
CEPOL is looking for candidates to establish a Contract Agent (CA) reserve list for the profile of Senior Project Officer (FGIV). The place of employment will be Budapest. The jobholder will support, develop, implement and coordinate training activities for law enforcement officials in the framework of CEPOL’s international cooperation portfolio with countries and jurisdictions outside of the European Union.
Key accountabilities:
- Support, develop, implement and coordinate training activities for relevant law enforcement audiences as defined in art 2 (1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2219 (the CEPOL Regulation);
- Coordinate and ensure the supervision of the work of assigned staff;
- Be responsible for all the stages of EU project cycle management, including drafting and monitoring work plans, procurement procedures and budgets in line with financial regulations and administrative instruments, as well as reporting tasks;
- Ensure adequate outreach, communication, PR and project visibility, as well as coordination with other donor-funded initiatives;
- Monitor relevant EU policies in the area of justice and home affairs and its external aspects, with a view to translate them into viable training initiatives;
- Willingness to travel (by plane) frequently abroad to fulfil missions.
Eligibility criteria:
In addition, in order to be eligible the candidate must:
- Be a national of a Member State of the Union;
- Be entitled to his or her full rights as a citizen;
- Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws on military service;
- Meet the character requirements for the duties involved;
- Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post; and
- Have a thorough knowledge (at least level C1) of one of the languages of the Union and a satisfactory knowledge (at least level B2) of another language of the Union. As the working language of the Agency is English, this has to be one of the before mentioned languages.
Essential Criteria:
- Proven work experience in national or international law enforcement functions (police, customs, prosecution, border guard or similar);
- Strong understanding of serious organised crime and/or counter terrorism in European/International dimensions;
- Proven experience in development and implementation of capacity building/training/advisory activities for relevant law enforcement communities;
- Proven experience in the implementation of projects;
- Proven experience in leading/managing international law enforcement workshops, meetings and events.
Advantageous Criteria:
- Working Knowledge of any of the languages spoken in the Western Balkans, European Neighbourhood East and South countries (min. level B2);
- Very good knowledge of the European Union policies and instruments in the area of Justice and Home Affairs and its external aspects;
- Experience as an employee or seconded expert in an International Organisation or within EU institutions, bodies and/or agencies.
Interested? Read more here and apply for the vacancy until 16 October 2022, 23:55hrs, Budapest Time!