If you are interested in shaping the future of the European Satellite Navigation, GSA is looking for highly qualified professionals in legal and procurement. For applications to be considered valid, candidates must submit an email to jobs@gsa.europa.eu with a subject line of ‘SURNAME_Name_Vacancy Reference Number’ and which contains the Agency’s approved application form (Download it here: http://www.gsa.europa.eu/gsa/job-opportunities).
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Type of contract: Temporary Agent
Start date: as soon as possible
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Legal/Procurement Officer will be in charge of:
-Handling entire life-cycle of procurements and contract management
-Supporting the Agency in a broad range of legal tasks pertaining to both administrative/support and operational/technical activities of the Agency
The Legal/Procurement* Officer’s tasks and responsibilities will in principle include the following areas:
Legal advice
-Providing legal advice on operations and administration of the Agency
-Advising on the regulatory framework of the Agency
-Providing advice on procurement and grants
-Advising on staff matters, financial issues, interpretation/drafting of legal instruments
Management of calls for tenders (procurement)
-Drafting, helping coordinating calls for tenders for both administrative and operational procurements in line with standard best practices
-Managing calls for tenders (e.g. publication, organisation of and assistance to evaluation boards, selection process, contract award and signature)
-Interfacing with relevant stakeholders, including project officers, finance department, economic operators, auditors
Contract drafting and management
-Drafting and support negotiating contracts/agreements
-Following up on contract/agreement interpretation, implementation, performance and enforcement
-Assisting project officers with issues in contract/agreement lifecycle
-Support in building and maintaining of an up-to date tender, contractual and other legal commitments database
Eligibility conditions
The selection procedure is open to applicants who satisfy the following eligibility criteria, on the closing date for application:
A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies[1] of at least three years attested by a diploma
Be a national of a Member State of the European Union or Norway
Be entitled to his or her full rights as citizen
Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws concerning military service
Meet the character requirements for the duties involved[2]
Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union[3] and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the European Union to the extent necessary for the performance of his/her duties
Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post[4]
[1] Only study titles that have been awarded in EU Member States or that are subject to the equivalence certificates issued by the authorities in the said Member States shall be taken into consideration.
[2] Prior to the appointment, the successful candidate will be asked to provide a Police certificate confirming the absence of any criminal record.
[3] The languages of the EU are: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish.
[4] Before a successful candidate can be appointed, s/he will be medically examined by a selected medical service so that the Agency will be satisfied that s/he fulfils the requirement of Article 28(e) of the Staff Regulation of Officials of the European Communities.
For more information on the application procedure, job conditions and tasks and responsibilities, please have a look on our job opportunity page https://www.gsa.europa.eu/gsa/jobs-opportunities
Application deadline: 26 October 2017 – 23:59
Read more and apply here.
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