5 vacancies, December 2001

VACANCY NOTICE 6-2001

The European Environment Agency is organising a selection procedure with a view to filling the following vacancies:

Reference no. EEA/A/2001/5 - Programme Manager - Environmental Assessment
Temporary Agent (A5/A4)

Function and Tasks:

With the general responsibility, under the Executive Director, for the Agency's work programme on environmental assessment by themes (air, water, soil, chemicals, nature, biodiversity, urban, rural, etc.) and sectors (transport, agriculture, energy, etc.), including the development of relevant thematic and sectoral teams and European Topic Centres.

• Broad general environmental knowledge
• Experience in managing and motivating multi-national, multi-disciplinary staff
• Relevant experience and ability to advise on and carry out organisational adaptations and team building
• Ability to communicate and present the Agency's position at an institutional level externally and to staff internally
• A university degree relevant to the field concerned (for example physical sciences, biological sciences, environmental sciences, engineering or management)
• At least 12 years of professional experience at category A level.

Reference no. EEA/A/2001/8 - Project Manager - Information Resources
Temporary Agent (A7/A6)

Job Description:

Responsible for developing and maintaining electronic access to public information providers, creating and maintaining a network of environmental information services on the web in EEA member countries. Responsible for linking published EEA information to related national and international sources.

Tasks:

• Maintain a network of relevant information providers in EEA member countries;
• Promote integration of electronic networks and information services into a coherent information system;
• Bridge between the EEA public web-services and services for EIONET partners within the e-EIONET network;
• Responsibility for public aspects of components in the EEA/EIONET Information System, for example access to and content of the Reporting Obligation Database;
• Responsibility for indexing of information resources and development of search facilities for public use.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A university degree in a relevant field (for example physical, biological or environmental sciences, engineering, economics or statistics);
• At least 3 years of professional experience in fields relevant to the post;
• A broad general knowledge in the area of environmental monitoring, state-of-the-environment reporting and EU environmental policy;
• High degree of IT literacy;
• Experience in the area of public web-services and information management.

Reference no. EEA/A/2002/8 - Project Manager - Procedures
Temporary Agent (A7)

Job Description:

To coordinate the development of in-house operational procedures and their documentation.

Tasks:

• define operational processes and the related decisions and workflows;
• document operational processes and related procedures to facilitate development and delivery of the EEA work programme;
• coordinate procedure development with other relevant staff in particular with project managers responsible for preparation of the EEA work programme and for financial and personnel procedures;
• follow-up with operational staff to keep system up-to-date and effective.

Qualifications and Experience:

• university degree relevant to the field concerned;
• at least 5 years' professional experience relating to the field covered by the description of the tasks;
• goods skills and experience with standards for developing and documenting working procedures (eg ISO9000).

Reference no. EEA/B/2002/2 - Project Officer - Information Centre Management
Temporary Agent (B5/B3)

Job Description:

Manage and develop the EEA Information Centre and establish/maintain contacts, including publication exchange agreements with other information units. Maintenance of IC services on the EEA public website and on the EEA Intranet.

Tasks:

• Respond to internal and external requests for information;
• Manage the IC and its library;
• Establish and improve contacts with public information units of environmental bodies and organisations in future and present member countries of the EEA;
• Improve the flow of information to and from the IC by establishing and strengthening publication exchange agreements with relevant environmental bodies and organisations (both national and international);
• Update and maintain web-links and contact information on the IC internal web-page;
• Man the Agency's stand at events and exhibitions in which the EEA takes part.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Advanced secondary education or equivalent experience;
• A minimum of 3 years' relevant experience;
• Knowledge of EU institutions and processes;
• Experience in searching in EU information sources, in particular those containing EU environmental information and legislation;
• Experience in managing an information centre, serving a multinational and multilingual client group;
• Experience in managing a reference library;
• Experience in maintaining and editing web-pages;
• Initiative and ability to manage own time and resources;
• Service-mindedness, tact and cultural sensitivity.

Reference no. EEA/B/2002/3 - Personnel Officer
Temporary Agent (B5/B4)

Job Description:

Personnel resources and administrative services.

Tasks:

• Assistance in relation to recruitment, preparation of contracts and other administrative procedures;
• Assistance in tasks related to determination of rights and benefits, salaries and allowances, social security and pension rights.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Advanced secondary education;
• Relevant experience in the field of personnel;
• Knowledge of EU institutions and processes;
• Good knowledge of English and French;
• Good skills to work with computer systems;
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Eligibility for All Posts

Selection is open to candidates who, on the closing date for the submission of applications, satisfy the following general requirements:

• Are a national of one of the Member Countries of the EEA (Member States of the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) OR
• Are a national of one of the new Member Countries of the EEA (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey). The recruitment of nationals from these countries will be subject to prior ratification of the EEA membership agreement
• Meet the educational requirements as described under "Qualifications and experience"
• Enjoy full rights as a citizen
• Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by law concerning military service
• Meet the character requirements for the duties involved
• Have a thorough knowledge of one of the EEA Member Country languages and a satisfactory knowledge of a second of these languages. Knowledge of English would be an asset.

Application procedure:

To apply, candidates must use the proper EEA application form (mandatory), which can be obtained as follows:

1. Via Internet: The EEA application form and the text of this vacancy notice can be printed from the EEA website at: http://org.eea.eu.int/organisation/jbs/index.html. (The address of the EEA website is: http://www.eea.eu.int).
2. By contacting Ms Birgitta Døssing (e-mail: birgitta.dossing@eea.eu.int, fax: +45 33 36 72 71, phone: +45 33 36 72 22).

The completed EEA application form, duly signed and with clear indication of the reference number of the post both in the form and on the envelope, must be returned, together with the required documentation, to the following address:

European Environment Agency
Personnel Department
Kongens Nytorv, 6
DK-1050 Copenhagen K
Denmark

The application form can only be considered, if:

• it is sent no later than the closing date specified
(date of postmark serves as proof);
• it is filled in legibly, signed and dated;
• photocopies of relevant diplomas are attached;
• a photocopy of a document giving proof of nationality (e.g. passport) is attached;
• the reference number of the post is indicated both in the form and on the envelope.

Closing date for applications:

11 February 2002 (closing date has been extended)

The Agency is an equal opportunities employer.

The place of employment will be Copenhagen.