Eurocities is the network of major European cities, comprising more than 200 members, working across a wide range of thematic areas that reflect cities’ priorities.

We are currently recruiting a Project Coordinator – Citizen Science to support the final phase of the CitiObs Horizon Europe project. The successful candidate will join the Learning and Research Team and play a key role in ensuring high-quality implementation, strong policy engagement, effective dissemination and a lasting legacy of the project’s results.

Eurocities is a dynamic and international team where we trust in people, value constructive exchanges and collaborative work. We help people thrive in a friendly, open and healthy environment while promoting a work/life balance.

About the project

CitiObs – Enhancing Citizen Observatories for healthy, sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities is a 4-year Horizon Europe project with a total budget of €5 million and 14 partners across Europe.

As the project enters its final year, the focus is on:

supporting the implementation of activities by Citizen Observatories,
translating results into policy-relevant outputs, and
ensuring strong dissemination, uptake and sustainability of results beyond the project’s lifetime.

Responsibilities

As Project Coordinator, you will support the delivery and consolidation of CitiObs activities in its final phase, working closely with consortium partners, Citizen Observatories and internal Eurocities teams.

Final-phase project coordination and delivery: coordinate the implementation phase of CitiObs, ensure timely delivery of remaining tasks, milestones and deliverables, monitor progress against objectives and KPIs, support risk mitigation, contribute to technical and financial reporting, and liaise with the European Commission during the final reporting phase.
Engagement with Citizen Observatories and cities: coordinate and support engagement with Frontrunner, Alliance and Fellow Citizen Observatories across Europe, facilitate peer learning and knowledge exchange, and support the uptake of CitiObs tools, methodologies and guidance in collaboration with work package leaders.
Policy engagement and policy uptake: support the refinement, validation and dissemination of CitiObs policy briefs, organise and facilitate policy roundtables at local, national and EU level, translate technical and citizen-generated insights into clear policy messages, and strengthen links with relevant EU policy frameworks.
Dissemination, events and external visibility: coordinate and contribute to dissemination activities (workshops, conferences, webinars and study visits), represent Eurocities and CitiObs at relevant events, and ensure coherence between implementation results and communication outputs.
Internal coordination and knowledge integration: ensure smooth coordination between Eurocities, consortium partners and internal teams, consolidate lessons learned and good practices, contribute to reflections on the legacy and sustainability of CitiObs results, and create links with relevant Eurocities working groups, policy and training activities.

Profile

You are an experienced, proactive and organised professional with a strong interest in citizen science, urban policy and EU-funded projects. You are comfortable working in complex, multi-stakeholder environments and in the final delivery phase of large projects.

Required skills and experience:

• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience.

• At least 3 years of experience in EU project management, preferably Horizon Europe or similar programmes.

• Experience working with cities, local governments or public sector partners.

• Strong coordination, communication and relationship-management skills.

• Experience organising workshops, events and participatory or peer-learning activities.

• Knowledge of citizen science and citizen engagement approaches and practices.

• Full professional proficiency in English, spoken and written.

Assets:

• Experience translating project results into policy recommendations.

• Knowledge of EU institutions, policy processes and key policy priorities.

• Experience working with transnational partnerships.

• Additional European languages.

We offer

• A full-time employment contract under Spanish legislation, based at Eurocities’ Barcelona office.

• An open-ended contract, linked to the remaining duration of the CitiObs project ending in January 2027

• Salary between 39.000€ and 50.000€ depending on profile and experience

• Flexible working hours and partial teleworking.

• An international, stimulating and collaborative working environment

Benefits

Meal vouchers, hospitalisation and medical insurance as of the start of the contract, 90€ gross per month of teleworking allowance, training opportunities.

How to apply

Applicants are requested to send a letter of motivation, explicitly describing point by point their relevant experience and linking it to the requirements for the position, in one page maximum, together with a CV with at least two referees (including your current or last employer) by 12:00 on 6 February 2026 to: Patricia de Wouters, People & Operations Director, at jobs.projects@eurocities.eu.

Please send the documents in pdf format and mention ‘project Coordinator Citizen Science’ in the subject line.

Interviews will be held in person in Barcelona on 19 and 20 February 2026.

We are aware that you might use AI when applying for this position. It’s acceptable to use AI to brainstorm, structure your ideas or edit your language. However, be aware that while AI is one of the tools we use in Eurocities, the main tool we need for the work here is our minds and experience: This is a content-based position, and one that AI cannot do for you. Please note this during the process to avoid any disappointment for either side later on. We want to use this interview to get to know you and your ideas, not what ChatGPT thinks the best answers are.

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