Legal Officer – EUROJUST

Vacancy notice for the establishment of a reserve list for:

Legal Officer (Legal Service)

Reference: 15/EJ/02 Temporary Agent AD 6

Eurojust is currently looking to create a reserve list and recruit for Legal Officers.

The Legal Service of Eurojust has two main spheres of competence:

• It provides legal advice and assistance to the College of Eurojust in the accomplishment of its objectives and tasks as described in the Eurojust Decision (“College Matters”.
• It provides legal advice and assistance to the Administrative Director and the administrative Units and Services of Eurojust in the performance of their tasks; in this capacity, the Legal Service deals with all legal issues related to budget and finance, staff regulations, civil matters and litigation (“Administrative matters”).

The successful applicant will be act as a legal officer in one or more areas of competence of the Legal Service and will report to the Head of Legal Service.

Key accountabilities

The successful applicant will be responsible for acting as legal officer in one of the two main spheres of competence of the Legal Service (in addition to the Management of the Eurojust Library) which consists in providing legal advice and assistance:

• To the College of Eurojust, in the accomplishment of its objectives and tasks as described in the Eurojust Decision, and to the activities of the College, College Teams and National Members (Sector “College Matters”),
• To the Administrative Director and the administrative Units and Services of Eurojust in the performance of their tasks; in this capacity, the Legal Service deals with all legal issues related to budget and finance, staff regulations, civil matters, contracts, litigation, security and monitoring of compliance of the Eurojust procurement procedures with legal requirements. Further, the Legal Service is in charge of handling requests on access to documents (“Sector “Administrative Matters”).

Monthly basic salary: € 4 960,64

Location: The Hague, Netherlands

Application deadline: 12/04/2015 at 00:00 CET

Read more and apply here.