# Official Journal C 132A/13 A

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6113 April 2018 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 132A

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6113 April 2018

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | V   Announcements |
| | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES |
| | European Parliament |
| 2018/C 132 A/01 | Recruitment notice PE/216/S — Director (F/M) (function group AD, grade 14) — Directorate-General for Communication — Directorate for Media | 1 |
| 2018/C 132 A/02 | Recruitment notice PE/217/S — Director (F/M) (Function group AD, grade 14) — Directorate-General for Communication — Directorate for Campaigns | 7 |
| 2018/C 132 A/03 | Recruitment notice PE/218/S — Director (F/M) (Function group AD, grade 14) — Directorate-General for Translation — Directorate for Translation | 12 |

Notice No

Contents

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V   Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

European Parliament

2018/C 132 A/01

Recruitment notice PE/216/S — Director (F/M) (function group AD, grade 14) — Directorate-General for Communication — Directorate for Media

1

2018/C 132 A/02

Recruitment notice PE/217/S — Director (F/M) (Function group AD, grade 14) — Directorate-General for Communication — Directorate for Campaigns

7

2018/C 132 A/03

Recruitment notice PE/218/S — Director (F/M) (Function group AD, grade 14) — Directorate-General for Translation — Directorate for Translation

12

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V Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

European Parliament

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Official Journal of the European Union

CA 132/1

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RECRUITMENT NOTICE PE/216/S

DIRECTOR (F/M) (function group AD, grade 14)

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATION — DIRECTORATE FOR MEDIA

(2018/C 132 A/01)

1.   Vacant post

The President of the European Parliament has decided to open the procedure for filling the post of director
   (1) (AD, grade 14) in the Directorate-General for Communication — Directorate for Media, in accordance with Article 29(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (2) (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 to grade AD 14 (3). The basic salary is EUR 14 303,51 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 (MEPs). 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 grounds, such as sex, 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 perform the following duties in the light of the guidelines and decisions laid down by the parliamentary authority and the director-general (4):

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

| — | 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, |
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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 activities (setting objectives and drawing up strategies); taking the decisions needed to achieve the objectives set; assessing services provided with a view to ensuring that high standards are maintained, |
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planning the directorate’s activities (setting objectives and drawing up strategies); taking the decisions needed to achieve the objectives set; assessing services provided with a view to ensuring that high standards are maintained,

| — | advising the director-general, the Secretariat and MEPs in the directorate’s areas of activity, |
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advising the director-general, the Secretariat and MEPs 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, |
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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, |
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managing and seeing through specific projects likely to involve financial responsibilities,

| — | acting as authorising officer by subdelegation. |
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acting as authorising officer by subdelegation.

5.   Eligibility

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

| (a) | General conditions |
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(a)

General conditions

Under Article 28 of the Staff Regulations, candidates must:

| — | be a national of one of the European Union’s Member States, |
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be a national of one of the European Union’s Member States,

| — | enjoy full rights as a citizen, |
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enjoy full rights as a citizen,

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

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

| (b) | Specific conditions |
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(b)

Specific conditions

| (i) | Qualifications and professional experience required |
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(i)

Qualifications and professional experience required

| — | A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma, when the normal period of university education is 4 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 1 year (5), when the normal period of university education is at least 3 years. |
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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 4 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 1 year (5), when the normal period of university education is at least 3 years.

| — | At least 12 years’ professional experience gained after obtaining the qualifications referred to above, including at least 6 years performing managerial duties. |
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At least 12 years’ professional experience gained after obtaining the qualifications referred to above, including at least 6 years performing managerial duties.

| (ii) | Knowledge required |
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Knowledge required

| — | excellent general knowledge of European affairs, |
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excellent general knowledge of European affairs,

| — | excellent grasp of internal, national and international political issues, |
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excellent grasp of internal, national and international political issues,

| — | excellent knowledge of the Treaties, |
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excellent knowledge of the Treaties,

| — | very good understanding of the different cultures represented in the European institutions, |
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very good understanding of the different cultures represented in the European institutions,

| — | excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Secretariat, its organisational set-up and environment and the various players involved, |
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excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Secretariat, its organisational set-up and environment and the various players involved,

| — | excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, legislative procedures and internal rules and working methods, |
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excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, legislative procedures and internal rules and working methods,

| — | excellent knowledge of the Staff Regulations, of how they are to be interpreted and of the rules based on them, |
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excellent knowledge of the Staff Regulations, of how they are to be interpreted and of the rules based on them,

| — | excellent knowledge of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union and its Rules of Application, and of Parliament’s internal rules and other subordinate provisions, |
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excellent knowledge of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union and its Rules of Application, and of Parliament’s internal rules and other subordinate provisions,

| — | very good administrative knowledge (human resources, management, budget, finance, IT, legal issues, etc.), |
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very good administrative knowledge (human resources, management, budget, finance, IT, legal issues, etc.),

| — | excellent knowledge of management techniques. |
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excellent knowledge of management techniques.

| (iii) | Knowledge of languages |
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(iii)

Knowledge of languages

Excellent knowledge of one of the European Union’s official languages (6) and a 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.

| (iv) | Skills required |
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(iv)

Skills required

| — | a flair for strategy, |
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a flair for strategy,

| — | leadership qualities, |
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leadership qualities,

| — | forward-planning skills, |
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forward-planning skills,

| — | ability to react appropriately to events, |
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ability to react appropriately to events,

| — | thoroughness, |
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thoroughness,

| — | communication skills. |
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communication skills.

6.   Selection procedure

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 that stage, the Bureau may interview the candidates.

7.   Applications

The deadline for applications is:

12.00 (noon), Brussels time, on 27 April 2018.

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/216/S’) and a curriculum vitae (in Europass format (7)), quoting the reference number for the procedure (PE/216/S) in the subject line, to:

EP-SENIOR-MANAGEMENT@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
   (8)
  . 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 (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 (9).

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(1)  Any reference in this notice to a person of the male sex shall be deemed also to constitute a reference to a person of the female sex, and vice versa.

(2)  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).

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

(4)  For description of main tasks, see the Annex.

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

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

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

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

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

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ANNEX

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATION — DIRECTORATE FOR MEDIA

MAIN TASKS

(Entity comprising 150 staff: 115 officials, 22 temporary staff members and 13 contract staff members)

| — | Managing, coordinating and supervising the Directorate for Media’s units and relations with the other directorates in DG COMM and with other DGs; |
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Managing, coordinating and supervising the Directorate for Media’s units and relations with the other directorates in DG COMM and with other DGs;

| — | Conducting press briefings, supporting Parliament’s spokespersons and providing Parliament’s Press Service with guidelines on priorities; |
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Conducting press briefings, supporting Parliament’s spokespersons and providing Parliament’s Press Service with guidelines on priorities;

| — | Managing projects, including oversight of highly important projects; |
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Managing projects, including oversight of highly important projects;

| — | Acting as authorising officer by delegation; |
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Acting as authorising officer by delegation;

| — | Providing assistance to various bodies (the President, the Secretary-General, the Bureau, the Conference of Presidents, etc.). |
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Providing assistance to various bodies (the President, the Secretary-General, the Bureau, the Conference of Presidents, etc.).

PRESS UNIT

(includes the Economic and Scientific Policies, Structural and Cohesion Policies, Constitutional Affairs and Citizens’ Rights, Budgetary Affairs and External Policies services)

| — | Monitoring, and reporting to media representatives on, the current and future work of parliamentary committees and delegations (press releases, email alerts and newsletters, Twitter accounts to disseminate information from parliamentary committees, website, participation in seminars, oral reporting both in person and via telephone); |
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Monitoring, and reporting to media representatives on, the current and future work of parliamentary committees and delegations (press releases, email alerts and newsletters, Twitter accounts to disseminate information from parliamentary committees, website, participation in seminars, oral reporting both in person and via telephone);

| — | Monitoring, and reporting to media representatives on, Parliamentary business in plenary sittings in 23 languages and continuous liaising with national correspondents; |
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Monitoring, and reporting to media representatives on, Parliamentary business in plenary sittings in 23 languages and continuous liaising with national correspondents;

| — | Gathering, formatting and distributing information to refute and correct misreporting on Parliament as an institution, and providing information on matters not directly related to Parliament’s activities; |
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Gathering, formatting and distributing information to refute and correct misreporting on Parliament as an institution, and providing information on matters not directly related to Parliament’s activities;

| — | Organising and moderating press conferences, technical briefings and other media events; |
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Organising and moderating press conferences, technical briefings and other media events;

| — | Managing the press room and helping with the technical organisation of press conferences and the accreditation of journalists; |
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Managing the press room and helping with the technical organisation of press conferences and the accreditation of journalists;

| — | Participating in cross-DG projects (European elections, information campaigns, etc.); |
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Participating in cross-DG projects (European elections, information campaigns, etc.);

| — | Editorial and multimedia planning of media subjects and angles within the unit and with the other units in the Directorate and with other directorates in the DG. |
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Editorial and multimedia planning of media subjects and angles within the unit and with the other units in the Directorate and with other directorates in the DG.

MEDIA SERVICES UNIT

| — | Contributing to work in the Directorate to increase coverage of parliamentary news and improve the media’s understanding of it; |
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Contributing to work in the Directorate to increase coverage of parliamentary news and improve the media’s understanding of it;

| — | Coordinating the work of the press officers; |
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Coordinating the work of the press officers;

| — | Organising press seminars in Brussels and in the Member States explaining the functioning of the institution and its legislative and political work, inviting journalists to cover plenary work and reimbursing their expenses; |
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Organising press seminars in Brussels and in the Member States explaining the functioning of the institution and its legislative and political work, inviting journalists to cover plenary work and reimbursing their expenses;

| — | Helping increase the circulation of publications intended for the media outlets listed in the Member States; |
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Helping increase the circulation of publications intended for the media outlets listed in the Member States;

| — | Managing events (‘European Youth Media Days’) or increasing their profile within the media (Sakharov Prize, LUX Prize, etc.); |
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Managing events (‘European Youth Media Days’) or increasing their profile within the media (Sakharov Prize, LUX Prize, etc.);

| — | Planning and carrying out the unit’s annual work programme, planning and managing the necessary financial appropriations, drafting its annual activity report and preparing estimates for the next financial year (‘N+1’); |
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Planning and carrying out the unit’s annual work programme, planning and managing the necessary financial appropriations, drafting its annual activity report and preparing estimates for the next financial year (‘N+1’);

| — | Managing the unit’s staff and organising its work in line with its overall objective and specific operational aims. |
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Managing the unit’s staff and organising its work in line with its overall objective and specific operational aims.

AUDIOVISUAL UNIT

| — | Covering news about Parliament, and disseminating coverage to the media, live broadcasting of debates, producing illustrative images, covering and webstreaming plenary sittings and all parliamentary committee meetings, producing audiovisual (AV) news content, including regarding institutional affairs, overseeing dispatches of AV content and managing the AV site and downloads; |
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Covering news about Parliament, and disseminating coverage to the media, live broadcasting of debates, producing illustrative images, covering and webstreaming plenary sittings and all parliamentary committee meetings, producing audiovisual (AV) news content, including regarding institutional affairs, overseeing dispatches of AV content and managing the AV site and downloads;

| — | Coordinating and managing technical assistance for TV and radio stations and MEPs (ENG teams, live positions (stand-up) and studios); editing/media management; broadcasting via MCR/FTP; providing multimedia (VOX BOX), radio and photo) services, managing the ‘Provys’ AV/workflows audiovisual activity planning tools and the Teletrax statistical application (traceability and impact of the use of our images and services); |
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Coordinating and managing technical assistance for TV and radio stations and MEPs (ENG teams, live positions (stand-up) and studios); editing/media management; broadcasting via MCR/FTP; providing multimedia (VOX BOX), radio and photo) services, managing the ‘Provys’ AV/workflows audiovisual activity planning tools and the Teletrax statistical application (traceability and impact of the use of our images and services);

| — | Administrative, financial and budgetary management of the unit; |
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Administrative, financial and budgetary management of the unit;

| — | Ensuring the proper operation, maintenance, renewal, development and optimisation of the various technical AV installations and IT infrastructure; managing AV operations; providing support in the devising and implementation of AV projects; |
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Ensuring the proper operation, maintenance, renewal, development and optimisation of the various technical AV installations and IT infrastructure; managing AV operations; providing support in the devising and implementation of AV projects;

| — | Developing the promotional strategy, producing promotional material and organising seminars; establishing and developing contacts with media platforms (alerts to journalists on Parliament’s activities); welcoming and accompanying journalists, validating TV projects; |
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Developing the promotional strategy, producing promotional material and organising seminars; establishing and developing contacts with media platforms (alerts to journalists on Parliament’s activities); welcoming and accompanying journalists, validating TV projects;

| — | Coordinating and planning content produced within the unit and coordinating with the Directorate for Media; planning, organising and implementing various special events; |
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Coordinating and planning content produced within the unit and coordinating with the Directorate for Media; planning, organising and implementing various special events;

| — | Archiving, viewing and indexing plenary sittings, committee meetings and other parliamentary business as well as illustrative images; managing Parliament’s multimedia library; searching for images at the request of stations, production companies, MEPs or political groups; producing statistics. |
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Archiving, viewing and indexing plenary sittings, committee meetings and other parliamentary business as well as illustrative images; managing Parliament’s multimedia library; searching for images at the request of stations, production companies, MEPs or political groups; producing statistics.

MEDIA INTELLIGENCE UNIT

| — | Conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses (analysis of Parliament’s image, angles, trends and systematic analysis of plenary coverage) and analyses throughout Parliamentary procedures (votes in parliamentary committee, trialogue, etc.) for important votes; |
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Conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses (analysis of Parliament’s image, angles, trends and systematic analysis of plenary coverage) and analyses throughout Parliamentary procedures (votes in parliamentary committee, trialogue, etc.) for important votes;

| — | Managing the ‘EPMM’ platform, answering questions and managing training related to this platform (contracts, press review, use); liaising with the IT services; |
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Managing the ‘EPMM’ platform, answering questions and managing training related to this platform (contracts, press review, use); liaising with the IT services;

| — | Monitoring the coverage of Parliament or MEPs in all media outlets and producing alerts for the Editorial Committee and management; |
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Monitoring the coverage of Parliament or MEPs in all media outlets and producing alerts for the Editorial Committee and management;

| — | Drafting press and AV reviews for MEPs in cooperation with the Media Services Unit; |
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Drafting press and AV reviews for MEPs in cooperation with the Media Services Unit;

| — | Drawing up recommendations on topics of media interest for media plans and the communication strategy; |
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Drawing up recommendations on topics of media interest for media plans and the communication strategy;

| — | Producing thematic journals for parliamentary committees or MEPs. |
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Producing thematic journals for parliamentary committees or MEPs.

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RECRUITMENT NOTICE PE/217/S

DIRECTOR (F/M) (Function group AD, grade 14)

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATION — DIRECTORATE FOR CAMPAIGNS

(2018/C 132 A/02)

1.   Vacant post

The President of the European Parliament has decided to open the procedure for filling the post of Director
   (1) (AD, grade 14) in the Directorate-General for Communication — Directorate for Campaigns, in accordance with Article 29(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (2) (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 to grade AD 14 (3). The basic salary is EUR 14 303,51 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 grounds, such as sex, 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 perform the following duties in the light of the guidelines and decisions laid down by the parliamentary authority and the Director-General (4):

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

| — | 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, |
| --- | --- |

—

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 activities (setting objectives and drawing up strategies); taking the decisions needed to achieve the objectives set; assessing services provided with a view to ensuring that high standards are maintained, |
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planning the directorate’s activities (setting objectives and drawing up strategies); taking the decisions needed to achieve the objectives set; assessing services provided with a view to ensuring that high standards are maintained,

| — | advising the Director-General, the Secretariat and MEPs in the directorate’s areas of activity, |
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advising the Director-General, the Secretariat and MEPs 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, |
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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, |
| --- | --- |

—

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

| — | acting as authorising officer by subdelegation. |
| --- | --- |

—

acting as authorising officer by subdelegation.

5.   Eligibility

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

| (a) | General conditions |
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(a)

General conditions

Under Article 28 of the Staff Regulations, candidates must:

| — | be a national of one of the European Union’s Member States, |
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be a national of one of the European Union’s Member States,

| — | enjoy full rights as a citizen, |
| --- | --- |

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enjoy full rights as a citizen,

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

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

| (b) | Specific conditions |
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(b)

Specific conditions

| (i) | Qualifications and professional experience required |
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(i)

Qualifications and professional experience required

| — | A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma, when the normal period of university education is 4 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 1 year (5), when the normal period of university education is at least 3 years. |
| --- | --- |

—

A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma, when the normal period of university education is 4 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 1 year (5), when the normal period of university education is at least 3 years.

| — | At least 12 years’ professional experience gained after obtaining the qualifications referred to above, including at least 6 years performing managerial duties. |
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At least 12 years’ professional experience gained after obtaining the qualifications referred to above, including at least 6 years performing managerial duties.

| (ii) | Knowledge required |
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(ii)

Knowledge required

| — | Excellent general knowledge of European affairs, |
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Excellent general knowledge of European affairs,

| — | excellent grasp of internal, national and international political issues, |
| --- | --- |

—

excellent grasp of internal, national and international political issues,

| — | excellent knowledge of the Treaties, |
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excellent knowledge of the Treaties,

| — | very good understanding of the different cultures represented in the European institutions, |
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very good understanding of the different cultures represented in the European institutions,

| — | excellent knowledge of the structure, organisation and environment of Parliament’s Secretariat and of the various players involved, |
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excellent knowledge of the structure, organisation and environment of Parliament’s Secretariat and of the various players involved,

| — | excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, legislative procedures and internal rules and working methods, |
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excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, legislative procedures and internal rules and working methods,

| — | excellent knowledge of the Staff Regulations, of how they are to be interpreted and of the rules based on them, |
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excellent knowledge of the Staff Regulations, of how they are to be interpreted and of the rules based on them,

| — | excellent knowledge of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union and its Rules of Application, and of Parliament’s internal rules and other subordinate provisions, |
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excellent knowledge of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union and its Rules of Application, and of Parliament’s internal rules and other subordinate provisions,

| — | very good administrative knowledge (human resources, management, budget, finance, IT, legal issues, etc.), |
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very good administrative knowledge (human resources, management, budget, finance, IT, legal issues, etc.),

| — | excellent knowledge of management techniques. |
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excellent knowledge of management techniques.

| (iii) | Knowledge of languages |
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(iii)

Knowledge of languages

Excellent knowledge of one of the European Union’s official languages (6) and a 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.

| (iv) | Skills required |
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(iv)

Skills required

| — | A flair for strategy, |
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A flair for strategy,

| — | leadership qualities, |
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leadership qualities,

| — | forward-planning skills, |
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forward-planning skills,

| — | ability to react appropriately to events, |
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ability to react appropriately to events,

| — | thoroughness, |
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thoroughness,

| — | communication skills. |
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communication skills.

6.   Selection procedure

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 that stage, the Bureau may interview the candidates.

7.   Applications

The deadline for applications is:

12.00 (noon), Brussels time, on 27 April 2018.

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/217/S’) and a curriculum vitae (in Europass format (7)), quoting the reference number for the procedure (PE/217/S) in the subject line, to:

EP-SENIOR-MANAGEMENT@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
   (8)
  . 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 (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 (9).

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(1)  Any reference in this notice to a person of the male sex shall be deemed also to constitute a reference to a person of the female sex, and vice versa.

(2)  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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ANNEX

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATION — DIRECTORATE FOR CAMPAIGNS

MAIN TASKS

(Entity comprising 88 staff: 64 officials, 5 temporary staff members and 19 contract staff members)

| — | Directing, coordinating and supervising the directorate’s units and relations with the other directorates in DG COMM and with other directorates-general, |
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Directing, coordinating and supervising the directorate’s units and relations with the other directorates in DG COMM and with other directorates-general,

| — | Developing a ‘Campaigns’ strategy for Parliament, |
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Developing a ‘Campaigns’ strategy for Parliament,

| — | Developing creative communication concepts, |
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Developing creative communication concepts,

| — | Ensuring consistency between all communication campaign activities, |
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Ensuring consistency between all communication campaign activities,

| — | Acting as principal authorising officer by delegation. |
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Acting as principal authorising officer by delegation.

WEB COMMUNICATION UNIT

(includes the Economic and Scientific Policies, Structural and Cohesion Policies, Constitutional Affairs and Citizens’ Rights, Budgetary Affairs and External Policies services)

| — | Scheduling, coordinating and producing news coverage (text, image and multimedia) about the European Parliament aimed at the general public in 24 languages via its website and event-specific sites; devising and producing infographics in 24 languages on topical issues being discussed in the European Parliament, |
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Scheduling, coordinating and producing news coverage (text, image and multimedia) about the European Parliament aimed at the general public in 24 languages via its website and event-specific sites; devising and producing infographics in 24 languages on topical issues being discussed in the European Parliament,

| — | Planning, maintaining and developing the 12 ‘off-site’ online communication platforms (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Flickr, Pinterest, Reddit, Google Plus, Spotify, Tumblr) and publishing content on a daily basis, |
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Planning, maintaining and developing the 12 ‘off-site’ online communication platforms (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Flickr, Pinterest, Reddit, Google Plus, Spotify, Tumblr) and publishing content on a daily basis,

| — | Devising and describing the conceptual and editorial development of the Europarl site and Parliament’s overall online presence; participating in the related project teams (new sites, multimedia applications, etc.); planning and overseeing a set of editorial projects designed to raise the media profile and improve the conceptual and ergonomic quality, the diversity and the quality of editorial products and Parliament’s online communication policy, |
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Devising and describing the conceptual and editorial development of the Europarl site and Parliament’s overall online presence; participating in the related project teams (new sites, multimedia applications, etc.); planning and overseeing a set of editorial projects designed to raise the media profile and improve the conceptual and ergonomic quality, the diversity and the quality of editorial products and Parliament’s online communication policy,

| — | Providing strategic and practical training in online communication (websites, social networks, etc.) for DG COMM staff and for MEPs. |
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Providing strategic and practical training in online communication (websites, social networks, etc.) for DG COMM staff and for MEPs.

CONCEPT AND DESIGN UNIT

| — | Drawing up and implementing public information campaigns on the values defended by the European Parliament as laid down in Parliament’s communication strategy (gender equality, European Year for Development, cultural diversity, human rights, etc.), |
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Drawing up and implementing public information campaigns on the values defended by the European Parliament as laid down in Parliament’s communication strategy (gender equality, European Year for Development, cultural diversity, human rights, etc.),

| — | Developing a ‘Consistent Communication’ strategy for Parliament, |
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Developing a ‘Consistent Communication’ strategy for Parliament,

| — | Developing creative communication products for campaigns run by the unit or requested by other DG COMM services, |
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Developing creative communication products for campaigns run by the unit or requested by other DG COMM services,

| — | Taking charge of, and ensuring respect for, the visual identity, the graphic charter and the use of Parliament’s logo and publications, |
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Taking charge of, and ensuring respect for, the visual identity, the graphic charter and the use of Parliament’s logo and publications,

| — | Designing, producing and distributing Parliament’s information publications (brochures, leaflets, etc.), |
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Designing, producing and distributing Parliament’s information publications (brochures, leaflets, etc.),

| — | Developing a wide range of communication tools to support the campaigns run by Parliament’s various departments, |
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Developing a wide range of communication tools to support the campaigns run by Parliament’s various departments,

| — | Implementing communication activities stemming from the interinstitutional communication priorities, |
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Implementing communication activities stemming from the interinstitutional communication priorities,

| — | Ensuring consistency between all the communication campaign activities run by the directorate-general’s various services. |
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Ensuring consistency between all the communication campaign activities run by the directorate-general’s various services.

YOUTH OUTREACH UNIT

| — | Developing a dialogue between Parliament and young people, enhancing active citizenship and encouraging young people to participate actively in democratic life and elections, |
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Developing a dialogue between Parliament and young people, enhancing active citizenship and encouraging young people to participate actively in democratic life and elections,

| — | Ensuring that all DG COMM’s youth activities are consistent and compliant with the DG’s overall mission and strategic priorities, |
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Ensuring that all DG COMM’s youth activities are consistent and compliant with the DG’s overall mission and strategic priorities,

| — | Contributing to the implementation of the newly adopted ‘Youth Strategy’, |
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Contributing to the implementation of the newly adopted ‘Youth Strategy’,

| — | Managing the biennial European Youth Event (EYE) and all related preparation, evaluation and follow-up activities, |
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Managing the biennial European Youth Event (EYE) and all related preparation, evaluation and follow-up activities,

| — | Performing cross-departmental tasks in its area of competence in cooperation with the DG’s other directorates and units as well as with other DGs (e.g. DG EPRS). |
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Performing cross-departmental tasks in its area of competence in cooperation with the DG’s other directorates and units as well as with other DGs (e.g. DG EPRS).

WEBMASTER UNIT

| — | Ensuring upgrade, adaptive and corrective maintenance, technical migrations and deployments, administration and operation of content contribution and publication systems for Parliament’s websites; managing development projects and drawing up internet-related studies, |
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Ensuring upgrade, adaptive and corrective maintenance, technical migrations and deployments, administration and operation of content contribution and publication systems for Parliament’s websites; managing development projects and drawing up internet-related studies,

| — | Ensuring the graphic production of the website on a daily basis; developing the visual aspect of new websites or webpages; assisting other units and directorates with their graphics requirements and updating the graphic charter, |
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Ensuring the graphic production of the website on a daily basis; developing the visual aspect of new websites or webpages; assisting other units and directorates with their graphics requirements and updating the graphic charter,

| — | Ensuring the administrative, financial and budgetary management of the unit, as well as coordination of internet activities at interinstitutional level (CEiii), |
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Ensuring the administrative, financial and budgetary management of the unit, as well as coordination of internet activities at interinstitutional level (CEiii),

| — | Updating sections in line with developments in Parliament and ensuring editorial development of new sections; responding to internet users’ questions to the Webmaster concerning Parliament’s websites, |
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Updating sections in line with developments in Parliament and ensuring editorial development of new sections; responding to internet users’ questions to the Webmaster concerning Parliament’s websites,

| — | Providing training to internal users in Parliament in the content contribution systems for the Europarl site (Scribo and SmartCMS), administering those systems and providing first-level assistance and support to users. |
| --- | --- |

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Providing training to internal users in Parliament in the content contribution systems for the Europarl site (Scribo and SmartCMS), administering those systems and providing first-level assistance and support to users.

EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS UNIT

| — | Creating and/or organising events and exhibitions intended to raise awareness among the general public or among a target audience of Parliament’s activities in areas which concern them: European Charlemagne Youth Prize, European Citizens’ Prize, Open Days and any other events in line with Parliament’s communication priorities; drafting notes for submission to the Bureau, |
| --- | --- |

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Creating and/or organising events and exhibitions intended to raise awareness among the general public or among a target audience of Parliament’s activities in areas which concern them: European Charlemagne Youth Prize, European Citizens’ Prize, Open Days and any other events in line with Parliament’s communication priorities; drafting notes for submission to the Bureau,

| — | Managing, in consultation with the Quaestor responsible for cultural events and exhibitions on Parliament’s premises, exhibition requests made by MEPs through the MEP-Exhibitions online reservation system, |
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Managing, in consultation with the Quaestor responsible for cultural events and exhibitions on Parliament’s premises, exhibition requests made by MEPs through the MEP-Exhibitions online reservation system,

| — | Managing Parliament’s art collection in consultation with the Quaestor responsible for works of art: acquisitions, donations, storage, insurance, copyright, restoration, display, |
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Managing Parliament’s art collection in consultation with the Quaestor responsible for works of art: acquisitions, donations, storage, insurance, copyright, restoration, display,

| — | Presenting, where necessary, draft decisions and opinions concerning exhibitions and works of art to the College of Quaestors, the Artistic Committee and the Bureau, |
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Presenting, where necessary, draft decisions and opinions concerning exhibitions and works of art to the College of Quaestors, the Artistic Committee and the Bureau,

| — | Managing administrative procedures for the appointment and approval (by the Quaestors) of the charity organisations participating in the end-of-year charitable sales in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg. |
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Managing administrative procedures for the appointment and approval (by the Quaestors) of the charity organisations participating in the end-of-year charitable sales in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg.

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| 13.4.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CA 132/12 |
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13.4.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CA 132/12

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RECRUITMENT NOTICE PE/218/S

DIRECTOR (F/M) (Function group AD, grade 14)

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR TRANSLATION — DIRECTORATE FOR TRANSLATION

(2018/C 132 A/03)

1.   Vacant post

The President of the European Parliament has decided to open the procedure for filling the post of Director
   (1) (AD, grade 14) in the Directorate-General for Translation — Directorate for Translation, in accordance with Article 29(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (2) (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 to grade AD 14 (3). The basic salary is EUR 14 303,51 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

Luxembourg. 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 grounds, such as sex, 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 perform the following duties in the light of the guidelines and decisions laid down by the parliamentary authority and the Director-General (4):

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

| — | 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, |
| --- | --- |

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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 activities (setting objectives and drawing up strategies); taking the decisions needed to achieve the objectives set; assessing services provided with a view to ensuring that high standards are maintained, |
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planning the directorate’s activities (setting objectives and drawing up strategies); taking the decisions needed to achieve the objectives set; assessing services provided with a view to ensuring that high standards are maintained,

| — | advising the Director-General, the Secretariat and MEPs in the directorate’s areas of activity, |
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advising the Director-General, the Secretariat and MEPs 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, |
| --- | --- |

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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, |
| --- | --- |

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

| — | acting as authorising officer by subdelegation. |
| --- | --- |

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acting as authorising officer by subdelegation.

5.   Eligibility

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

| (a) | General conditions |
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(a)

General conditions

Under Article 28 of the Staff Regulations, candidates must:

| — | be a national of one of the European Union’s Member States, |
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be a national of one of the European Union’s Member States,

| — | enjoy full rights as a citizen, |
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enjoy full rights as a citizen,

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

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

| (b) | Specific conditions |
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(b)

Specific conditions

| (i) | Qualifications and professional experience required |
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(i)

Qualifications and professional experience required

| — | A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma, when the normal period of university education is 4 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 1 year (5), when the normal period of university education is at least 3 years. |
| --- | --- |

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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 4 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 1 year (5), when the normal period of university education is at least 3 years.

| — | At least 12 years’ professional experience gained after obtaining the qualifications referred to above, including at least 6 years performing managerial duties. |
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At least 12 years’ professional experience gained after obtaining the qualifications referred to above, including at least 6 years performing managerial duties.

| (ii) | Knowledge required |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

Knowledge required

| — | Excellent general knowledge of European affairs, |
| --- | --- |

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Excellent general knowledge of European affairs,

| — | excellent grasp of internal, national and international political issues, |
| --- | --- |

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excellent grasp of internal, national and international political issues,

| — | excellent knowledge of the Treaties, |
| --- | --- |

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excellent knowledge of the Treaties,

| — | very good understanding of the different cultures represented in the European institutions, |
| --- | --- |

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very good understanding of the different cultures represented in the European institutions,

| — | excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Secretariat, its organisational set-up and environment and the various players involved, |
| --- | --- |

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excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Secretariat, its organisational set-up and environment and the various players involved,

| — | excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, legislative procedures and internal rules and working methods, |
| --- | --- |

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excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, legislative procedures and internal rules and working methods,

| — | excellent knowledge of the Staff Regulations, of how they are to be interpreted and of the rules based on them, |
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excellent knowledge of the Staff Regulations, of how they are to be interpreted and of the rules based on them,

| — | excellent knowledge of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union and its Rules of Application, and of Parliament’s internal rules and other subordinate provisions, |
| --- | --- |

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excellent knowledge of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union and its Rules of Application, and of Parliament’s internal rules and other subordinate provisions,

| — | very good administrative knowledge (human resources, management, budget, finance, IT, legal issues, etc.), |
| --- | --- |

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very good administrative knowledge (human resources, management, budget, finance, IT, legal issues, etc.),

| — | excellent knowledge of management techniques. |
| --- | --- |

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excellent knowledge of management techniques.

| (iii) | Knowledge of languages |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

Knowledge of languages

Excellent knowledge of one of the European Union’s official languages (6) and a 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.

| (iv) | Skills required |
| --- | --- |

(iv)

Skills required

| — | A flair for strategy, |
| --- | --- |

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A flair for strategy,

| — | leadership qualities, |
| --- | --- |

—

leadership qualities,

| — | forward-planning skills, |
| --- | --- |

—

forward-planning skills,

| — | ability to react appropriately to events, |
| --- | --- |

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ability to react appropriately to events,

| — | thoroughness, |
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thoroughness,

| — | communication skills. |
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communication skills.

6.   Selection procedure

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 that stage, the Bureau may interview the candidates.

7.   Applications

The deadline for applications is:

12.00 (noon), Brussels time, on 27 April 2018.

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/218/S’) and a curriculum vitae (in Europass format (7)), quoting the reference number for the procedure (PE/218/S) in the subject line, to:

EP-SENIOR-MANAGEMENT@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
   (8)
  . 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 (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 (9).

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(1)  Any reference in this notice to a person of the male sex shall be deemed also to constitute a reference to a person of the female sex, and vice versa.

(2)  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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ANNEX

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR TRANSLATION

DIRECTORATE FOR TRANSLATION

MAIN TASKS

(Entity comprising 984 staff: 880 officials, 51 temporary staff members and 53 contract staff members)

| — | Identifying the directorate’s needs in terms of human, financial and material resources and ensuring the optimal use and development of those resources; managing, supervising, motivating and coordinating teams of staff; coordinating procedures for staff appraisal and the monitoring of career development, |
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Identifying the directorate’s needs in terms of human, financial and material resources and ensuring the optimal use and development of those resources; managing, supervising, motivating and coordinating teams of staff; coordinating procedures for staff appraisal and the monitoring of career development,

| — | Implementing Directorate B’s objectives: planning the directorate’s activities, monitoring the harmonisation of working methods in the units, optimising the efficiency of the translation process and particularly of the IT tools, |
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Implementing Directorate B’s objectives: planning the directorate’s activities, monitoring the harmonisation of working methods in the units, optimising the efficiency of the translation process and particularly of the IT tools,

| — | Organising the work of Directorate B: ensuring that the 24 language units and the Planning and Editing Units carry out their tasks, the principal task being the high-quality translation of documents to deadline and in accordance with the relevant rules, |
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Organising the work of Directorate B: ensuring that the 24 language units and the Planning and Editing Units carry out their tasks, the principal task being the high-quality translation of documents to deadline and in accordance with the relevant rules,

| — | Maintaining cooperation and communication within the directorate and with other departments; providing support and advice to the Director-General and the staff reporting to him, and to Members, in the directorate’s field of responsibility, |
| --- | --- |

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Maintaining cooperation and communication within the directorate and with other departments; providing support and advice to the Director-General and the staff reporting to him, and to Members, in the directorate’s field of responsibility,

| — | Participating in, and representing the directorate and, if necessary, the directorate-general at, meetings of committees and working groups, both within and outside the DG, and of interinstitutional bodies, etc., |
| --- | --- |

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Participating in, and representing the directorate and, if necessary, the directorate-general at, meetings of committees and working groups, both within and outside the DG, and of interinstitutional bodies, etc.,

| — | Acting as authorising officer by subdelegation. |
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Acting as authorising officer by subdelegation.

24 LANGUAGE UNITS

(DA, DE, EL, EN, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV, CS, ET, HU, LT, LV, MT, PL, SL, SK, BG, RO, HR, GA)

| — | Translating texts in line with the language and technical capacities of the translators and translation assistants, |
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Translating texts in line with the language and technical capacities of the translators and translation assistants,

| — | Preparing and finalising translations — tasks of the translation assistants, |
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Preparing and finalising translations — tasks of the translation assistants,

| — | Revising and rereading certain texts and monitoring and assessing translation quality, |
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Revising and rereading certain texts and monitoring and assessing translation quality,

| — | Managing translation workflows and monitoring the workload, |
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Managing translation workflows and monitoring the workload,

| — | Translating agendas (OJ documents) and minutes (PV documents) and transcribing the verbatim account of proceedings (CRE) during parliamentary part-sessions in Strasbourg and Brussels, |
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Translating agendas (OJ documents) and minutes (PV documents) and transcribing the verbatim account of proceedings (CRE) during parliamentary part-sessions in Strasbourg and Brussels,

| — | Carrying out terminology-related tasks, in particular feeding the (IATE) terminology databases, |
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Carrying out terminology-related tasks, in particular feeding the (IATE) terminology databases,

| — | Carrying out the tasks of the policy-sector groups and policy-sector correspondents. |
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Carrying out the tasks of the policy-sector groups and policy-sector correspondents.

PLANNING UNIT

including the Demand Management Service, the Presidency and Plenary Translation Request Service and the Client Liaison Service

| — | Maintaining contact with the directorates-general and administrative and political bodies in order to deal with the demand for translation and other language services and to facilitate effective workload planning by the language units, |
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Maintaining contact with the directorates-general and administrative and political bodies in order to deal with the demand for translation and other language services and to facilitate effective workload planning by the language units,

| — | Coordinating the work of the three services within the unit, |
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Coordinating the work of the three services within the unit,

| — | Preparing and processing files for Directorate B or the directorate-general, |
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Preparing and processing files for Directorate B or the directorate-general,

| — | Coordinating IT tasks for the GEPRO+ application and participating in research into IT development, |
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Coordinating IT tasks for the GEPRO+ application and participating in research into IT development,

| — | Cooperating with the other European institutions. |
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Cooperating with the other European institutions.

Demand Management Service

| — | Entering and managing data on documents for translation in the GEPRO+ application and forwarding documents for translation to the translation units, |
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Entering and managing data on documents for translation in the GEPRO+ application and forwarding documents for translation to the translation units,

| — | Putting in place monitoring and troubleshooting arrangements for translation work and ensuring that they function, |
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Putting in place monitoring and troubleshooting arrangements for translation work and ensuring that they function,

| — | Setting and managing translation deadlines, having regard to the priorities set by the political authority, the demands of Parliament’s work schedule and the language units’ translation capacity, |
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Setting and managing translation deadlines, having regard to the priorities set by the political authority, the demands of Parliament’s work schedule and the language units’ translation capacity,

| — | Handling the language units’ outsourcing requests, |
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Handling the language units’ outsourcing requests,

| — | Managing the ‘Members’ Counter’ (individual translation requests), |
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Managing the ‘Members’ Counter’ (individual translation requests),

| — | Managing the interinstitutional Workload Balancing scheme. |
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Managing the interinstitutional Workload Balancing scheme.

Presidency and Plenary Translation Request Service

| — | Entering and managing data on documents for translation in the GEPRO+ application and forwarding documents for translation to the translation units, |
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Entering and managing data on documents for translation in the GEPRO+ application and forwarding documents for translation to the translation units,

| — | Setting and managing translation deadlines, having regard to the priorities set by the political authority, the demands of Parliament’s work schedule and the language units’ translation capacity, |
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Setting and managing translation deadlines, having regard to the priorities set by the political authority, the demands of Parliament’s work schedule and the language units’ translation capacity,

| — | Putting in place monitoring and troubleshooting arrangements for translation work and ensuring that they function, |
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Putting in place monitoring and troubleshooting arrangements for translation work and ensuring that they function,

| — | Liaising between DG TRAD and DG PRES and forwarding information to all the relevant entities, |
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Liaising between DG TRAD and DG PRES and forwarding information to all the relevant entities,

| — | Closely monitoring the agenda for parliamentary part-sessions so as to anticipate and plan translation work. |
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Closely monitoring the agenda for parliamentary part-sessions so as to anticipate and plan translation work.

Client Liaison Service

| — | Liaising between DG TRAD and all its clients (particularly DG IPOL and DG EXPO) and forwarding information to all the relevant entities, |
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Liaising between DG TRAD and all its clients (particularly DG IPOL and DG EXPO) and forwarding information to all the relevant entities,

| — | Leading the networks of policy sector correspondents (PSCs), keeping the policy sector groups in the language units informed (including on input to training programmes) and supporting file coordinators, |
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Leading the networks of policy sector correspondents (PSCs), keeping the policy sector groups in the language units informed (including on input to training programmes) and supporting file coordinators,

| — | Following the work of the Demand Management Service staff, helping them to manage their work and providing them with information needed to complete their tasks, |
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Following the work of the Demand Management Service staff, helping them to manage their work and providing them with information needed to complete their tasks,

| — | Gathering information and preparing forecasts of translation demand with a view to anticipating and planning translation work, |
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Gathering information and preparing forecasts of translation demand with a view to anticipating and planning translation work,

| — | Cooperating with Parliament’s committees and the inter-parliamentary delegations in order to help improve application of the Code of Conduct with regard to scheduling and observing deadlines, |
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Cooperating with Parliament’s committees and the inter-parliamentary delegations in order to help improve application of the Code of Conduct with regard to scheduling and observing deadlines,

| — | Managing the PLATO database and contributing to the implementation of the Lynx and Tiger SharePoint platforms, |
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Managing the PLATO database and contributing to the implementation of the Lynx and Tiger SharePoint platforms,

| — | Applying — in close cooperation with the Directorate for Legislative Acts in DG-PRES — the decision on work sharing between Parliament and the Council. |
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Applying — in close cooperation with the Directorate for Legislative Acts in DG-PRES — the decision on work sharing between Parliament and the Council.

EDITING UNIT

| — | Checking (i.e. carrying out language and technical revision of) INI texts (PR, RR, PA and AD documents), parliamentary questions (QE, QO) and resolutions and amendments for plenary (RE, RC, AM) drafted in English, |
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Checking (i.e. carrying out language and technical revision of) INI texts (PR, RR, PA and AD documents), parliamentary questions (QE, QO) and resolutions and amendments for plenary (RE, RC, AM) drafted in English,

| — | Editing all types of text on request, |
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Editing all types of text on request,

| — | Preparing and finalising texts — tasks of assistants, |
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Preparing and finalising texts — tasks of assistants,

| — | Revising/rereading edited texts, |
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Revising/rereading edited texts,

| — | Maintaining contact with the authors of texts to be edited and with Helpline clients, |
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Maintaining contact with the authors of texts to be edited and with Helpline clients,

| — | Managing editing workflows, |
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Managing editing workflows,

| — | Workload monitoring. |
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Workload monitoring.

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