• a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to post-secondary education, and appropriate professional experience of at least three years [6],

OR

• where justified in the interest of the service, professional training or professional experience of an equivalent level

A.2.2. Professional experience

To qualify for the position, candidates must have, in addition to the above, at least 2 years of proven fulltime professional experience;

B. Selection criteria

Candidates who comply with the above eligibility criteria will then be evaluated according to the following selection criteria:

Essential

• Professional experience: minimum 1 year of proven professional experience in the field of legal issues.
• Knowledge of languages [7] : for working purposes, an excellent knowledge of English level C1 and a good knowledge of French B1 is required.

Advantageous

• Diploma in European Union Law 
• Work experience in a private law firm as a paralegal or a lawyer, in an EU Institution or Body 
• Knowledge acquired through experience and/or training/education of the organisation, structure, working procedures and policies of European Commission and/or other EU institutions and Bodies. 
• Very good knowledge acquired through experience and/or training/education other than the possible Post-graduate Diploma referred above of European law, in particular regarding procurements and grants, institutional law, remedies, staff Regulation and access to documents
• Very good communication skills, with the ability to explain legal issues to non-legal staff of the Agency in a clear and service oriented manner 
• Very good drafting skills and ability to deal with complex legal issues 
• Very good command level B2 of other European Union languages, in particular German, Italian and/or Spanish

4. Equal Opportunities

The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency applies a policy of equal opportunities and takes care to avoid any form of discrimination in its recruitment procedures.

5. Selection Procedure

The selection will be organised as following:

1. The selection committee will select the applications which comply with the eligibility criteria and then it will evaluate them against the selection criteria. The 30 best candidates will be shortlisted for the next steps. Those shortlisted candidates who do not have a valid EPSO/CAST FG III will be invited by EPSO to sit a test.

Supporting documents showing evidence of the information given in the application will be requested at a later stage. No documents will be sent back to candidates. If, at any stage in the procedure, it is established that information provided by a candidate is incorrect, this candidate will be disqualified.

2. Shortlisted candidates with a valid EPSO/CAST FG III or those who have responded to the EPSO permanent CAST call (EPSO/CAST/P/14/2017) and who have successfully passed the test, will be invited to an interview. The interview will aim to assess the candidate's suitability to perform the duties, his/her professional knowledge and background, motivation and level of languages. The interview will be marked out of 100; pass mark: 70. The selection committee will hold interviews in English and French. Other languages, in particular those mentioned under the advantageous selection criteria (German, Italian and/or Spanish) may be tested during the interview.

3. Following the interview, the selection committee will place on the reserve list candidates who obtained a total mark of 70 or more. Inclusion of candidates on the reserve list does not guarantee recruitment. Recruitment will be based on availability of posts and budget.

The Selection Committee consists of a Chairperson, Klaus HAUPT (Head of Unit EACEA), an EACEA Staff Committee representative, Mette LEARIE (Finance and Contracts Officer), an EACEA HR Representative, Tordis JASPERT (HR Officer) and two members, Hubert MONET (Head of Legal Sector EACEA) and Alice JAUME (Legal Adviser, Legal Service COUNCIL). Alternate members are, as EACEA HR Representative, Elisabeth DERKSEN (HR Adviser) and as EACEA Staff Committee representative, Sabine MINNITI (Assistant Programme Manager).

You are reminded that the work and deliberations of all Selection Committees are confidential and it is forbidden for any person who is not a member of the Committee, to make any attempt to contact a Committee member under penalty of exclusion from the selection procedure; only candidates exercising the rights of appeal which are open to them may (through address EACEA-HR-SELECTION@ec.europa.eu), in writing, make their representations to the Chairperson of the selection board.

The reserve list will be valid until 31/12/2018 (the Executive Agency appointing authority can decide to extend the validity of the list).

6. Conditions of Employment

The Agency's appointing authority will appoint the successful candidate [8] as a Contract Staff member pursuant to Article 3(a) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities, offering him/her a contract for a determined duration of 2 years. This contract may be renewed for another year. Any subsequent renewal will be for an indefinite period.

The successful candidate will be recruited as a Contract Agent, Function Group III. The basic recruitment grade for Function Group III contract agents is grade 8. The actual recruitment grade will depend on the candidate's professional experience. The basic monthly salary for FG III (grade 8 step 1) is 2.619, 87€. In addition to the basic salary, staff members may be entitled to various allowances, in particular household allowance, expatriation allowance (16% of the basic salary), dependent child allowance and education allowance. The salary is subject to a Community tax deducted at source and staff members are exempt of national taxation.

7. Application Procedure

Applications specifying the CAST reference number/EPSO Expression of interest reference number, consisting of an updated Europass-CV (https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/home) and a motivation letter must be submitted exclusively in English or French to the following email address EACEA-HR-SELECTION@ec.europa.eu by and not later than 24/05/2017 at 12:00 h (midday Brussels time). Mention the call reference EACEA (2017) CA-FGIII-Legal Officer in the e-mail subject.

Applicants are strongly advised not to wait until the last minute to submit their application since heavy internet traffic or other dysfunction could lead to difficulties in submission. The Agency shall not be held responsible for said difficulties and it will disregard applications submitted after the deadline or which are not complete.

8. Data Protection

The Agency will ensure that candidates' personal data are processed as required by Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data[1]. This applies in particular to the confidentiality and security of such data.

[1] Commission Implementing Decision of 18 December 2013, establishing the "Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency" and repealing Decision 2009/336/EC, OJ L343 of 19.12.2013, p.46.

[2] Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002, laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes, OJ L 11 of 16/01/2003, p.1.

[3] As specified in Article 3.2 of Regulation (EC) 58/2003, the extension of the Agency's mandate may be renewed.

[4] Prior to appointment, the successful candidates will be asked to provide a police certificate indicating that they do not have a criminal record.

[5] Only study titles awarded in EU Member States (or having the equivalence certificate issued by the qualified authorities of the Member States) shall be taken into consideration.

[6] Professional experience is counted only from the time the candidate obtained the diploma required for being eligible.

[7] Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

[8] Before the appointment, a successful candidate shall undergo a medical examination by the medical services of the Commission in order to check if he/she satisfies the condition set forth by Article 21 (d) of the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.