RECRUITMENT NOTICE PE/269/S

DIRECTOR

(function group AD, grade 14)

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR SECURITY AND SAFETY – DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION

(2021/C 505 A/02)

1. Vacant post

The President of the European Parliament has decided to open the procedure for filling the post of director (AD, grade 14) in the Directorate-General for Security and Safety, Directorate for Technologies and Information, in accordance with Article 29(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (1) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Staff Regulations’).

This selection procedure, which is designed to give the appointing authority a wider choice of candidates, will be conducted at the same time as internal and interinstitutional recruitment procedures.

Recruitment will be at grade AD 14 (2). The basic salary is EUR 15 225,35 per month. In addition to the basic salary, which is subject to Community tax and exempt from national tax, certain allowances may be payable in circumstances laid down by the Staff Regulations.

Candidates should note that this post is subject to the mobility policy rules adopted by Parliament’s Bureau on 15 January 2018.

The post calls for flexibility and frequent contact with people inside and outside Parliament, including Members of the European Parliament. The director will be required to travel frequently between Parliament’s places of work and elsewhere.

2. Place of employment

Brussels. This post may be transferred to one of Parliament’s other places of work.

3. Equal opportunities

The European Parliament is an equal opportunities employer and accepts applications without discrimination on any ground such as gender, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status or family situation.

4. Job description

As a senior official, the director will be required to carry out the following duties in the light of the guidelines and decisions laid down by the parliamentary authority and the director-general (3):

—	ensuring that a large department in Parliament’s Secretariat, comprising several units covering the directorate’s areas of activity, runs smoothly and in keeping with Parliament’s policies,

—	managing, leading, motivating and coordinating teams of staff — optimising the use of the directorate’s resources to provide a high-quality service (organisation, management of human and budget resources, innovation, etc.) in its areas of activity,

—	planning the directorate’s work (deciding on objectives and strategies) — taking the decisions required to achieve the objectives set; assessing the performance of the units making up the directorate with a view to ensuring that high standards are maintained,

—	advising the director-general, the Secretariat and Members in the directorate’s areas of activity,

—	cooperating with the other directorates in the Secretariat, representing Parliament and negotiating contracts and agreements in the directorate’s areas of activity,

—	managing and seeing through specific projects likely to involve financial responsibilities,

—	acting as authorising officer by subdelegation.

5. Eligibility

The procedure is open to candidates who fulfil the following conditions on the closing date for applications:

(a)

General criteria

In accordance with Article 28 of the Staff Regulations, candidates must:

—	be a national of one of the European Union’s Member States (4),

—	enjoy full rights as a citizen,

—	have fulfilled any obligations imposed on them by the laws on military service,

—	be able to produce the appropriate character references as to their suitability for the performance of their duties.

(b)

Specific criteria

(i)

Qualifications

—	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

—	a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and appropriate professional experience of at least one year (5), when the normal period of university education is at least three years.

(ii)

Professional experience required

Professional experience gained after obtaining the qualifications referred to above:

12 years, at least part of which must be in the directorate’s areas of activity, and including at least six years in a European and/or international environment, and at least six years in management positions in a large department.

(iii)

Knowledge of languages

Excellent knowledge of one of the European Union’s official languages (6) and very good knowledge of at least one other is required.

The Advisory Committee for the Appointment of Senior Officials will take knowledge of other official languages of the European Union into account.

NB:

This post requires security clearance allowing access to classified information. Candidates applying for the post must be prepared to undergo security screening under the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 15 April 2013 concerning the rules governing the treatment of confidential information by the European Parliament (7). Appointment to the post will only take effect on condition that the selected candidate has obtained a valid security clearance certificate.

6. Tests

To assist the appointing authority in its choice, the Advisory Committee for the Appointment of Senior Officials will draw up a list of candidates and make a recommendation to Parliament’s Bureau as to who should be called for interview. The Bureau will adopt the list, and the committee will conduct the interviews and submit its final report to the Bureau for a decision. At this stage, the Bureau may interview the candidates.

The interviews will be based on the job description as set out in point 4 above, focusing on the following:

—	strategic thinking,

—	management skills,

—	forward-planning skills,

—	ability to react appropriately to events,

—	thoroughness,

—	communication skills.

7. Applications

The deadline for applications is:

12.00 (noon), Brussels time, on 7 January 2022.

Candidates are asked to send, by email only, a personal statement in pdf format (marked ‘For the attention of the Secretary-General of the European Parliament, Recruitment Notice PE/269/S’) and a curriculum vitae in Europass format (8), quoting the reference number for the procedure (PE/269/S) in the subject line, to:

PERS-EPSeniorManagement@ep.europa.eu

The date and time of dispatch of the email will be taken to be the date and time of submission of the application.

Scanned documents must be legible.

Candidates called for interview must produce by the interview date copies or photocopies of supporting documents relating to their studies, professional experience and current responsibilities (9) . These documents will not be returned.

Personal data which candidates provide for the purposes of this selection procedure will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (10), in particular as regards their confidentiality and security.

(1) See Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1), as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 (OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1) and most recently by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 15).

(2) On recruitment the official will be placed in the appropriate step, in accordance with Article 32 of the Staff Regulations.

(3) For description of main tasks, see annex.

(4) The European Union’s Member States are: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden.

(5) This year of experience will not be taken into account when assessing the professional experience required under the next indent.

(6) The European Union’s official languages are: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish.

(7) OJ C 96, 1.4.2014, p. 1.

(8) http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/

(9) This does not apply to candidates working for the European Parliament on the closing date for applications.

(10) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).

ANNEX

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR SECURITY AND SAFETY

DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION

MAIN TASKS

(Entity comprising 35 staff)

—	Directing, coordinating and supervising the directorate’s units and ensuring the exchange of information between them;

—	Acting as authorising officer by subdelegation;

—	Helping to define security objectives and strategies and contributing to their implementation by the departments concerned;

—	Ensuring consistency of the directorate’s internal processes;

—	Contributing to the implementation of the new global security concept in the directorate’s areas of responsibility;

—	Helping to draw up security procedures and contributing to the implementation of Parliament’s security strategy;

—	Enhancing cooperation with the relevant departments in Parliament, the competent authorities of host countries and other institutions;

—	Managing a specialised investigation service;

—	Ensuring that security risks are managed on a continuous basis;

—	Analysing security systems information and management;

—	Providing support in connection with the work to ensure the security and safety of official missions of Members and all other Parliament staff and managing the crisis team;

—	Helping to ensure good cooperation with Parliament’s governing bodies and Secretariat within its remit, and ensuring that their decisions are acted on;

—	Ensuring business continuity in the event of incidents and contributing to crisis management.

RISK ASSESSMENT AND INVESTIGATION UNIT

—	Helping to maintain a secure working environment in Parliament by analysing, on a continuous basis, the security-related risks of events and activities in and outside Parliament;

—	Drawing up security assessments and risk analyses for the political and administrative authorities;

—	Establishing and updating procedures for ensuring business continuity in the event of incidents; providing assistance to management in crisis situations and when incidents occur, and supporting the crisis management set-up in DG SAFE;

—	Carrying out high-level security-related investigations and audits;

—	Providing a specialised investigation service;

—	Designing, coordinating and implementing prevention and response measures to ensure the security and safety of official missions of Members and all other Parliament staff duly authorised by the competent bodies to accompany Members on missions.

INFORMATION SECURITY AND ANALYSIS UNIT

—	Ensuring the implementation of internal procedures relating to security clearances in close cooperation with the relevant services;

—	Putting in place all measures and procedures relating to the security vetting of employees of external firms accessing Parliament’s buildings, in connection with the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Belgian authorities;

—	Improving, in keeping with DG SAFE’s overall objective, cooperation with the security services of the other institutions and the national authorities of the host countries through active and regular participation in coordination meetings and the smooth and continuous exchange of information;

—	Ensuring the development of information systems;

—	Drafting, managing and monitoring the implementation of the information security policy;

—	Collecting, collating and analysing information (OSINT/SOCMINT and interinstitutional cooperation);

—	Contributing to security management with a specialist team and using electronic countermeasures.

SECURITY ENGINEERING UNIT

—	Determining the most appropriate physical security options for protecting Parliament’s staff and premises in all its places of work and in the Member States, including in the Liaison Offices and the Europa Experience facilities;

—	Ensuring installation, operation and maintenance of the physical security systems on the three sites and in the Member States;

—	Designing, deploying and managing innovative and effective access control and physical security systems;

—	Planning and implementing procurement operations and implementing the budget for technological and physical security systems.