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The European Environment Agency is organising an open competition with a view to drawing up a reserve list of temporary agents to work in the area of sustainable consumption and production.
The EEA is an agency of the European Union (EU) and one of the decentralised Community bodies. The EEA aims to support sustainable development and to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe’s environment, through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy-making agents and the public.
The place of work will be Copenhagen, Denmark.
To contribute, as part of a small dynamic group, to concrete EEA activities on sustainable consumption & production and waste focusing on:
In the area of sustainable consumption & production (SCP) and waste, the EEA aims to provide analyses, information and knowledge to support the development, implementation and evaluations of national, EU and global SCP and waste policies, including in particular action plans and policies on SCP and waste in EEA member countries, the forthcoming EU Action Plans on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) and Sustainable Industrial Policies, and the global Marrakech process on SCP.
In close cooperation with other staff members of the EEA, the current European Topic Centre on Resource and Waste Management (until 31 December 2008) and the future European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (from 1 January 2009), the Temporary Agent will undertake tasks as specified in EEA annual management plans, which may include the following:
Consumption behaviour and its driving factors;
Environmental impacts from consumption & production and waste:
Environmental technologies and eco-innovation;
Policy information and effectiveness
Indicators of sustainable consumption and production:
External relations:
Formal requirements:
Candidates applying must satisfy the following general requirements on the closing date for the submission of applications:
Education certificates and diplomas:
Range of professional experience and skills:
Interested candidates must apply by filling in the application form below. To the application form must be attached:
Application Documents:
Template Europass CV
Instructions for Europass CV
Closing date for application: Friday 11 April 2008, at 12.00 (Central European Time)
Applications sent after this date will be rejected.
Please ensure that you observe the following:
1. Remember to take time zones into consideration when sending your application.
2. Include both a CV using the Europass template attached above and a letter of motivation.
3. Once your application has been submitted, you will receive an automatic reply.
4. It is your responsibility to keep the automatic reply message as proof of submission of your application.
5. Should you not receive an automatic reply message, please submit your application again.
The successful candidate will be offered a Temporary Agent contract in accordance with the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities. The selected candidate will be employed for an initial time period of four years, renewable.
Eligibility of candidates will be assessed according to compliance with all formal requirements by the closing date for the submission of applications.
Eligible candidates whose application shows evidence of all required competences and skills may be invited for an interview, which will be held for the most part in English.
Prior to contract signature, the successful candidate will be asked:
The Agency is an equal opportunities employer.
Any personal data provided by the User shall be processed pursuant to European Regulation related to personal data protection, in particular Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movements of such data. It shall be processed solely for the purposes of the performance, management and follow-up of information requested by the User. The User shall have the right of access to his personal data and the right to rectify any such data that is inaccurate or incomplete. Should the User have any queries concerning the processing of his personal data, he shall address them to the European Environment Agency.
Candidates who have not been admitted to the selection procedure will be notified by letter. The candidate may ask to have her/his application reconsidered by a sending a request for review to the Chairman of the Selection Committee at the address indicated on the letter within 21 calendar days from the date of the letter of notification.
For questions only:
Should you have any questions, please use this link: personnel at eea.europa.eu
Interested candidates must apply by filling in the application form below. To the application form must be attached:
E-mail (Questions only): should you have any questions, please use this email:
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/archived/archived-content-job-vacancies/eea-ad-2008-2 or scan the QR code.
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