29.6.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CA 169/1

DG HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Publication of a vacancy for Principal Advisor

(Article 29(1a) and 29(2) of the Staff Regulations)

COM/100/04

(2004/C 169A/01)

The Directorate-General's overall mission is to promote a better quality of life by ensuring a high level of protection of consumers' health, safety and economic interests as well as of public health and the farm-to-fork preservation of safe food and feed production.

The DG consists of six, soon to be expanded to seven directorates and consists of approximately 700 staff, located not only in Brussels but also in Ireland and Luxembourg. The DG has an overall budget of EUR 400 to 500 million.

In the enlarged European Union, the Commission must deliver an enhanced quality of life to its citizens through better built policies, more coordinated government activity and a regulatory framework that reconciles the highest standards with the needs of a competitive and open global economy.

In its contribution to this work, DG SANCO is creating a post of Principal Adviser. We are looking for an experienced policy adviser with a background in economics and in public policy making, who can input across the policy areas of food safety, public health, animal health and consumer interests.

Specific tasks linked to the function

The objective will be to support and complement the regulatory roles of the Directorate-General in the above fields, ensure coherent and coordinated policy-making across a range of complex sectors in the DG, and to promote coherence between the responsibilities of the DG and wider issues (health and environment, consumer interests and competition policy, etc.).

Working directly for the Director-General, the adviser will also be asked to lead task forces where necessary to deliver specific outputs in key policy areas, as well as developing a first-class capacity for the ex ante assessment of policy impacts and evaluation.

Specific job requirements

The ideal person will have a legal or economic background with considerable public policy experience.

He/she will be approachable and capable of interacting both with scientific, technical, regulatory or legislative specialists, and with the DG’s many lay stakeholders. Candidates will be accustomed to providing useful and practical input to aid the development of policy, to support the attainment of policy objectives and to assess the outcome of initiatives.

General conditions

Applicants should demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the EU institutions.

Applicants must:

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be a citizen of one of the EU Member States;

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hold a university degree that gives access to undertake doctoral studies;

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have at least 15 years postgraduate professional experience at a level to which the qualifications referred to above give admission. At least five years of that professional experience must include advice, analysis and/or interdisciplinary conceptual tasks at high level in an international organisation;

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have a thorough knowledge of one of the EU official languages, and an adequate knowledge of another of these languages.

Independence and declaration of interests

Candidates are required to confirm their willingness to make a declaration of their commitment to act independently in the public interest and a declaration of any interests which might be considered prejudicial to their independence.

Appointment and conditions of employment

The Principal Advisor will be selected and appointed by the Commission according to its selection and recruitment procedures. A shortlist of candidates will be called for an interview by the Commission's Consultative Committee on Appointments.

Salaries and conditions of employment are those laid down for officials occupying a function corresponding to the basic post of Director of the European Communities.

Applicants should note the requirement under the new Staff Regulations for all new staff to complete successfully a nine-month probationary period.

This appointment will be made in Brussels.

Equal opportunities

The European Union applies an equal opportunities policy.

Application procedure

This post is being published in parallel with a number of other Principal Advisor posts.  Candidates who wish to apply for more than one post must submit a separate application for each post.

Applications should comprise the following documents only: supporting documents (e.g. certified copies of degrees/diplomas, references, proof of experience etc.) should not be sent at this point but must be submitted at a later stage of the procedure, if requested:

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a curriculum vitae not exceeding four pages which must be submitted in either English, French or German.  The following information must be included on the first page of the curriculum vitae:

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Full name (title, first name, surname),

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Full postal address,

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Email address,

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Telephone numbers (home, office and mobile telephone),

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Date of birth,

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Sex,

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Nationality,

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Knowledge of languages (indicate mother tongue, thorough knowledge or satisfactory knowledge),

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Title of degree giving access to this selection procedure and awarding institution,

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Date of award of degree giving access to this selection procedure (day, month and year);

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a letter of motivation in English, French or German.

Applications will be rejected if incomplete (i.e. absence of a letter of motivation or curriculum vitae or both).

Applications should be sent by e-mail to ADMIN-JOB-VACANCIES-MANAGEMENT@cec.eu.int. Applicants should clearly mention the vacancy number COM/100/04 in the subject field of their email.

Only applicants who are not able to send their application by e-mail may send it by registered post or express courier service to:

European Commission

Directorate-General ‘Personnel and Administration’

‘Organisation Chart and Management Staff’ Unit

COM/100/04

MO-34 5/105

B-1049 Brussels.

Closing date

Applications must be sent on or before 30 July 2004 (date of e-mail or date as postmark for registered mail).

Applications sent by express courier service must be delivered to the address above before 17.00 on 30 July 2004.