Trainee (Information Centre - Increasing EMA's knowledge base to support its public health work

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Selection procedure reference
: EMA/TR/11539

Final date to receive applications
: 30 September 2026 23:59 CEST

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is a decentralised agency of the European Union (EU), located in Amsterdam. It began operating in 1995. It is responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision and safety monitoring of medicines in the EU.

This traineeship opportunity is now open for applications
until 30 September 2026 23:59 CEST
, with an intake on 1 March 2027.

The Agency is looking for motivated, qualified recent graduates or students on an Erasmus+ or other programme or PhD students or Master's students, who are interested in gaining experience and contribute to the Agency’s work for every patient in Europe
. The purpose of a traineeship at the Agency is to perform tasks that are predominantly in the interest of the trainee’s training and principally serve to increase the trainee’s knowledge and to gain relevant experience.

We are looking for a trainee in the Information Centre (library).

The traineeship will focus on analysing how the landscape of scientific publishing is evolving and what this means for accessing and using medical and health‑related information. As publication formats and discovery tools change, the trainee will explore how information retrieval practices can be improved to strengthen digital scientific literacy across EMA. The trainee will further progress the ongoing investigation into emerging methods and technologies—particularly AI‑enabled tools that support more efficient discovery, interpretation, and use of scientific literature.

The goal is to identify opportunities to enhance how EMA staff navigate an increasingly complex information environment.

In addition, the trainee will contribute to enhancing the visibility and strategic positioning of the Info Centre. This includes supporting the roll‑out of new elements of the Info Centre strategy, helping to communicate its services more effectively, and identifying opportunities to strengthen engagement with staff across the Agency.

Overall, this traineeship offers the opportunity to help shape how the Info Centre responds to a shifting scientific information environment, promotes digital scientific literacy, and continues to evolve its role as a key knowledge hub within EMA.

Unique learning opportunity for an information science/librarian graduate:

• Gain knowledge of innovative literature resources, information services and tools including electronic databases, online subscriptions and related management software available in the field of medicine, life sciences and regulatory science
• Increase knowledge management skills in the field of library and information science
• Gain experience in a customer-oriented information service within an Agency of the European Union
• Improve soft and practical skills while gaining insights into collection management, cataloguing, conducting literature searches, performing document delivery and delivering live presentations

To be eligible for consideration for this placement, you are required to:

• enjoy full rights as a citizen of a European Union Member State or Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway;
• possess a relevant university degree (minimum of three years or more) in Library and Information Science or similar, that must have been obtained between 30 September 2025 and 30 September 2026
  or
  be a university student on an Erasmus + or a similar programme
  or a PhD student or a Master's student with a previous fully finished degree in the areas mentioned before.

For criteria 1 and 2, you will be required to provide proof in the application form and at the interview stage. Failing to present these documents may result inthe
disqualification from the procedure
.

You will demonstrate the following behavioural competencies:

• Interpersonal skills
• Working with others
• Research and analytical skills
• Learning and development

The traineeship is offered…