The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) is one of Switzerland’s leading university hospitals and a major center for healthcare, biomedical research, and education. Through its close affiliation with the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and an extensive network of national and international partners, CHUV combines clinical excellence, cutting-edge research, and innovation to address some of the most pressing challenges in healthcare and neuroscience.
Within CHUV, the NeuroDigital Group is part of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DNC) and operates under the scientific leadership of Professor Philippe Ryvlin. The group develops and contributes to large-scale European initiatives at the intersection of neuroscience, digital infrastructures, artificial intelligence, health data, and research governance. A major focus of the team is its long-standing involvement in EBRAINS, the European Research Infrastructure for brain research and brain-inspired technologies, which provides advanced digital services, data resources, computing platforms, and collaborative tools to the neuroscience community across Europe and beyond.
To support our activities within the European Commission-funded Coordination and Support Action (CSA) "EBRAINS Implement", we are seeking a Governance Coordinator (50%) to contribute to the governance, operational alignment, stakeholder engagement, and strategic development of EBRAINS as it evolves towards a sustainable European legal and organizational framework.
As Governance Coordinator, you will support CHUV's contribution to EBRAINS Implement, a strategic European initiative aimed at preparing the future governance and operational model of EBRAINS, including its potential transition towards a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) and its alignment with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) ecosystem.
You will play a central role in facilitating interactions between European partners, national stakeholders, research infrastructures, and governance bodies while actively supporting project management, coordination activities, community surveys, the production of guidelines and reports.
Your responsibilities
Governance and strategic coordination
- Support the governance and coordination activities related to EBRAINS' transition towards a future EDIC structure.
- Contribute to the development of operational frameworks, governance models, strategic documents, and implementation plans
- Organize and support meetings, workshops, consultations, and stakeholder interactions involving European partners, ministries, and research organizations
- Monitor policy developments related to European research infrastructures, EOSC, and digital infrastructures.
- Contribute to project reporting, deliverables, and communication with funding agencies and consortium partners
Required qualifications
- Master's degree or higher
- Extensive experience in project coordination, governance, stakeholder management, or research management and communication
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Strong ability to work in an international and multidisciplinary environment
- Extensive experience preparing reports, governance documents, meeting materials, and project deliverables
- Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.
Desired qualifications
- Experience with European Commission-funded projects (Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, Digital Europe, or related programmes)
- Familiarity with European research infrastructures, research policy, EOSC, EDICs, ERICs, or related governance frameworks
- Strong knowledge of neuroscience, digital health, research infrastructures, data governance, or open science ecosystems
- Experience coordinating diverse stakeholder communities across countries and institutions
- Working knowledge of French is an advantage.
Why join us?
This is your chance to be part of a globally renowned institution that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. At CHUV, you'll have the opportunity to work on impactful projects with a passionate team, contributing to the development of a major European research infrastructure shaping the future of neuroscience, digital research services, and open science.
You will work closely with leading European institutions, policymakers, infrastructure operators, and scientific communities while helping define the future governance and sustainability of EBRAINS.
To become an employee of the world-famous University Hospital Center from the Canton of Vaud is an assurance of:
- First-rate social benefits such as a Paternity Leave of 20 days and a Maternity Leave of 4 months (there is also the possibility to obtain a complementary breastfeeding leave of 1 month)
- Regular salary progression adapted to your responsibilities
- A 13th salary and 25 days of vacation per year
- A right to at least three days of training per year, by accessing a wide offer of courses not only from the CHUV Training Center but also from external providers
- Possibility to access one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighborhoods in case of relocation in Switzerland
- Discounts proposed on social and cultural events, goodies and other services, thanks to the “H-Oxygène” association
- Sign up for our Mobility Plan and benefit from different advantages (discounts on public transportation, promotion of “Mobility” car fleet and discounts on electric bikes)
- Being able to enjoy our high-quality corporate restaurants, located in every hospital building, with employees’ discount.
Any questions for this position, please contact : Birgit Schaffhauser, Research Teams Coordinator, Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DNC), +41 (0) 21 314 30 26
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