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| 24.4.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CA 95/1 |
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24.4.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CA 95/1

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NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION: RESEARCH MANAGER — ANTICIPATION

NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION: RESEARCH MANAGER — ANTICIPATION

REFERENCE: EF/TA/08/06

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(2009/C 95 A/01)

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), based in Dublin, Ireland, is seeking to recruit a Research Manager — Anticipation (m/f).

Research Managers at Eurofound design, coordinate, manage and assess European-wide studies, surveys, reports and other projects undertaken by research institutes and individual experts in the Member States, as well as conducting research themselves where necessary. The Research Manager — Anticipation will also play a key role in preparing scenarios based on Eurofound and other data. He/she will be based in the Employment and Competitiveness unit, which adopts mainly a macro perspective to the employment and competitiveness issues researched by Eurofound. Key topics of the unit in the upcoming four-year programme include the 'more and better jobs' goal of the Lisbon Agenda, restructuring, sector futures and the employment impact of the Services Directive. Modelling and predicting the course of the current recession and anticipated recovery may be of particular relevance. The relationship between productivity and working conditions is also central to the unit's work.

The competition is open to candidates who:

| — | are citizens of one of the Member States of the European Union, |
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are citizens of one of the Member States of the European Union,

| — | are entitled to full rights as a citizen, |
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are entitled to full rights as a citizen,

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

| — | are able to produce character references as to suitability for performance of the duties specified, |
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are able to produce character references as to suitability for performance of the duties specified,

| — | have a thorough knowledge of one official language of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the Union, including an excellent knowledge of English which is the principal language of the Foundation, |
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have a thorough knowledge of one official language of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the Union, including an excellent knowledge of English which is the principal language of the Foundation,

| — | have a university education of at least four years leading to the award of a degree in the areas of economics, demography or population studies, political science, sociology, statistics, geography, engineering, management, or related disciplines, |
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have a university education of at least four years leading to the award of a degree in the areas of economics, demography or population studies, political science, sociology, statistics, geography, engineering, management, or related disciplines,

| — | have at least six years' relevant professional experience following the award of a university degree. |
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have at least six years' relevant professional experience following the award of a university degree.

The successful candidate will be recruited to function group AD, grade 7, as a temporary agent with a contract of indefinite duration.

Full details of the post as well as the application and selection procedures can be downloaded from the Eurofound website vacancies page: www.eurofound.europa.eu/about/vacancies/. Candidates should read the vacancy notice carefully as incomplete applications will be eliminated.

All applications must be submitted on the official application form which can also be downloaded from the website.

Deadline for applications: 24 May 2009.

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