EEA/AST/2007/2

Project Officer - Personnel – Temporary Agent (AST4)

The European Environment Agency is organising an open competition with a view to recruiting a temporary agent to work in the area of personnel management.

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.

Job description:

The project officer shall be responsible for support work in the area of personnel management.

Functions and duties:

• Give support to staff in all personnel-related matters.
• Responsible for procedures in relation to registration in Denmark, residence permits, pensions (transfers, retirement and invalidity), severance grants, unemployment and removals.
• Focal point for sickness insurance and preventive medicine programme.
• Contact point for medical adviser and annual medical examinations.
• Overall responsibility for SIC Congé database including the monitoring of leave and absences.
• Monitoring of leave on personal grounds, parental and family leave, part-time working and matters related thereto.
• Responsible for the calculation of education allowances and annual travel allowances.
• Back-up for the calculation of salaries and other entitlements.
• Provide briefings to staff on personnel management issues when needed.
• General support to Personnel Management Group.

Eligibility:

Formal requirements:

Candidates applying must satisfy the following general requirements on the closing date for the submission of applications:

• Citizenship of one of the Member Countries of the EEA (Member States of the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey);
• Enjoy full rights as a citizen;
• Have fulfilled any obligation imposed by law concerning military service;
• Meet the educational requirements as described under “Eligibility”;
• Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the EEA Member Countries and a satisfactory knowledge of a second of these languages.

Education certificates and diplomas:

• A level of post-secondary education attested by a diploma, or a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to post-secondary education and professional experience of at least three years.

Range of professional experience and skills:

• A minimum of nine years of relevant professional experience.
• Good knowledge of the Staff Regulations of the European Communities.
• Good organisational and interpersonal skills.

• Good skills to work with computer systems.
• Good knowledge of English. Good knowledge of French would be an asset.
• Experience from working in a European institution/agency would be an asset.

Application procedure:

Interested candidates should apply by filling in the details below and attaching a letter of motivation and a CV (standard form) in English.

Closing date for application: Friday 24 August 2007, 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. Once your application has been submitted, you will receive an automatic reply.

3. It is your responsibility to keep the automatic reply message as proof of submission of your application.

4. Should you not receive an automatic reply message, please submit your application again.

Contractual conditions:

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.

Selection procedure:

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:

• to provide original or certified copies of all relevant documents proving his/her eligibility, including an extract from his/her police file;
• to undergo a compulsory medical examination to establish that he/she meets the standard of physical fitness necessary to perform the duties involved.

The Agency is an equal opportunities employer.

Personal data protection:

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.

Request for review:

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.

Application documents:

English CV

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