5.4.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CA 119/39

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Under the authority of the Director-General, manage his/her Directorate and advise in the areas within its remit. Provide legal advice at high level, in writing or orally, in the areas within the Directorate’s remit.

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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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Provide, on his/her own initiative or upon request, advice and written or oral opinions at high level on legal and institutional questions to the Council, Coreper or other preparatory instances, as well as to the Secretary-General of the Council

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Advise the presidency and/or the GSC on legal aspects of dossiers in order to contribute to finding solutions which are legally correct and acceptable by the concerned instance and conduct high-level studies in the areas within the Directorate’s remit

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

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

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Ensure professional management of the Directorate’s resources

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Ensure effective communication and cooperation both within the Directorate and with the other Directorates, as well as with other GSC services

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Define the objectives to be achieved in the relevant fields of the Directorate, ensure their implementation by appropriate measures and ensure a policy of planning of tasks

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Ensure the implementation of a policy of achieving high quality Union texts

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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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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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Extensive knowledge of EU law

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Extensive knowledge of the functioning and procedures of the EU

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The knowledge related to the field of work is key for the job

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Take appropriate action on one’s own initiative

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Ability to show creativity

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Capacity to work in an international and multicultural environment

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Ability to demonstrate diplomacy and communication skills

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

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Ability to maintain good working relationships with a range of interlocutors

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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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Hold a university degree in law giving access to doctoral studies in law or have an equivalent professional qualification (1);

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Have at least 15 years professional experience providing legal or institutional advice and at least 5 years having effectively exercised management and organisational responsibilities.

Five years spent in a post with significant responsibilities in terms of legal coordination would be equivalent to the required management experience.

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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 (SECRET EU/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.