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| 12.6.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CA 133/1 |
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12.6.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CA 133/1

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NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION: RESEARCH MANAGER — SURVEYS

NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION: RESEARCH MANAGER — SURVEYS

REFERENCE: EF/TA/09/03

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(2009/C 133 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 — Surveys (m/f).

The post of Research Manager — Surveys will be based in the Monitoring and Surveys unit which manages Eurofound's monitoring instruments: surveys, observatories, dictionaries etc. The main purpose of the monitoring is to assess improvement in living and working conditions in Europe through trend analysis, synthetic reviews, survey data analysis and business intelligence gathering.

As the successful candidate, you will have experience in cross-country survey design, analysis and research. You will report to the Head of Monitoring and Surveys and will manage and supervise activities related to development and implementation of surveys as well as providing expert technical assistance in the development of the overall methodology for Eurofound surveys.

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 award of a degree in the areas of social sciences, economics, sociology, statistics or related disciplines, |
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have a university education of at least four years leading to award of a degree in the areas of social sciences, economics, sociology, statistics or related disciplines,

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

The successful candidate will be recruited to function group AD, grade 7, as 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 not be admitted to the competition.

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

Deadline for applications: 12 July 2009.

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