Seconded National Expert – Researcher Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

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Content type
Vacancy

Type
Seconded national experts

Document type
Vacancy notices

Ref. number
EIGE/2026/SNE/02/GBV

Published date13 Apr 2026

Closing date18 June 2026, 13:30 Europe/Vilnius

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)1 invites applications with a view to establish a reserve list for the post of Seconded National Expert – Researcher Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

The registration of applications begins on 15 April 2026 and will close on 18 June 2026 at 13:30 Eastern European Time.

The Agency

Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE is a decentralised agency of the European Union (EU) entrusted with specific objectives envisaged to contribute and strengthen the promotion of gender equality.

To achieve its goals, the Agency collects and analyses comparable and reliable information at EU level and develops appropriate methodological tools for the integration of gender equality into all EU policies. It fosters the exchange of good practices and dialogue between stakeholders and raises EU citizen awareness of this policy area by providing technical assistance to EU institutions, in particular the European Commission, as well as the authorities of the Member States.

In the course of its work to promote and strengthen gender equality, EIGE supports policymakers with high quality research and comparable data relevant to their work.

Job description

Context

Combating gender-based violence is one of the European Commission’s policy priorities for the period 2026-2030, as set out in the document A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030 | European Commission.

In 2023, the European Union ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS No. 210), known as the Istanbul Convention and in May 2024 the Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence, was adopted.

The Directive criminalises at EU level certain forms of violence against women offline and online and requires Member States to put in place strong measures on prevention, protection, access to justice, support, coordination and cooperation between authorities, alongside a system for the collection, development, production and dissemination of statistics on violence against women and domestic violence.

There is thus an increased demand from EU institutions and the Member States for support in strengthening their institutional response to combating violence against women together with collecting comprehensive and comparable data to inform effective policies. EIGE is mandated to support the Member States in data gathering by developing common standards and provide  evidence-based research and data-driven analyses.

Job profile and duties

Under the supervision of the Head of the Research and Policy Support Unit and the Gender-based Violence Team Leader, and working in close collaboration with other colleagues, the selected Seconded National Expert will enhance the Unit’s operational and research capacity on GBV.

The post requires a very good understanding of contemporary policies, research and data on violence against women in addition to analytical skills, project management, excellent writing skills in English and very good communication abilities.

Besides contributing to EIGE’s core GBV research (including administrative data collection and the analysis of institutional response to combat different forms of violence against women), the jobholder will contribute to EIGE’s research on emerging themes and topics of interest, including the new digital dimension of violence, and GBV in times of crisis.

The following tasks and activities are relevant to the duties of this post:

• Support the development of the terms of reference for GBV research projects;
• Design and implement GBV research projects, including all aspects related to the management of contracted research, ensuring the high quality of the content and research ethics;
• Collect, process and ensure the quality of relevant data, indicators and statistics, and develop new indicators relevant to EIGE’s work on GBV;
• Produce statistics and data analysis for GBV publications and communication;
• Analyse latest developments in policies to combat GBV, research and data collection methodologies at national and European levels;
• Draft and edit high quality policy relevant reports, recommendations and presentations on the status of GBV in cooperation with the Agency's communications team;
• Assist in the preparation of GBV related reports, communications and presentations and oversee the quality of deliverables provided by external experts and contractors;
• Build and maintain an exchange of research and statistical information with relevant national, international and EU institutions;
• Initiate and organise expert meetings to support the Agency’s work on GBV;
• Any other relevant tasks assigned by EIGE’s management.

Formal requirements & selection criteria

Formal requirements

To be considered eligible for selection, an applicant must meet the following formal requirements by the closing date of this call:

• a university degree, or a level of formation which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and appropriate professional experience of at least one year when the normal period of university education is at least three years;
• very good command of both spoken and written English, which is the predominant working language at the Agency and a satisfactory knowledge of a second EU language;
• entitlement to full rights as a European citizen or nationality of an EU candidate country or an EFTA country or a country with which the European Council has decided to open accession negotiations and which has concluded a specific agreement with the Commission on staff secondments;
• any obligations imposed by the national laws concerning military service.

Selection criteria

Eligible candidates will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:

Essential

• At least four years of professional experience gained after the award of the relevant qualification and at a suitable level corresponding to performance of tasks as defined above;
• Thorough knowledge on policies, procedures, and regulations pertaining to GBV;
• An accurate understanding of the magnitude, trends and patterns of GBV enabling data analysis and presentation;
• Practical experience of working with related statistical and research data, tools and methods, developing or managing capacity building initiatives and/or prevention programmes on GBV;
• Very good command of English which is the predominant working language at the Agency;
• The ability to perform research and produce high quality analytical reports;
• The ability to work with a high volume of data, information and to provide good assessment of existing information in sound developed conclusions and reports;
• The capacity to conceptualize and structure information and to communicate it effectively;
• Evident organisational skills, including the ability to manage priorities, work under pressure and reach tight deadlines;
• Good computer skills, especially in preparing and editing texts and presentations;
• Good presentation and communication skills;
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, including ability to work with multiple stakeholders in a multicultural environment.

Advantageous

• Knowledge of EU policies related to gender-based violence and/or gender equality issues in general;
• Proven experience with quantitative data analysis software, e.g. Excel, SPSS, Stata, R;
• Experience of developing policies and recommendations on work with gender equality or gender-based violence in an EU Member State;
• A good knowledge of the EU institutional framework and policies.