Publication of a vacancy for the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, Brussels (Temporary Agent Grade AD14) — COM/2015/20003
Date: 2015-03-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Joint Undertaking, industrial investment, information technology, innovation, job vacancy, public-private partnership, research and development, servant (EU)








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20.3.2015   


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Official Journal of the European Union


CA 93/1





Publication of a vacancy for the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, Brussels
(Temporary Agent Grade AD14)
COM/2015/20003
(2015/C 093 A/01)
 

We are:


Electronic Components and Systems Joint Undertaking (ECSEL JU)
 (1) is a public-private partnership aimed at leveraging investments in the electronics sector in Europe. ECSEL JU fosters Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I) collaboration between all stakeholders such as industry, public authorities, academia and research technology organisations, pulling together and focusing efforts. The ECSEL JU aligns strategies with the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme and the Member States to attract private investment and contribute to the effectiveness of public support by avoiding unnecessary duplication and fragmentation of efforts, thus contributing to the development of a strong and globally competitive electronics components and systems industry in the European Union. The ECSEL JU builds on the successes of its predecessors ENIAC Joint Undertaking (for nanoelectronics), ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking (for embedded systems), which it replaces as a successor, and the European Technology Platform (ETP) on smart systems integration. The ECSEL JU is based in Brussels, Belgium.
The ECSEL JU is set up for a period up to 31 December 2024 by Council Regulation (EU) No 561/2014.
During this period, the maximum financial contribution from the European Union to the ECSEL JU covering administrative costs and R&D&I activities will be 1  18 4 8 74  000 euro. It is envisaged that the ECSEL Participating States will make a contribution of at least 1  17 0 0 00  000 euro and the private members (the industrial associations ‘AENEAS’, ‘ARTEMISIA’ and ‘EPoSS’ and their constituent and affiliated entities) a contribution of at least 1  65 7 5 00  000 euro. The total costs of the R&D&I activities of the ECSEL JU will be in the range of 5 billion euro.
The ECSEL JU is composed of around 30 staff.
For further information please consult the following website: http://www.ecsel.eu/

We propose:

The Executive Director is the legal representative and public face of the JU. He/she shall perform his/her tasks with independence and shall be accountable to the Governing Board.
The Executive Director will lead and manage the JU and take overall responsibility for its operations including budget implementation, as well as ensure the achievement of its objectives. As such, he/she will play an important role in the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Electronic Components and Systems.
In accordance with Article 9 of the Statutes of the JU annexed to the Council Regulation, the Executive Director's responsibilities will include:






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Establishing contacts and all the necessary agreements with representatives of all the stakeholders and members of the JU (the European Commission, Industrial partners and the ECSEL Participating States);










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Day-to-day decision-making and, in particular, organising and managing the launch of calls for proposals and the process of evaluating as well as preparing and concluding grant agreements for selected proposals, and the subsequent periodic monitoring and payment of projects;










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Monitoring and timely finalizing projects launched under the predecessor ENIAC and ARTEMIS Joint Undertakings;










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Appointing and supervising the JU's staff and fostering a good team spirit and working environment;










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Ensuring the achievement of the JU's objectives in accordance with its mission as well as performing risk assessment and risk management analysis including the functioning of an effective and efficient internal control system;










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Preparing and executing the Work Plan and the Annual Budget of the JU. Elaborating the Annual Activity Report, the Annual Accounts and balance sheets for submission to the Governing Board;










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Efficiently managing the JU's budget in conformity with the Financial Rules of the JU and in particular providing the Union and any entrusted national contributions to the participants in R&D&I activities in a timely manner;










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Organising and attending meetings of the Governing Board and of the Public Authorities Board;










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Communicating with the public in relation to all matters within the mission of the JU.





We look for:

The successful candidate should have:






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High level management experience and capacity to lead a multicultural team, and in particular:






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Ability to motivate a team including administrative, financial and technical staff, in a European, multicultural and multilingual environment.










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Experience in the management of significant financial resources in a national, European and/or international environment and involving funding from public sources.










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Experience in the implementation and management of Quality Assurance and Control systems as well as risk management methodologies.










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Experience in managing technology development projects and innovation in a European or international environment.














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Technical knowledge, and in particular:






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Knowledge of national, intergovernmental and European research and development programmes.










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Knowledge of the industrial landscape and technical challenges of relevance to the area of electronic components and systems.










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Understanding of the EU Institutions, their functioning and interaction as well as EU policies and international activities of relevance to the activities of the JU.














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Communication and negotiations skills, and in particular:






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Ability to communicate effectively to the public and to build effective working relations with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that the activities of the JU form a coherent part of the industrial strategy for electronics components and systems (2)
 (3)
 (4).










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Excellent skills in written and oral communication as well as in negotiation.










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A very good working knowledge of English, which is the predominant working language in the JU.









Applicants must:


Candidates will be considered for the selection phase on the basis of the following formal criteria to be fulfilled by the deadline for applications:







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Nationality: Be a national of a Member State of the European Union, or of a country associated to the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (5).










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University Degree or Diploma: Candidates must have:






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either 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;










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or 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 professional experience cannot be included in the postgraduate professional experience required below);














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Professional Experience: Have at least 15 years of postgraduate experience at a level to which the qualifications referred to above given admission. Of these 15 years, 5 years must have been acquired in the domains covered by the activities of the JU.










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Management Experience: Have at least 5 years of professional experience gained in a high-level management function (6).










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Languages: a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the European Union (7) and a satisfactory knowledge of a second of these languages to the extent necessary for the performance of his/her duties.










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Age limit: be able to complete the full three-year mandate before reaching retirement age. For temporary staff of the European Union, retirement age is defined as being the end of the month in which the person reaches the age of 66 (see Article 52 lit (a) of the Staff Regulations (8)).





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 relation to any interests which might be considered prejudicial to his/her independence. Candidates must confirm their willingness to do so in their application.

Selection procedure

The present publication is organised under the responsibility of the European Commission in accordance with Article 8 of the Statutes of the JU annexed to the Council Regulation establishing the ECSEL JU, and with the involvement of the Governing Board of the JU.
The recruitment procedure to fill the post of the Executive Director is subject to the availability of the budget and the approval of the establishment plan of the JU.
The European Commission sets up a pre-selection panel. This panel will analyse all applications and identify a number of candidates who have the best profile with regard to the selection criteria mentioned above. These candidates will be invited for an interview with the pre-selection panel.
Following the interviews, the pre-selection panel draws up its conclusions and proposes a list of candidates for further interviews with the European Commission's Consultative Committee on Appointments (CCA). Candidates called for an interview with the CCA will be asked to participate in a full-day assessment centre run by external human resources experts. On the basis of the interview and results of the assessment centre report, the CCA establishes a shortlist of candidates it considers suitable to exercise the function of Executive Director.
This shortlist is submitted to the relevant Member(s) of the European Commission who will interview these candidates.
The European Commission then adopts a shortlist of the most suitable candidates, which will be communicated to the Governing Board of the ECSEL JU. The latter may interview the shortlisted candidates and will subsequently nominate the Executive Director.
Inclusion in the European Commission's shortlist does not guarantee appointment.

Equal opportunities

The ECSEL JU, as a European Union body, applies a policy of equal opportunities and accepts applications without distinction on the grounds of sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation (in accordance with Article 1d of the Staff Regulations (9)).

Conditions of employment

The Executive Director will be appointed by the Governing Board as a temporary agent at grade AD14 pursuant to Article 2(a) and 10 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (10) for an initial period of up to three years.
By the end of that period, the Commission, associating the ECSEL Participating States and the private members as appropriate, shall undertake an assessment of the performance of the Executive Director and the ECSEL Joint Undertaking’s future tasks and challenges. The Governing Board, acting on a proposal from the Commission which takes into account the above mentioned assessment, may extend the term of office of the Executive Director once, for a period of no more than four years.
Before appointment, the selected candidate is expected to be invited to make a statement before the responsible committee of the European Parliament and reply to questions.
Candidates should note the requirement under the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants for all new staff to successfully complete a probationary period of nine months.
The place of employment is Brussels, where the JU is based.

Application procedure



Before submitting your application, you should carefully check whether you meet all eligibility criteria, in particular those regarding the required type of diplomas and professional experience.


Applications must be sent via the Internet through the following website, where the instructions concerning the various stages of the procedure are indicated:
https://ec.europa.eu/dgs/human-resources/seniormanagementvacancies/
You have to complete your online registration in time (11). We strongly advise you not to wait until the last few days before applying, since heavy Internet traffic or a fault with your Internet connection could lead to the online registration being terminated before you complete it, thereby obliging you to repeat the whole process. Once the deadline for submission of applications has passed, you will not be able to apply. Late registrations via normal e-mail will not be accepted as a general rule.
You need a valid e-mail address. This will be used to confirm the creation of your account and to keep you informed about the outcome of the selection procedure. Please, inform the European Commission about any change in your e-mail address.
For applications to be valid, candidates must upload:






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a motivation letter, summarising the reasons for applying for the post (max 8  000 characters);










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a Curriculum Vitae (CV) in WORD or PDF format, preferably using the Europass CV format.




Both the CV and motivation letter should be written preferably in English, French or German.
Applications that are incomplete will be rejected.
On completion of your application, you will receive a registration number; please keep this number, since it will be used for further contacts during the selection procedure. When you receive this number, the application process is finished — it is the confirmation that you have registered your data correctly.

If you do not receive a registration number, your application has not been registered!

Please note that it is not possible to monitor progress of your application online. You will be contacted directly regarding the status of your application. The selection process, including correspondence with selection panels during this selection procedure will be carried out in English, French or German (12).

If you have a disability that prevents you from registering online, you may submit your application (CV and motivation letter) on paper by registered mail, no later than the closing date for registration, to the following address: European Commission, Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, Unit for Executive Staff and CCA Secretariat, COM/2015/20003, SC11 8/62, B-1049 Brussels, indicating clearly as a reference: Vacancy for an Executive Director function of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (Brussels), COM/2015/20003. All subsequent communication between you and the Commission will be by post. In this case, you must enclose with your CV and motivation letter, a certificate attesting your disability, issued by a recognised body. You should also set out on a separate sheet of paper any special arrangements you think are needed to make it easier for you to take part in the selection process.

If you require additional information or if you encounter technical problems, please send an email to:
HR-A2-MANAGEMENT-ONLINE@ec.europa.eu

Closing date

The deadline for registration is 24 April 2015 at 12.00 noon. Online registration will not be possible after 12.00 noon Brussels time. Applications received after the deadline will be rejected.

Important information for candidates

Candidates are reminded that the different selection committees are confidential. It is forbidden for candidates to make direct or indirect contact with their members or anybody else that does so on their behalf.

Protection of personal data

The Commission will ensure that candidates' 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 (13). This applies in particular to the confidentiality and security of such data.


(1)  Council Regulation (EU) No 561/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (OJ L 169 of 7.6.2014, p. 152).

(2)  http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/communication-european-strategy-micro-and-nanoelectronic-components-and-systems

(3)  http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/european-industrial-strategic-roadmap-micro-and-nano-electronic-components-and-systems

(4)  http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/european-industrial-strategic-roadmap-micro-and-nano-electronic-components-and-systems-0

(5)  http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/3cpart/h2020-hi-list-ac_en.pdf

(6)  In their CVs applicants should indicate at least for these 5 years during which high level management experience has been acquired: (1) title and role of management positions held, (2) numbers of staff overseen in these positions, (3) the size of budgets managed, and (4) numbers of hierarchical layers above and below and number of peers.

(7)  http://ec.europa.eu/languages/policy/language-policy/official_languages_en.htm

(8)  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1962R0031:20140101:EN:PDF

(9)  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1962R0031:20140101:EN:PDF

(10)  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1962R0031:20140101:EN:PDF

(11)  No later than 12.00 noon, Brussels time, on 24/04/2015.

(12)  The selection panels will ensure that no undue advantage is given to native speakers of languages of the selection procedure.

(13)  OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.