5.4.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CA 119/1

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Under the authority of the Director-General, manage his/her Directorate and advise in the areas within its remit

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Provide high level policy and procedural advice, orally and in writing, to the European Council, the Council, the Coreper and their presidencies and to the Secretary-General on all aspects of dossiers falling within the Directorate’s remit

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Assist the presidency in negotiations and ensure effective communication and cooperation with institutions, agencies and other bodies in this area

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Under the authority of the Director-General, manage his/her Directorate, organise its activities and support and motivate staff in their work

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Define the objectives to be met and contribute to meeting them by establishing the Directorate’s work programme and ensuring the appropriate monitoring of its implementation

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Represent his/her service at Director level both within the GSC and externally, in particular in its relations with the rotating presidency, and with the other institutions

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Participate and/or assist in negotiations and briefings in order to achieve compromises and solutions

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Ensure the quality of the services and products delivered by the Directorate

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Ensure effective communication and cooperation both within the Directorate and with other GSC services

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Ensure professional management of the Directorate’s resources

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Advise the European Council, the Council, the Coreper and their presidencies and the Secretary-General on all aspects of dossiers in order to contribute to finding solutions

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Analyse dossiers in preparation for decisions by the Secretary-General

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Maintain contacts with external interlocutors and represent the GSC in external fora

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Ensure that the rules and procedures to be applied in the relevant fields of the Directorate are respected

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Contribute to ensuring compliance with the rules and procedures applicable to the field concerned

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Coordinate the submission to the Council of proposals for which the GSC is responsible

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Presence required outside normal working hours to meet the needs of the service and for European Council meetings and Council sessions covering issues within the Directorate’s remit

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Missions abroad, including outside the EU (approximately 8 per year on average)

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Regular missions to Luxembourg in April, June and October

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Given that French and English are used extensively for communication within the GSC and with other institutions, an excellent knowledge of one of the two languages and a good knowledge of the other language is required. Knowledge of other official languages of the EU would be an asset.

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A professional experience in the area of external affairs, including relations with the Council presidencies would be considered as an advantage for the post

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Very good knowledge of the structure and functioning of the Council and the relations with the other institutions

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A very good sense of the political environment

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An extensive knowledge of EU policies and institutional issues

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Ability to handle information with discretion

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Ability to identify and propose solutions to problems, the general competency ‘Judgment and problem-solving’ is a key competency for the job

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The general competency ‘Planning and organising’ is a key competency for the job

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Meet critical/sensitive deadlines

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The general competency ‘Sense of responsibility’ is a key competency for the job

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Ability to anticipate and identify potential problems and to solve them

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The general competency ‘Adaptability’ is a key competency for the job

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The general competency ‘Interpersonal communication’ is a key competency for the job

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Be able to lead and motivate multicultural teams

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Management of work and resources, organisational awareness, decision-making, leadership & staff development

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General conditions

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be nationals of one of the Member States of the European Union;

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enjoy their full rights as citizens;

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have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the laws concerning military service.

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Specific conditions

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have completed a full university education attested by a diploma (1);

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have at least 15 years of relevant professional experience out of which at least 3 years in a management position in charge of an administrative entity with management and organisational responsibilities or in a post with significant responsibilities in terms of coordination.

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The General Secretariat of the Council is committed to equal opportunities (see Annex II) and actively welcomes applications from all qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds and from the broadest possible geographical basis amongst the EU Member States. To promote gender equality, the GSC encourages applications from women, who are currently under-represented at management level.

The Human Resources Directorate can provide assistance to persons with disabilities during the recruitment procedure. Reasonable adjustments for persons with disabilities can be made at the workplace. The GSC also offers many measures to reconcile professional and private life. For further information on this, please contact the Equal Opportunities Office (egalite-des-chances@consilium.europa.eu).

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This post requires security clearance allowing access to classified documents (EU SECRET level). Candidates applying for the post will be understood to be prepared to undergo security screening under Council Decision 2013/488/EU (2). Appointment to the post will only take effect on condition that the selected candidate has obtained a valid security clearance certificate. A candidate without security clearance will be offered a temporary contract until the result of the security clearance procedure is obtained.

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The applicant must be prepared to follow the GSC management training programme if necessary.

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Post published in accordance with Article 29(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (3) (senior management post).

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The post has also been published to all Institutions of the European Union.

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In choosing the successful candidate the Appointing Authority shall be assisted by an advisory selection board. The advisory selection board will be supported by an assessment centre. The reports established by the assessment centre will cease to be valid two years after the date on which the relevant exercises took place or upon termination of the framework contract between the GSC and the assessment centre in question — whichever date is the earliest.

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The advisory selection board will initially evaluate and compare the qualifications, experience and motivation of all the applicants, on the basis of their applications. Based on that comparative assessment, the advisory selection board will shortlist the most suitable candidates, in its opinion, to be invited to the first interview. As this first selection is based on a comparative assessment of the applications, the fulfilment of the requirements of this vacancy does not guarantee invitation to the first interview. Among the interviewed candidates, the advisory selection board will pre-select candidates to attend an assessment centre, run by external recruitment consultants, as well as a second interview with the advisory selection board.

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It is expected that candidates selected for the interviews will be informed by early June 2018;

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The first interviews are foreseen for June 2018;

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The assessment centre is expected to take place in June 2018;

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The second round of interviews is foreseen for July 2018.

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the application form (Annex V) duly completed and dated; the electronic application form can be found on the Council’s website under the following link: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/general-secretariat/jobs/job-opportunities/

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a letter of motivation, highlighting candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills relevant for the post, accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae, in English or French, preferably in the Europass format (http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu), covering the applicant’s entire career, listing, inter alia, the applicant’s qualifications, language knowledge, experience, and current duties; and

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photocopies of diplomas certifying education and photocopies of documents and certificates relating to professional experience. Supporting documents must come from a third party and it is not sufficient simply to send the CV mentioned in (b).

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a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more, or

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a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and appropriate professional experience of at least one year when the normal period of university education is at least three years.