Vacancy Notice — Chairperson (Grade AD 15) — European Supervisory Authority — European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) — COM/2010/10291
Date: 2010-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: administrative competition, financial control, financial market, president of an institution, recruitment, self-employed person








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27.10.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 290/17





Vacancy Notice
CHAIRPERSON (Grade AD 15)
European Supervisory Authority
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
COM/2010/10291
(2010/C 290 A/05)
We are
We propose
The position of Chairperson of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The Chair is a full-time independent professional, member of ESMA staff, based in Paris (France). He/she will be accountable to the ESMA Board of Supervisors and will report to the Board of Supervisors on an on-going basis on the development of the ESMA activities.
The Chair may be removed from office only by the European Parliament following a decision of the Board of Supervisors.
The Chairperson's term of office shall be five years and may be extended once.
More specifically, the Chair will be responsible for the tasks laid down in Chapter III, section 3 of the draft Regulation establishing ESMA (1), and in particular:






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presiding over meetings of the ESMA Board of Supervisors and the Management Board;










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preparing the work of the ESMA Board of Supervisors;










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acting as the head and representative of ESMA;










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ensuring the achievement of the ESMA objectives;










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fulfilling certain clearly defined tasks and decisions of the Board of Supervisors;










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making a statement regularly before the European Parliament competent committee and answer questions put by members of that committee.




We look for
The candidate should have the following (criteria for the evaluation of the candidate):






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Thorough knowledge of the sectors of relevance for the activities of ESMA and proven expertise in these areas;










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Proven experience in financial regulation and/or supervision at national, European or international level of relevance to the activities of ESMA;










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Thorough understanding of the EU institutions and EU decision-making process, European and international activities of relevance to the activities of ESMA;










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Excellent knowledge of the European political and legal environment and proven negotiation experiences at European and international level;










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Experience in directing an organisation with significant tasks and objectives and steering that organisation to the achievement of its objectives;










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Proven capacity to take decisions at strategic and political level;










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Excellent networking abilities, communication and interpersonal skills, including the capacity to deal and negotiate with high level legislative, governmental representatives as well as stakeholders and financial industry representative within and outside the EU;










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Strong sense of responsibility, initiative and self-motivation.




Applicants will be considered for the pre-selection phase on the basis of the following formal eligibility criteria (to be fulfilled by the closing date for applications):






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: Be a national of a Member State of the European Union and be entitled to his full rights as a citizen (2);










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: Have






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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 four years or more, or










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a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and appropriate professional experience of at least one year when the normal period of university education is at least three years (this one year's professional experience cannot be included in the post-graduate professional experience required below);














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: Have at least 20 years' post-graduate career;










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: of the 20 years of professional post-graduate experience, at least 5 years must have been acquired at high level in the domain of ESMA. Experience in the supervision or the regulation of financial markets is an advantage;










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: Have a thorough knowledge of one of the official Community languages and a satisfactory knowledge of a second of these languages. Excellent working knowledge of English, the main working language of ESMA, is required;










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




Independence and declaration of interests
The Chair will be required to make a declaration of commitment to act independently in the public interest and to make a declaration in respect of any interests which might be considered prejudicial to his/her independence. Applicants must confirm their willingness to do so in their application.
Selection and appointment (3)

A Pre-selection Committee will be set up for the selection process. This Committee will invite eligible applicants with the best profile for the specific requirements of the post to an interview, selected on the basis of their merits and the criteria set out above. Candidates shortlisted by the Pre-selection Committee will be submitted to the Commission's Consultative Committee on Appointments (CCA) by written procedure and then be called for an interview with the Commissioner responsible for Internal Market and Services.
Following these interviews, the Commission will adopt a shortlist of selected candidates, which will be communicated to the ESMA Board of Supervisors. The selected candidates will then be interviewed by the ESMA Board of Supervisors. The latter will appoint the Chair from among the list of selected candidates.
Before appointment, the candidate pre-selected by the Board of Supervisors shall be subject to confirmation by the European Parliament.
Candidates may be required to undergo further interviews and/or tests in addition to those indicated above.
This call for applications is the basis for the establishment of the Commission's short-list. Inclusion on the short-list is no guarantee of appointment. Applicants should note that the short-list will be made public once it has been adopted by the Commission.
Equal opportunities
ESMA applies a policy of equal opportunities.
Conditions of employment
The Chair will be appointed as a staff of the Agency as a temporary agent at grade AD 15 pursuant to Article 2(a) of the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities) for a 5 year period, which may be extended, as stated in the basic Act.
The place of employment is Paris (France) where the Agency is based.
Application procedure
For applications to be valid, candidates must submit a duly completed application form, a covering letter and a free-format Curriculum Vitae. The CV should preferably be drafted using the Europass CV format (4). Applications that are incomplete will be rejected.
Supporting documents (e.g. certified copies of degrees/diplomas, references, proof of experience, administrative, civil, judicial requirement etc.) should not be sent at this point but must be submitted at a later stage of the procedure when requested.
In order to facilitate the selection process, all communication with applicants concerning this vacancy will be in English.
Applications, in English, should be sent by e-mail to: MARKT-ESAs-vacancies@ec.europa.eu indicating clearly the vacancy applied for (position and ‘COM’ reference).
Applicants who are not able to send their applications by e-mail may send them by registered mail or express courier service to:





European Commission




Directorate-General Internal market and Services (DG MARKT)




Unit A.1 ‘Human Resources and planning’




Office SPA 2 00/123




Rue de la Loi 200, 1049 BRUSSELS




BELGIUM




Applicants are asked to report any change of address in writing without delay to the address above.
Contact details for any additional information: MARKT-ESAs-vacancies@ec.europa.eu or telephone: 00 32 2 295 69 54.
Closing date
Applications must be sent either by e-mail or by registered mail no later than 17 November 2010 (date of e-mail or date as postmark for registered mail).
Applications sent by express courier service must be delivered to the address above before 17.00 hrs (Brussels time) on 17 November 2010.

The Commission reserves the right to extend the closing date of this vacancy by publication in the Official Journal of the European Union only.
Important information for applicants
Applicants are reminded that the work of the selection committees is confidential.
Protection of personal data
The Commission will ensure that applicants' personal data are processed as required by Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. This applies in particular to the confidentiality and security of such data (
Official Journal of the European Union L 8 of 12.1.2001).


(1)  According to the draft ESMA regulation. See http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/10/st13/st13365-re01.en10.pdf

(2)  Prior to any appointment, the successful candidate will be asked to provide a certificate issued by the competent authority attesting the absence of any criminal record.

(3)  The recruitment procedure is launched subject to the availability of appropriations in the Agency's budget and the relevant posts in its establishment plan.

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