Hybrid Innovation Consultant, EU Funding

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About the role

  • Innovation Consultant developing EU proposals for an established European innovation consultancy in Madrid. Engaging with international partners for project management and proposal writing.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the preparation of EU proposals end-to-end with limited supervision
  • Collaborate closely with senior colleagues and external partners across Europe
  • Proposal writing, including proposal conceptualisation, consortium building, benchmarking, work plan development, and proposal coordination
  • Support project implementation, reporting, and coordination activities when proposals succeed
  • Take ownership over proposals, client relationships, and strategic positioning depending on strengths and development path
  • Designing work plans (WPs, tasks, deliverables, milestones), budgets, and partner contributions
  • Preparing technical benchmarking and state-of-the-art analyses to support project ambition
  • Developing market studies, exploitation pathways, & innovation/business plans (as required by the call)
  • Coordinating inputs from multiple partners and ensuring proposal consistency, quality, and compliance with call requirements
  • Supporting project implementation and reporting (technical and financial) depending on project needs
  • Contributing to proposal strategy: topic screening, consortium building, and positioning of innovation concepts

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience, with proven hands-on EU proposal writing experience
  • Overall track record of 4–5 EU proposals (H2020 / Horizon Europe / BBI JU / CBE JU…)
  • Experience in the writing of 2 full collaborative EU proposals (+10 partners) from beginning to end: idea conceptualisation, consortium building, overall writing supervision and integration, budget and work packages development, and submission through the Funding & Tenders Portal
  • C2 level English and Spanish, written and oral
  • MSc (or equivalent) in Agricultural Engineering or related scientific/technical disciplines (environmental sciences, biology, etc.)
  • Experience in technical roles requiring strong writing skills (reports, scientific documents, technical documentation)

Benefits

  • Hybrid (2 days/week office)
  • 38h/week (40h contract)
  • Structured recovery time after major submissions
  • Extra leave: birthday (when Mon-Fry) + Dec 24 & Dec 31
  • Fully remote periods (summer month + Christmas)
  • Team celebrations & 2 annual team-building events

Job title

Innovation Consultant, EU Funding

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

€32,000 - €36,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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