Recruitment notice PE/239/S – Directeur (F/H) (groupe de fonctions AD, grade 14) – Directorate General for Translation — Directorate for Citizens’ Language
Date: 2020-02-28
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: administrator, competition (EU), job vacancy, managing director, translation, use of languages








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28.2.2020   


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Official Journal of the European Union


CA 65/39






RECRUITMENT NOTICE PE/239/S
Directeur (F/H) (groupe de fonctions AD, grade 14)
DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR TRANSLATION — DIRECTORATE FOR CITIZENS’ LANGUAGE
(2020/C 65 A/07)
 
1.   Vacant post

The President of the European Parliament has decided to open the procedure for filling the post of director (AD, grade 14) in the Directorate-General for Translation, Directorate for Citizens’ Language, in accordance with Article 29(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (1) (‘the Staff Regulations’).
This selection procedure, which is designed to give the appointing authority a wider choice of candidates, will be conducted at the same time as internal and interinstitutional recruitment procedures.
Recruitment will be to grade AD 14 (2). The basic salary is EUR 14 837,60 per month. In addition to the basic salary, which is subject to Community tax and exempt from national tax, certain allowances may be payable in circumstances laid down by the Staff Regulations.
Candidates should note that this post is subject to the mobility policy rules adopted by Parliament’s Bureau on 15 January 2018.
The post calls for flexibility and frequent contact with people inside and outside Parliament, including Members of the European Parliament. The director will be required to travel frequently between Parliament’s places of work and elsewhere.
2.   Place of employment

Luxembourg. This post may be transferred to one of Parliament’s other places of work.
3.   Equal opportunities

The European Parliament is an equal opportunities employer and accepts applications without discrimination on any grounds, such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status or family situation.
4.   Job description

As a senior official, the director will be required to perform the following duties in the light of the guidelines and decisions laid down by the parliamentary authority and the director-general (3):






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ensuring that a large department in Parliament’s Secretariat, comprising several units covering the directorate’s areas of activity, runs smoothly,










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managing, leading, motivating and coordinating teams of staff - optimising the use of the directorate’s resources to provide a high-quality service (organisation, management of human and budget resources, innovation, etc.) in its areas of activity,










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planning the directorate’s work (deciding objectives and strategies) - taking the necessary decisions to achieve the set objectives; assessing the performance of the units making up the directorate in order to ensure their quality,










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advising the director-general, the Secretariat and MEPs in the directorate’s areas of activity,










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cooperating with the other directorates in the Secretariat, representing Parliament and negotiating contracts and agreements in the directorate’s areas of activity,










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managing and seeing through specific projects likely to involve financial responsibilities,










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acting as authorising officer by subdelegation.




5.   Eligibility

The selection procedure is open to candidates who meet the following conditions on the closing date for applications:






(a)



General conditions

Under Article 28 of the Staff Regulations, candidates must:






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be a national of one of the European Union’s Member States,










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enjoy full rights as a citizen,










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have fulfilled any obligations imposed on them by the laws on military service,










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produce the appropriate character references as to their suitability for the performance of their duties.














(b)



Specific conditions







(i)



Qualifications and professional experience required







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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,




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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 (4), when the normal period of university education is at least three years.






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At least 12 years’ professional experience gained after obtaining the qualifications referred to above, including at least six years performing managerial duties.














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Knowledge required







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Excellent general knowledge of European affairs,










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excellent grasp of internal, national and international political issues,










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very good understanding of the different cultures represented in the European institutions,










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excellent knowledge of the Treaties,










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excellent knowledge of the structure, organisation and environment of Parliament’s Secretariat and of the various players involved,










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excellent knowledge of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, legislative procedures and internal rules and working methods,










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excellent knowledge of the Staff Regulations, of how they are to be interpreted and of the rules based on them,










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excellent knowledge of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union and its Rules of Application, and of Parliament’s internal rules and other subordinate provisions,










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very good administrative knowledge (human resources and/or management and/or budget and/or finance and/or IT and/or legal issues, etc.),










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excellent knowledge of management techniques.














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Knowledge of languages

A thorough knowledge (at least C1 (5)) of one of the European Union’s official languages (6) and very good knowledge (at least level B2 (5)) of at least one other is required.
The Advisory Committee for the Appointment of Senior Officials will take knowledge of other official languages of the European Union into account.










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Skills required







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A flair for strategy,










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leadership qualities,










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forward-planning skills,










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ability to react appropriately to events,










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thoroughness,










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communication skills.












6.   Selection procedure

To assist the appointing authority in its choice, the Advisory Committee for the Appointment of Senior Officials will draw up a list of candidates and make a recommendation to Parliament’s Bureau as to who should be called for interview. The Bureau will adopt the list, and the committee will conduct the interviews and submit its final report to the Bureau for a decision. At that stage, the Bureau may interview the candidates.
7.   Applications

The deadline for applications is:

12.00 (noon), Brussels time, on 20 March 2020.

Candidates are asked to send, by email only, a personal statement in pdf format (marked ‘For the attention of the Secretary-General of the European Parliament, Recruitment Notice PE/239/S’) and a curriculum vitae (in Europass format (7)), quoting the reference number for the procedure (PE/239/S) in the subject line, to:
PERS-EPSeniorManagement@ep.europa.eu
The date and time of dispatch of the email will be taken to be the date and time of submission of the application.

Scanned documents must be legible.


Candidates called for interview must produce by the interview date copies or photocopies of supporting documents relating to their studies, professional experience and current responsibilities (8). These documents will not be returned.

Personal data which candidates provide for the purposes of this selection procedure will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (9).


(1)  See Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1), as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 (OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1) and most recently by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 15).

(2)  On recruitment the official will be placed in the appropriate step, in accordance with Article 32 of the Staff Regulations.

(3)  For description of main tasks, see annex.

(4)  This year of experience will not be taken into account when assessing the professional experience required under the next indent.

(5)  See the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) — https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/sites/default/files/cefr-en.pdf

(6)  The European Union’s official languages are: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish.

(7)  http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/

(8)  This does not apply to candidates working for the European Parliament on the closing date for applications.

(9)  OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39.




ANNEX
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR TRANSLATION – DIRECTORATE FOR CITIZENS’ LANGUAGE
MAIN TASKS

(New directorate currently comprising 67 staff: 50 officials, 6 temporary staff members and 11 contract staff members)

DG TRAD’s mission has expanded in recent years due to several factors ranging from the political context, technological innovation and development, to the actual needs and expectations of citizens and their elected representatives faced with new trends in information consumption. The most obvious factor is an increased focus on producing clear language in order to make information about the work of the European Parliament accessible to as many citizens as possible. We call this new approach ‘Citizens’ Language’.
The mission of the Directorate for Citizens' Language is to enhance the European Parliament’s provision of high-quality modern, multilingual services in text, audio and video. It will support the European Parliament administration and its Members in the multilingual communication with citizens, ensuring that content is clear, high quality, relevant, available in a variety of formats and media and in all EU official languages.
The Directorate for Citizens' Language will contain the following five Units:
SPEECH TO TEXT UNIT
The Speech to Text Unit works primarily on the provision of real time captioning and translation of Parliamentary debates in all official languages. The tools that will be developed and implemented will be integrated into the Parliament's IT architecture to ensure wider use in the longer term. The mission of the unit is to provide a useful service for Members and citizens in accessing debates on screen in particular by ensuring accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing people who currently have no direct access to the debates of the EP. In addition, the unit will monitor and follow up on research and development in the area of linguistic services to maintain the Parliament's position as a leader in multilingual innovation and to support, through targeted developments, the digitalisation of all EU official languages. This unit will cooperate extensively with other Directorates-General.
CLEAR LANGUAGE AND EDITING UNIT
The Clear Language and Editing Unit includes also the Coordination Service. The Unit continues to develop the existing offer of editing services for Members and staff, including the English language helpline. It also offers other services directly to Members such as drafting support in all languages (‘live editing’), localisation and adaptation of content, provision of summaries and other non-procedural linguistic services. Its mission is to enhance the readability of content to make the Parliament more approachable and accessible. It streamlines communication processes by intervening upstream to ensure that original content is clear and understandable before it enters translation or other processing streams. The Coordination service will manage workflows and allocation between all the units in the directorate.
AUDIO AND PODCAST UNIT
The Audio and Podcast Unit develops audio products in all EU languages to support the Parliament's activities and create ready to broadcast content for distribution in house as well as by radio stations throughout Europe. It creates, records and produces podcasts based on the Parliament's content (mainly from the Directorate-General for Communication, the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services, the Directorate-General for Internal Policies, and the Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union) in all languages. Its mission is to produce professional multilingual audio content of high quality based on existing Parliament's content through adaptation and localisation by expert linguists. The audio products created will provide easier access to information for citizens and Members in a form that corresponds to modern information consumption whilst helping to ensure that the EP remains relevant and modern in its approach to the communication of its activities.
SUBTITLING AND VOICE-OVER UNIT
The Subtitling and Voice-Over Unit develops capacity and expertise and design efficient workflows to provide subtitling services in all EU languages for a range of internal clients and purposes. In addition, it will develop the capacity to provide voice over services. Staff will use their superior inter-cultural and creative writing skills, their detailed knowledge of the European Parliament and high-level competence and versatility in their mother tongue whilst developing skills with the necessary tools to provide an efficient service. The mission of the unit is to provide new, streamlined, high quality services to make Parliament's video content multilingual, accessible and attractive to citizens and for use by Members.
MY HOUSE OF EUROPEAN HISTORY UNIT
The My House of European History Unit is responsible for the further development of the existing platform, in particular moderating and translating citizens’ submissions as well as adapting and producing citizens’ stories in audio and other formats in all languages to enhance the reach and accessibility of the project. Its mission is to increase the visibility and use of the platform as a space for the expression of European identity and shared history and to offer a modern, relevant service allowing citizens’ voices to be heard. It cooperates closely with the Directorate-General for Communication (mainly the House of European History Unit) and the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (mainly the On-site and Online Library Services Unit).