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EEA Job Vacancy
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is organising an open competition with a view to recruiting a temporary agent to work within the area of legal services and further with a view to establishing a reserve list.
The EEA is an Agency of the European Union (EU) and one of the decentralised Community bodies. The EEA aims at supporting sustainable development and helping to 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 position will entail in particular the following tasks:
Candidates applying must satisfy the following eligibility criteria on the closing date for the submission of applications:
a) Successful completion of university studies attested by a degree in law, where the normal duration of university education is 4 years or more OR successful completion of university studies in law attested by a degree, where the normal duration of university education is 3 years;
b) A minimum of 6 years (with a 4 year diploma) OR 7 years (with a 3 year diploma) of relevant professional experience after award of the law degree.
In addition, in order to be eligible a candidate must:
The successful candidate will be offered a contract as Temporary Agent in accordance with the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities (CEOS). The selected candidate will be employed for an initial time period of four years, renewable.
The basic monthly salary of a Temporary Agent AD7 (step 1), before any deductions or allowances, on 1 July 2008 amounts to € 5.364,07. To this basic salary a weighting factor is to be added (39.4% for Denmark on 1 July 2008). The salaries of Temporary Agents are subject to a tax of the European Communities which is deducted at source. They are exempt from national tax.
The place of work will be Copenhagen, Denmark.
It is brought to the attention of candidates that the provisions of Articles 11 to 26 of the Staff Regulations for Officials of the European Communities, concerning the rights and obligations of officials, shall apply by analogy to Temporary Agents. These rules specify, inter alia, that:
“An official shall carry out his duties and conduct himself solely with the interests of the Communities in mind; he shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government, authority, organization or person outside his institution. He shall carry out the duties assigned to him objectively, impartially and in keeping with his duty of loyalty to the Communities.
“An official shall not without the permission of the appointing authority accept from any government or from any other source outside the institution to which he belongs any honour, decoration, favour, gift or payment of any kind whatever, except for services rendered either before his appointment or during special leave for military or other national service and in respect of such service.”
For further information on the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities (CEOS) please refer to:
http://ec.europa.eu/civil_service/docs/toc100_en.pdf.
Eligibility of candidates will be assessed according to their compliance with all eligibility criteria by the closing date for the submission of applications.
Eligible candidates whose applications give evidence of the possession of all required competences and skills listed under “Selection criteria” may be invited for an interview, which for the most part will be held in English. Invited candidates will also sit a written test in the area of expertise required for the post.
Following this, a list of suitable candidates will be submitted to the Appointing Authority who, following a second interview, decides on the appointment of the successful candidate for the post advertised and the establishment of a reserve list. Candidates shall note that inclusion on the reserve list does not guarantee recruitment. Recruitment will be based on availability of posts and budget.
The reserve list to be established following this procedure will be valid until 31 December 2010 and may be extended at the discretion of the Appointing Authority.
Prior to contract signature, the successful candidate will be asked:
Any personal data provided by the User shall be processed pursuant to 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.
EEA is an equal opportunities employer and accepts applications without distinction on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, age or sexual orientation. In recruiting its staff the EEA aims at attracting the broadest possible geographical range of nationals of all EEA member countries.
Interested candidates must apply by filling in the application form below.
The following documents must be attached to the application form:
o a CV in Europass format (see template below), duly completed;
o a letter of motivation; and
o the eligibility and selection criteria grid (see template below), duly completed.
NB: Failure to submit any of the required documents will lead to exclusion from the procedure.
Closing date for application: Monday 12 October 2009, at 12.00 (Central European Time)
Applications sent after this date will be rejected.
Please ensure that you observe the following:
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 sending a request for review to the Chairperson of the Selection Committee at the address indicated on the letter within 21 calendar days from receipt of the letter of notification.
For questions only:
E-mail (Questions only) |
Should you have any questions, please use this link recruitment.enquiries@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/about-us/jobs/eea-ad-2009-15 or scan the QR code.
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