The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is looking for Scientific Officers (Ecotoxicologist and Toxicologist) to join its team in Helsinki, Finland.

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We are looking for Scientific Officers for two profiles in the fields of environmental sciences
and human health toxicology. Scientific Officers may also work on the implementation of the
new tasks recently taken over by ECHA, such as the Drinking Water Directives (DWD) and
Batteries Regulation. In addition, ECHA’s growing mandate includes several amended
Directives and Regulations, e.g. the Water Framework, Environmental Quality Standards, and
Groundwater Directives, the Industrial Emissions Directive, the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV)
Directive, the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(RoHS) Directive and the Toys Safety Regulation, which will also need such expertise.

Key Responsibilites

Scientific Officers in the Agency work in one of the work areas covering scientific issues
relating to the Evaluation, Authorisation, Restriction processes (REACH Regulation), the
Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), the Classification, Labelling, and Packaging (CLP)
Regulation and the new tasks (e.g. water protection tasks). The Scientific Officer will work in
multidisciplinary teams including scientists, lawyers and administrative colleagues evaluating
and developing scientific and technical information on different areas of toxicology,
ecotoxicology, PBT and PMT assessment, ED assessment, exposure assessment, and risk
assessment of chemical substances to human health and the environment.

Please note that each candidate may apply to only one of the profiles listed. Ensure to indicate the profile to which you are applying when submitting your application

Ecotoxicologist profile

The ideal candidate has knowledge and practical experience in different areas of environmental sciences related to ecotoxicology, environmental fate, and chemical hazard and risk assessment. In this call, we are especially interested in experts who have experience in nanomaterials and/or assessing persistency, bioaccumulation, mobility and toxicity (PBT/vPvB/PMT/vPvM properties), endocrine-disrupting (ED) properties of chemical substances and/or in conducting use and exposure assessment

Toxicologist profile

The ideal candidate has knowledge and practical experience in different areas of toxicological sciences. In this call, we are especially interested in experts who have experience in assessing hazards of carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, mutagenicity, repeated-dose toxicity, neurotoxicity, ED properties or nanomaterials of chemical substances and risk assessment

Eligibility criteria

The selection procedure is open to applicants who satisfy the following eligibility criteria, on
the closing date for application:

a. General requirements

The applicant must:

• Be a national of a Member State of the European Union, or a national of the European
  Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway);
• Enjoy the full rights as a citizen;
• Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the laws concerning military service;
• Produce the appropriate character references as to the suitability for the performance
  of the duties;
• Be physically fit to perform the duties;
• Have a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the European Union
  and a satisfactory knowledge of another such language to the extent necessary to
  perform your duties;
• Be able to communicate well in English as this is the working language of ECHA;
• Be below the age at which staff of the EU is automatically retired, i.e. currently on the
  last day of the month in which he/she reaches the age of 66.

b. Qualifications

Successful completion of a full course of university studies attested by a degree, where the
normal duration of university education is three (3) years or more.

📍 Location: Helsinki, Finland
📅 Application deadline: 15 October 2026, 12:00 Helsinki time

Interested in applying? Read the full vacancy notice and application details here. Application can be made on the official ECHA job website