Recruitment notice PE/285/S – Director (function group AD, grade 14) – Directorate-General for Parliamentary Democracy Partnerships – Directorate for Resources
Date: 2023-01-20
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: administrator, competition (EU), job vacancy, managing director, recruitment, representative democracy








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20.1.2023   


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Official Journal of the European Union


CA 20/20






RECRUITMENT NOTICE PE/285/S
DIRECTOR
(function group AD, grade 14)
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIPS – DIRECTORATE FOR RESOURCES
(2023/C 20 A/04)
 
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 Parliamentary Democracy Partnerships, Directorate for Resources, 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 at grade AD14 (2). The basic salary is EUR 16 292,34 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


Brussels. 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 ground such as gender, ethnicity, 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 carry out 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 and in keeping with Parliament’s policies;










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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 on objectives and strategies); taking the decisions required to achieve the objectives set; assessing the performance of the departments within the directorate with a view to ensuring that high standards are maintained;










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advising the director-general, the Secretary-General and Members 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 fulfil 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 (4);










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














(b)




Specific conditions








(i)



Qualifications required







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when the normal period of university education is 4 years or more, a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma officially recognised in one of the Member States,
or










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a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma officially recognised in one of the Member States and appropriate professional experience of at least 1 year (5), when the normal period of university education is at least 3 years.
Diplomas, whether issued in a Member State of the Union or in another country, must be recognised by an official body of a Member State of the Union, such as the ministry of education.
Candidates holding diplomas issued in a non-EU country (6) must enclose with their application an EU-equivalence for their diplomas. For further information on recognition of qualifications obtained in a non-EU country in the ENIC-NARIC networks, see https://www.enic-naric.net/.














(ii)



Professional experience required

Professional experience gained after obtaining the qualifications referred to above:






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12 years, at least part of which must be in the directorate’s areas of activity, and including at least 6 years in a European and/or international environment, and at least 6 years in management positions in a large department.














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Knowledge of languages

Excellent knowledge of one of the European Union’s official languages (7) is required, along with very good knowledge of at least one other official language of the European Union.
The Advisory Committee for the Appointment of Senior Officials will take knowledge of other official languages of the European Union into account.








6.   Tests

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 this stage, the Bureau may interview the candidates.
The interviews will be based on the job description as set out in point 4 above, focusing on the following:






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strategic thinking;










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management skills;










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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.




7.   Submission of applications

The deadline for applications is:

12.00 (noon), Brussels time, on Friday 3 February 2023.
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/285/S’) and a curriculum vitae in Europass format (8), quoting the reference number for the procedure (PE/285/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 (9)
. 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 (10), in particular as regards their confidentiality and security.


(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)  The European Union’s Member States are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

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

(6)  UK qualifications/diplomas obtained up until 31 December 2020 are accepted with no other recognition required. For diplomas obtained after that date NARIC recognition is required. In practice, this means that UK diplomas issued from 1 January 2021 must be accompanied by an equivalence issued by a competent authority of a current Member State of the EU.

(7)  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.

(8)  https://europa.eu/europass/

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

(10)  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 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).




ANNEX
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIPS — DIRECTORATE FOR RESOURCES

MAIN TASKS


(Entity being set up)


9.1.2023







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Overseeing, coordinating and supervising the directorate’s units and services, the recruitment of officials and other servants, as well as various HR-related matters;










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Developing new partnerships, including as regards organisational aspects;










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Managing the financial resources of the directorate-general (DG);










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Acting as authorising officer by subdelegation.




INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT UNIT






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Preparing and developing new partnerships, including as regards organisational aspects;










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Being involved in developing new structures and synergies in the DG and interacting with other DGs;










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Providing management with strategic and operational advice.




BUDGET MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES UNIT

BUDGET MANAGEMENT







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Carrying out centralised financial initiation for the DG: expenditure commitments under specific contracts and order forms, issuing of order forms and related logistical arrangements, issuing of VAT certificates, logistical arrangements for approving payment of invoices, recovery orders, management of recovery orders;










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Providing financial and budgetary coordination for the DG: drawing up and monitoring the budget, reporting, following up requests from the Court of Auditors, different types of transfer, authorisations and subdelegation, relations with central accounting and financial systems bodies, representing the DG on all specialised working groups, etc.;










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Handling arrangements for signing specific contracts and additional agreements relating to them: verification of conformity of documents, signatories’ authority, requests for bank guarantees, handling the process for signing contracts and additional agreements.





HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT







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Managing the DG’s human resources, including filling of posts, annual staff reporting exercise, traineeships, providing advice on HR rules, management and monitoring of the DG’s HR budgets (contract and agency staff, missions, arrangements for offsetting part-time working, overtime, external professional training), etc.;










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Carrying out ex-ante verification of all the DG’s contractual and financial operations;










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Planning and managing the DG’s professional training policy;










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Acting as inventory property manager (GBI) and telecom contact point (IMT) for the DG;










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Providing career counselling (RELOPs) in the DG and contributing to equal opportunities policy in the DG.