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RECRUITMENT NOTICE PE/91/S

(2005/C 42 A/03)

The European Parliament's Secretariat is organising a selection procedure based on qualifications and tests to recruit a

TEMPORARY MEMBER OF STAFF

ADMINISTRATOR (A*10/AD10)

Parliamentary Assistance/Budget Affairs

(female or male)

CONTENTS

A.   DUTIES AND ELIGIBILITY (PROFILE SOUGHT)

1.   General remarks

The European Parliament's Secretariat is seeking to recruit a member of staff (administrator) on a temporary contract for the Directorate-General for Internal Policies — Directorate D — Budget Affairs.

The contract will be concluded on an open-ended basis. Recruitment will be to grade A*10/AD10, first step, the basic monthly salary for which being EUR 7 065,67. This salary is subject to Community tax and the other deductions laid down in the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities (CEOS); it is exempt from national taxation. The step at which the successful candidate is recruited may, however, be adjusted in accordance with his/her professional experience. Moreover, under certain circumstances allowances will be paid in addition to the basic salary.

The duties involved call for a very high degree of commitment (variable and/or flexible pace and hours of work), travel between the European Parliament's places of work and missions outside the places of work, frequent contact with people inside and outside Parliament, including interest groups, and close cooperation with Members of the European Parliament.

The temporary member of staff recruited will also be required to complete a probationary period of not more than six months.

2.   Place of employment

Brussels.

3.   Job description

Temporary member of staff responsible for the planning, advisory and coordination tasks set out below within Directorate D — Budget Affairs:

4.   Eligibility (profile sought)

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

B.   THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE SELECTION PROCEDURE

1.    Admission to the selection procedure

This post will be filled on the basis of qualifications and tests.

2.   Assessment on the basis of qualifications and admission to compulsory tests

On the basis of criteria laid down in advance, the Selection Board will assess the qualifications of the candidates admitted to the selection procedure and draw up a list of the eight best candidates, who will be admitted to the tests.

Marking: 0 to 20 points.

You will receive a personal letter informing you of the Selection Board's decision on whether to admit you to the tests.

3.    Compulsory tests

With a view to ascertaining candidates' knowledge, the Selection Board will hold the following tests:

Written test

Oral tests

4.    List of suitable candidates

In the light of the results, the Selection Board will designate the three candidates it considers most suited to performing the duties described in Section A of this recruitment notice and place them on the list of suitable candidates. The list of suitable candidates will therefore contain the names of the three best candidates, in order of merit, with the highest overall score in the procedure (assessment of qualifications and tests), provided they have scored at least 50 % overall.

Candidates will be informed individually of their results and the list of suitable candidates will be posted on the notice boards on Parliament's premises.

C.   HOW TO APPLY

Before filling in the application form please read carefully the guide and the Annex to it in this Official Journal.

D.   GENERAL INFORMATION

1.   Equal opportunities

The European Parliament takes great care to avoid any form of discrimination during the recruitment procedure.

It is an equal-opportunities employer and accepts applications without distinction on the grounds of age (see Section D, paragraph 6), race, political, philosophical or religious conviction, gender or sexual orientation and regardless of disabilities, marital status or family situation.

2.   Selection Board

A selection board is appointed for each selection procedure.

Candidates may not under any circumstances approach the Selection Board themselves, directly or indirectly. The Appointing Authority reserves the right to disqualify any candidate who disregards this instruction.

3.   Approximate timetable for the selection procedure

Please note that selection procedures take approximately six months, depending on the number of applicants.

Indicative schedule:

Please DO NOT TELEPHONE to ask about the timetable for the competition.

Taking account of your responsibilities as a candidate, you are asked to send a fax (+352 4300 27740) or write to the Competitions Department if you have not received a letter concerning your application by 30 April 2005 (6).

4.   Requests for review — appeals — complaints to the European Ombudsman

See Annex.

5.   Recruitment

Successful candidates included on the list of suitable candidates will be eligible for recruitment as temporary agents to fill posts in the area specified in Section A of this recruitment notice as needs arise in the departments of the European Parliament.

Successful candidates on the list of suitable candidates who are offered a job will in due course be required to produce the originals of all necessary documents, notably their diplomas and their employment certificates, for verification.

Recruitment will be subject to the provisions of the Staff Regulations and budgetary constraints.

The list of suitable candidates will expire on 31 December 2008; it may be extended.

If it is, candidates on the list will be duly notified.

6.    You should note that the retirement age for staff is laid down in the Staff Regulations as follows:

7.   Category and career brackets

Recruitment of successful candidates in selection procedure PE/91/S will be to grade A*10/AD10.

8.   Remuneration

Basic monthly salary as at 1 May 2004: grade A*10/AD10, first step: EUR 7 065,67.

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(1)  Only the application form enclosed in the Official Journal printed by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities will be regarded as original. For this reason, photocopies or any other copy of this document (obtained electronically, for instance) will not be accepted.

(2)  Dispatch by private courier will be accepted as by registered post. In such cases, the date appearing on the delivery note will be taken as the date of dispatch.

(3)  If, for special and exceptional reasons, candidates ask for any correspondence concerning the selection procedure to be sent to an address other than their actual place of residence, they must enclose a separate sheet giving full and detailed reasons for their request. Any statement of this kind will be treated in strict confidence.

(4)  The Competitions Department fax number is: + 352 4300 27740.

(5)  Dispatch by private courier will be accepted as by registered post. In such cases, the date appearing on the delivery note will be taken as the date of dispatch.

(6)  The Competitions Department fax number is: + 352 4300 27740.

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ANNEX

REQUESTS FOR REVIEW — APPEALS — COMPLAINTS TO THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN

If at any stage of the selection procedure you think that a decision has adversely affected you, you can ask for a review of the decision, initiate one of the appeals procedures or lodge a complaint with the European Ombudsman.

You should note that complaints made to the Ombudsman have no suspensive effect on the time-limit laid down in Article 91 of the Staff Regulations for lodging appeals with the Court of First Instance under Article 236 of the EC Treaty.

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