CELEX: C2008/161/10
Language: en
Date: 2008-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Call for applications — Director-General (Grades AD15-AD16) of the Library, Research and Documentation at the Court of Justice of the European Communities

25.6.2008   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 161/16
            
         Call for applications — Director-General (Grades AD15-AD16) of the Library, Research and Documentation at the Court of Justice of the European Communities
   (2008/C 161/10)
   The post of Director-General (Grades AD15-AD16) of the Library, Research and Documentation at the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg will soon become vacant. This post will be filled by the application of Article 29(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities.
   NATURE OF THE DUTIES
   Acting under the direct authority of the Registrar, the holder of the post will be responsible for running, co-ordinating and managing the Library, Research and Documentation Directorate-General.
   This Directorate-General, which has nearly 100 members of staff, has a large law library under the responsibility of a director and a team of researchers and documentalists currently grouped within four units, one of which is responsible for legal information technology. The team assists the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance and the Civil Service Tribunal in carrying out their judicial function, in particular by compiling studies and notes on comparative, international and Community law, and assists in disseminating case-law on Community law, in particular by means of legal and documentary analysis of the decisions of the Community courts. Those four research and documentation units are shortly to be grouped together within a single directorate under the responsibility of the Director-General.
   REQUIREMENTS
   Applicants must:
   
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               have completed legal studies attested by a university qualification and have a detailed knowledge of Community law,
            
         
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               demonstrate that they are able to direct and co-ordinate the work of a large administrative unit,
            
         
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               have detailed knowledge and professional experience of the sectors dealt with by the Directorate-General. Particular consideration will be given to experience in a role as director and manager of a legal research and documentation body,
            
         
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               have a thorough knowledge of one official language of the European Communities and a satisfactory knowledge of another official language of the European Communities. In the interests of the service, a good knowledge of French is necessary.
            
         SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
   Applications for this post, by e-mail only, must reach the Court of Justice at the e-mail address: DG-BRD-CURIA@curia.europa.eu at the latest by 13.00 on 31 August 2008. Applications must be accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae and any other appropriate documents.
   Luxembourg, 17 June 2008.