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| 20.6.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CA 155/6 |
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20.6.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

CA 155/6

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Publication of a vacancy for an Executive Director (Grade AD14) of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (Brussels)

COM/2008/10088

(2008/C 155 A/02)

We are

The Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (Clean Sky JU) is a public-private partnership between the European Commission and the European Aviation Industry Stakeholders. The Clean Sky JU is established in Brussels under European law (1) for a period up to 31 December 2017. The Clean Sky JU will implement a Joint Technology Initiative aiming at developing low environmental impact technologies for the Air Transport system in line with the Strategic Research Agenda for Aeronautics.

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The Clean Sky JU is an objective-driven initiative targeting the environmental impact of the Air Transport System by reducing CO2 and NOx emissions, noise and fuel consumption. It will deliver full scale ground and in-flight demonstrators across the main flying segments and subsystems for fast and effective introduction of new technology in the new generation of aircrafts.

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The Clean Sky JU will be one of the largest European research projects ever. The Public Private Partnership will speed up technological breakthrough developments and shorten the time to market for new solutions tested on Full Scale Demonstrators. Clean Sky will encourage the participation of SMEs to ensure their full involvement in the programme and offering opportunities to the entire aeronautic supply chain from all Member States and Associated countries. Within the scope of achieving the final deliverables, the Clean Sky JU will organise competitive calls for proposals playing an essential role achieving the objectives.

The Clean Sky JU activities will engage up to EUR 1,6 billion for the period 2008–2017, including (i) a contribution (in cash) from the European Community to the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking not exceeding EUR 800 million from the Seventh Framework Programme, and (ii) an equivalent contribution in-kind from the aeronautical stakeholders. Running costs of the Clean Sky JU will be shared equally and in cash between the Commission on one side and other Members on the other.

For further information please consult the following web site: http://www.cleansky.eu.

We propose

The Executive Director is the legal representative and public face of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking. He/she shall perform his/her tasks with independence and shall be accountable to the Governing Board.

The Executive Director will lead and manage the Joint Undertaking and take overall responsibility for its operations ensuring the achievement of the Joint Undertaking's objectives. As such, he/she will play a key role for the implementation of the Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative.

The Executive Director will be responsible for the day to day management of the Clean Sky JU, including in particular:

| — | Coordinate and follow-up the RTD activities with the scope of meeting the environmental goals and prepare technical and financial reports; |
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Coordinate and follow-up the RTD activities with the scope of meeting the environmental goals and prepare technical and financial reports;

| — | Supervise integration and interface activities and call and chair reviews as required; |
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Supervise integration and interface activities and call and chair reviews as required;

| — | Appoint and supervise the Joint Undertaking's staff and foster a good team spirit and working environment; |
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Appoint and supervise the Joint Undertaking's staff and foster a good team spirit and working environment;

| — | Implement Calls for Proposals and Calls for Tender processes based on the content defined within the relevant technical areas; |
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Implement Calls for Proposals and Calls for Tender processes based on the content defined within the relevant technical areas;

| — | Implement first instance reviewing process in case of contested decisions about partners selected via Calls for Proposals |
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Implement first instance reviewing process in case of contested decisions about partners selected via Calls for Proposals

| — | Verify financial contributions from Clean Sky members, check expenditures against plans and carry out reviews of financial contributions on a yearly basis; |
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Verify financial contributions from Clean Sky members, check expenditures against plans and carry out reviews of financial contributions on a yearly basis;

| — | Prepare and implement yearly budgets in conformity with the JU Financial Regulations and represent the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking in the annual budget discharge procedure; |
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Prepare and implement yearly budgets in conformity with the JU Financial Regulations and represent the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking in the annual budget discharge procedure;

| — | Provide the Governing Board and the Commission with the technical and financial reports; |
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Provide the Governing Board and the Commission with the technical and financial reports;

| — | Run the communication and public relations aspects of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking, including the organisation of presentation and dissemination events; |
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Run the communication and public relations aspects of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking, including the organisation of presentation and dissemination events;

| — | Organise the dialogue with users and relevant interest groups. |
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Organise the dialogue with users and relevant interest groups.

We look for

He/she should have:

| — | Capacity to develop a strategic vision; |
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Capacity to develop a strategic vision;

| — | Experience in managing technology development projects in a European or international environment; |
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Experience in managing technology development projects in a European or international environment;

| — | Management experience, preferably in a start up and/or multi-cultural context; |
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Management experience, preferably in a start up and/or multi-cultural context;

| — | Ability to lead and motivate a team including both administrative and technical personnel in a European, multicultural and multilingual context; |
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Ability to lead and motivate a team including both administrative and technical personnel in a European, multicultural and multilingual context;

| — | A good understanding of the aeronautical industry and of the EU Institutions and their functioning and interaction; |
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A good understanding of the aeronautical industry and of the EU Institutions and their functioning and interaction;

| — | Strong sense of responsibility, initiative and self-motivation; |
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Strong sense of responsibility, initiative and self-motivation;

| — | Experience in interacting with industry and knowledge of regulatory policy and practice relevant to the Joint Undertaking's fields of action; |
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Experience in interacting with industry and knowledge of regulatory policy and practice relevant to the Joint Undertaking's fields of action;

| — | Developed interpersonal skills and experience in liaising between organisations; |
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Developed interpersonal skills and experience in liaising between organisations;

| — | Capability to communicate with the public and to build good working relations with the stakeholders; |
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Capability to communicate with the public and to build good working relations with the stakeholders;

| — | Fluency in written and spoken English. |
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Fluency in written and spoken English.

Applicants must

Candidates will be considered for the selection phase on the basis of the following formal criteria to be fulfilled by the deadline for applications:

Candidates will be considered for the selection phase on the basis of the following formal criteria to be fulfilled by the deadline for applications:

| — | Nationality: Be a national of a Member State of the European Union or a country associated to the Seventh Research Framework Programme (2); |
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Nationality: Be a national of a Member State of the European Union or a country associated to the Seventh Research Framework Programme (2);

Nationality

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| — | University degree or diploma: Have a level of education corresponding to a full university education, as evidenced by a diploma, where the normal duration of the studies in question is four years or more, in a field related to the duties; |
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University degree or diploma: Have a level of education corresponding to a full university education, as evidenced by a diploma, where the normal duration of the studies in question is four years or more, in a field related to the duties;

University degree or diploma:

| — | Professional experience: Have at least 15 years' postgraduate experience at a level to which the qualifications referred to above give admission of which five years must have been acquired in the domain of the Joint Undertaking activities; |
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Professional experience: Have at least 15 years' postgraduate experience at a level to which the qualifications referred to above give admission of which five years must have been acquired in the domain of the Joint Undertaking activities;

Professional experience:

| — | Management experience: Have at least five years of the professional experience gained in a high level management function (3); |
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Management experience: Have at least five years of the professional experience gained in a high level management function (3);

Management experience

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| — | Languages: A thorough knowledge of one of the official Community languages (4) and a satisfactory knowledge of a second of these languages to the extent necessary for the performance of his/her duties; |
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Languages: A thorough knowledge of one of the official Community languages (4) and a satisfactory knowledge of a second of these languages to the extent necessary for the performance of his/her duties;

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| — | Age limit: be able to complete the full three-year mandate before reaching retirement age. For temporary staff of the European Communities, retirement age is defined as being the end of the month in which the person reaches the age of 65. |
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Age limit: be able to complete the full three-year mandate before reaching retirement age. For temporary staff of the European Communities, retirement age is defined as being the end of the month in which the person reaches the age of 65.

Age limit:

Independence and declaration of interests

The Executive Director will be required to make a declaration of commitment to act independently in the public interest and to make a declaration in relation to interests which might be considered prejudicial to his/her independence. Candidates must confirm their willingness to do so in their application.

Selection and appointment procedure

The implementation of the Joint Undertaking will commence in 2008. Following the Commission Proposal for a Council Regulation setting up the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking [COM(2007) 315 final], the Council Regulation which provides the legal basis for the Joint Undertaking was adopted in December 2007 (5).

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The present publication is organised under the responsibility of the European Commission's Research Directorate General, in accordance with Article 16 of the Council Regulation establishing the JTI and with the involvement of the Governing Board of the Joint Undertaking.

The recruitment procedure to fill the post of the Executive Director is subject to the availability of the budget and the establishment plan of the Joint Undertaking.

The Governing Board will appoint as director a candidate who, beforehand, has been short listed during the selection procedure, following the rules and procedures in place for this type of recruitment (more detailed information on the selection procedure is available on request at the following address: rtd-selections-cs@ec.europa.eu).

Equal opportunities

The Clean Sky JU, as a Community body, applies a policy of equal opportunities and non discrimination in accordance with Article 1d of the Staff Regulations (6).

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Conditions of employment

The Executive Director will be appointed by the Governing Board of the Clean Sky JU as a temporary agent at grade AD14, pursuant to Article 2a of the Conditions of employment of Other Servants of the European Communities (7), for a period of three years.

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After an evaluation of the Executive Director's performance, the Board may extend the term of office once for a further period of not more than four years, as stated in the legal basis.

The place of employment is Brussels, where the Joint Undertaking premises are located.

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Application procedure

For applications to be valid, candidates must submit:

| 1. | a duly completed application form, which is attached to this vacancy notice and can also be downloaded from:
  http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/personnel_administration/working_senior_mgt_en.htm |
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a duly completed application form, which is attached to this vacancy notice and can also be downloaded from:

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/personnel_administration/working_senior_mgt_en.htm

| 2. | a letter of motivation; and |
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a letter of motivation; and

| 3. | a curriculum vitae (CV) preferably drafted using the European CV format (8). |
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a curriculum vitae (CV) preferably drafted using the European CV format (8).

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The application will be rejected if the dossier is incomplete.

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.

In order to facilitate the selection process, all communications to candidates concerning this vacancy will be in English language.

Applications, preferably in English, French or German, should be sent by e-mail to:

rtd-selections-cs@ec.europa.eu

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 |
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| Directorate-General for Research |
| COM/2008/10088 — Post of Executive Director Clean Sky |
| Unit RTD.R.1 ‘Human Resources’ |
| Office SDME 4/27 |
| B-1049 Brussels |

European Commission

European Commission

Directorate-General for Research

Directorate-General for Research

COM/2008/10088 — Post of Executive Director Clean Sky

COM/2008/10088 — Post of Executive Director Clean Sky

Unit RTD.R.1 ‘Human Resources’

Unit RTD.R.1 ‘Human Resources’

Office SDME 4/27

Office SDME 4/27

B-1049 Brussels

B-1049 Brussels

Candidates are asked to report any potential change of address in writing without delay to the address above.

Contact person:

| Mr Liam Breslin, Clean Sky interim executive Director, |
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| Tel: + 32-(0)2-2950477, |
| E-mail: Liam.Breslin@ec.europa.eu |

Mr Liam Breslin, Clean Sky interim executive Director,

Mr Liam Breslin, Clean Sky interim executive Director,

Tel: + 32-(0)2-2950477,

Tel: + 32-(0)2-2950477,

E-mail: Liam.Breslin@ec.europa.eu

E-mail: Liam.Breslin@ec.europa.eu

Closing date

Applications must be sent either by e-mail or by registered post no later than 18 July 2008 (date of e-mail or date as postmark for registered mail).

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18 July 2008

Applications sent by express courier service must be delivered to the address above before 17.00 (Brussels time) on 18 July 2008.

18 July 2008.

The Commission reserves the right to prolong the closing date of this vacancy by publication in the Official Journal of the European Union only.

Official Journal of the European Union

Important Information for candidates

Candidates are reminded that the different selection committee's works are confidential. It is forbidden for candidates to make direct or indirect contact with their members or to ask anybody else to do so on their behalf.

Protection of personal data

The Commission (during the preparatory phase) and later the Clean Sky JU will ensure that candidates' personal data are processed as required by Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. This applies in particular to the confidentiality and security of such data (9).

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(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 71/2008 of 20 December 2007 setting up the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (OJ L 30, 4.2.2008, p. 1).

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(2)  See the countries currently associated to the Seventh Research Framework Programme at: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/third_country_agreements_en.pdf

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(3)  In their CVs applicants should indicate at least for these years during which high level management experience has been acquired: (1) title and role of management positions held, (2) numbers of staff overseen in these positions, (3) the size of budgets managed, and (4) numbers of hierarchical layers above and below and number of peers.

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(4)  http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/index_en.html

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(5)  Council Regulation (EC) No 71/2008 of 20 December 2007 setting up the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (OJ L 30, 4.2.2008 p. 1).

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(6)  OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1; http://ec.europa.eu/civil_service/docs/toc100_en.pdf

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(7)  OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1; http://ec.europa.eu/civil_service/docs/toc100_en.pdf

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(8)  The European CV can be downloaded from the website http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/htm/index.htm

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(9)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

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