Vacancy Notice — Executive Director (Grade AD 14) — European Supervisory Authority — European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) — COM/2010/10292
Date: 2010-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: administrative competition, financial control, financial market, managing director, recruitment, self-employed person








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27.10.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


CA 290/21





Vacancy Notice
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (Grade AD 14)
European Supervisory Authority
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
COM/2010/10292
(2010/C 290 A/06)
We are
We propose
The position of Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The Executive Director is a full-time independent professional, member of ESMA staff, based in Paris (France). He/she will manage on a day-to-day basis the ESMA activities, ensuring the achievement of the ESMA objectives. He/she shall be responsible for the implementation of the annual work programme and take the necessary measures to ensure the functioning of ESMA.
He/she will be accountable to the ESMA Board of Supervisors and its Chair in particular, and report to the Board of Supervisors on an on-going basis on the development of the ESMA activities.
The Executive Director may be removed from office only upon decision of the Board of Supervisors.
The Executive Director's term of office shall be five years and may be extended once.
More specifically, the Executive Director will be responsible for the day to day management of ESMA. He/she shall responsible for the tasks laid down in section IV of the draft regulation establishing the ESMA (1), in particular:






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The management of the Authority and preparing the work of the Management Board;










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Implementing the annual work programme of the Authority under the guidance of the Board of Supervisors and under the control of the Management Board;










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Taking the necessary measures, notably the adoption of internal administrative instructions and the publication of notices, to ensure the functioning of the Authority, in accordance with this Regulation;










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Preparing a multi-annual work programme;










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Preparing, each year, a work programme for the following year;










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Drawing up a preliminary draft budget of the Authority and implementing the budget of the Authority, in full compliance with EU financial regulations;










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Preparing each year a draft annual report with a section on the regulatory and supervisory activities of the Authority and a section on financial and administrative matters;










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Exercising in respect to the Authority's staff the powers laid down in the Regulation and managing staff matters.




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 relevant 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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Proven capacity to take decisions, both at strategic and operational level;










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Extensive experience of budgetary, financial and/or human resources management in a national, European and/or international context;










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Excellent networking abilities, communication and interpersonal skills, including the capacity to deal and co-operate with relevant players within and outside the EU;










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Ability to lead and motivate a team including both technical, administrative and support staff;










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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 15 years' post-graduate career;










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: of the 15 years of professional post-graduate experience, at least 5 years must have been acquired in the domain of ESMA. Direct supervisory experience is an advantage;










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: Candidates must prove that at least 5 years of their post-graduate experience have been acquired directly managing staff and budgets at high level or working in management structures with a high level of responsibility;










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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 Executive Director 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 may be called for an interview with the Commission's Consultative Committee on Appointments (CCA) and the Commissioner responsible for Internal Market and Services. They will have to pass, before their interview with the CCA, a full day assessment centre run by external recruitment consultants.
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 Executive Director from among the list of selected candidates.
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 Executive Director will be appointed as a staff of the Agency as a temporary agent at grade AD 14 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