stress management, etc. for members of the EUI community;
- Designing and coordinating well-being surveys, including data analysis and delivering

the results to the EUI community.
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Policy/ Strategy Making
- Contributing to the development and implementation of mental health policies and

strategies at the EUI, e.g. providing insights and data on mental health at EUI and
drafting related reports for the top management;
- Strengthening evidence-based development in the unit using international

benchmarking, survey data and other relevant sources of information, and supporting
resource-driven proactive mental health strategies (e.g., development of groups);
- Developing annual service objectives that align with those of the Academic Service and

the wider context of the EUI.

Level of autonomy and accountability
- Reporting directly to the Director of the Academic Service;
- Working with high autonomy within the scope of practice;
- Maintaining accountability for client caseloads;
- Abiding by the professional Code of Conduct and ethical principles of psychologists.

Role in HR processes
- Supervising a PSWS trainee.

Finance and procurement responsibility
- Mana