Legal Officer

**Legal O**fficer**

**EFSA/F/4/2025/01**

The **European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)**, based in Parma, Italy

is looking for a

**Legal Officer**

(Contract Agent, Function Group IV)

The purpose of this call is to establish a talent pool (reserve list) that may be used for the recruitment of staff when a position becomes available and will be valid until **3**1/12/2026**. The validity of the talent pool may be extended.

**IS THIS JOB FOR YOU?**
- Are you a highly motivated professional with experience in the legal field? Do you want to play an active role within a dynamic team in a multicultural organisation?
- EFSA is looking for a legal officer with a results driven mind and an ability to work proactively, both individually and in a team, and with a specific interest in legal issues related to technological development, process digitisation and artificial intelligence.
- The jobholder will work in the Legal Affairs Services Unit within the Management Services Department.

**Your key responsibilities**
- Provide legal and regulatory advice on any aspect of legal relevance, including in relation to technological developments (Artificial Intelligence), activities of the EFSA Scientific Committees and Panels, intellectual property (copyright), outsourcing procedures, the management of human resources;
- Draft legal opinions, briefs, reports and correspondence on any legal issue referred for consideration in all areas of EFSA activities; draft EFSA's internal rules, decisions and EFSA governance documents;
- Present and explain the interpretation of law or legal positions at internal or external meetings;
- Ensure proper interpretation and implementation of the legal framework applicable or pertaining to EFSA activities, including the AI Act;
- Handle requests of confidentiality, public access to documents and access to environmental information, in a legally sound and accurate manner, in accordance with applicable legal framework and latest case law;
- Handling complaints and legal proceedings involving or relating to EFSA's mission or activities;
- Follow up on all legislative initiatives pertaining or impacting on the Authority, and coordinating with EFSA colleagues on these matters;
- Interact with regulatory scientists and/or IT product managers/developers to develop and improve legal processes;
- Provide assistance to the Executive Director in providing the secretariat of the Management Board;
- Contributing to the relations with external stakeholders, including EU institutions and agencies, national competent authorities and lawyers.

**WHY EFSA?**

You will play an active role in an organisation that makes a difference to the lives of 445 million EU citizens.
EFSA employs around 565 staff members, and its Scientific Committee and Panels engage highly qualified and independent scientific experts. Every position within EFSA plays an important part in creating an inspirational environment in which to work and develop.

EFSA’s standards and values are driven by ethics and integrity and all staff is expected to act in a manner consistent with its principles, including fairness, transparency and impartiality in work practices and conduct towards other people.

As an EFSA staff member, you will have the chance to make a difference to European food safety working in an international and dynamic environment. You will also be able to participate in several valuable networking opportunities across Europe.
You will be joining EFSA at an exciting time as we are implementing the EFSA Strategy 2027, aligned with the Transparency Regulation, which increased EFSA’s responsibilities towards EU citizens. The following are the objectives of the Strategy 2027.
1. Deliver trustworthy scientific advice and communication of risks from farm to fork.
2. Ensure preparedness for future risk analysis needs.
3. Empower people and ensure organisational agility.

**WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU?**

**Life in Parma**

Parma is a lively city of around 200.000 inhabitants located in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna and ranked as one of the most liveable cities in Italy. Its centre is rich in art, with architecture from different periods and plenty of parks. Parma is famous for its food, surrounding picturesque countryside and medieval castles. It is strategically located between major cities like Milano and Bologna and within reachable distance from ski resorts, seaside and mountains.

**Salary and benefits**

In addition to the basic salary, EFSA offers a range of benefits:

- Wide range of leaves (e.g. annual leave, parental leave, public holidays) and flexible working hours. Besides working in EFSA’s modern headquarters located in the heart of Parma, staff members are also offered the possibility to telework.
- A comprehensive welfare package including pension scheme, medical, accident and occupational disease insurance coverage, unemployment and invalidity allowance, and travel insurance. Further information regarding rights, benef