View Vacancy -- 2025-CA-06 - Senior Project Officer - to establish a reserve list

Contract agent
Function group IV
40,000 € - 49,999 €

Under the supervision of the Project Manager (Senior Project Officer), the Senior Project Coordinator, and the overall responsibility of the Head of the International Cooperation Unit, the Senior Project Officer (SPO) shall support, develop, implement and coordinate capacity building activities for relevant law enforcement authorities as defined in art 4 (4) (d) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2219 (the CEPOL Regulation) in the framework of CEPOL’s international cooperation portfolio with countries and jurisdictions outside of the European Union. Towards that end, they shall be engaged and responsible for all stages of the implementation of capacity building activities (including initiating, planning and designing, implementing, monitoring, reporting and evaluation) with selected countries in the geographical areas concerned. This may include the supervision of assigned resources.

1. Professional experience and competences relevant for

a) Developing and delivering law-enforcement capacity building activities (training, workshops, networking activities, etc.) and training products (curriculum, manual, guidelines, etc.)

and/or

b) cross-border criminal investigations in the fight against organised crime and/or terrorism.

2. Support, coordinate, plan, develop, design, implement, evaluate, report capacity building activities on organised crime and countering terrorism for relevant law enforcement agencies.

3. Provide advice for the further development of the capacity building portfolio.

4. Liaise with partners and coordinate with stakeholders to develop capacity building activities in the assigned thematic area and region.

5. Coordinate and ensure the supervision of the work of assigned staff.

6. Be responsible for the management of capacity building activities.

7. Ensure outreach, communication, and project visibility, as well as coordination with other donor-funded initiatives.

8. 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.

Travel missions twice per month as average.

Working on weekends and public holidays is a possibility, depending on operational needs.

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 (min. level C1) of one of the languages of the Union and a satisfactory knowledge (min. level B2) of another language of the Union. One of the languages has to be English, as this is the official language of CEPOL.

Completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma

or

Professional training in the field of law enforcement and after having completed the training, at least the number of years of relevant professional experience indicated below:

Duration of professional training                                             Professional experience                         
More than 6 months and up to 1 year4 years
More than 1 year and up to 2 years3 years
More than 2 years and up to 3 years2 years
More than 3 years1 year

In addition to the above at least 5 years of relevant and proven professional experience gained after obtaining the diploma or after completed the professional training with the experience linked to the training.

 

CEPOL implements capacity building actions for law enforcement officials in third countries with a limited duration (currently until 2028). For this reason CEPOL is establishing a reserve list to ensure availability of human resources. A contract offer will be made as a member of the Contract Agent staff of the agency in accordance with the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities for the implementation period of the project. The contract may be extended. However, as the advertised position is project-funded, with limited duration, there shall be no expectation on the side of the candidate that an employment contract may be extended beyond the duration of the project. The successful candidate will be recruited as Senior Project Officer – FG IV.

The basic monthly net pay for this post is EUR 2,752.00 (grade 13), EUR 2,921.63 (grade 14) or EUR 3,652.14 (grade 16). The correction coefficient (on the date of publication of this vacancy notice is 75,5% for Hungary and is already taken in consideration for these amounts.

The grade is determined on the basis of professional experience gained after obtaining the diploma of an education required for the position and in line with applicable implementing rules.

In addition, based on personal situation, the following allowances might be granted:

  • Expatriation or foreign residence allowance: 16% or 4% of the basic pay.
  • Annual travel allowance: staff who are entitled to the expatriation (16%) or foreign residence (4%) allowance are entitled to be paid each calendar year a sum representing the cost of travel from the place of employment to the place of origin for themselves and, if they are entitled to the household allowance, for their spouse and dependents (less than age of 2)
  • Household allowance
  • Allowance for a dependent child or person treated as such:
    • Pre-school allowance:
    • Education allowance:
    • School fees: paid by CEPOL for dependent children who joined the staff member in changing the residence to fully respect the article 20 of the Staff Regulations. The school shall be considered as non-fee paying and the staff member concerned shall not receive the education allowance mentioned in the bullet point(s) above.

The costs covered by CEPOL shall be:

  • The registration and attendance fees at international schools
  • The transportation costs
  • Excluding all other costs as described on the Commission decision C(2004)131-53-2004 on general implementing provisions for the grant of the education allowance.

In addition, CEPOL will provide benefits and entitlements in line with those of European Union Civil Servants. Such entitlements will be established based on the necessary documents provided by the newly recruited staff member upon taking up duty with CEPOL.

The successful candidate shall undergo a probation period of 9 months.

For reasons related to CEPOL’s operational requirements, the candidate may be required to be available at short notice.

The highest scoring candidates exceeding the threshold defined in advance by the Selection Committee shall be invited for interview and written test. Maximum number of candidates to be invited for interview shall not exceed 30. Interview and written test will be arranged online.

The information provided in applications is subject to EU legislation on protection of personal data and confidentiality of information.

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Only candidates who achieve 65% of the total scores available for the interview and written test can be included in a Reserve List. The reserve list will be valid until 31 December 2026 and may be extended by the decision of the Appointing Authority of CEPOL. (Please be aware that placement on a reserve list in no way guarantees future employment at CEPOL.)

Proven work experience in national or international Law Enforcement functions (police, customs, prosecution, border guard and similar, relevant EU/international organisations).

Experience in serious organised crime or counter terrorism at national level or at European/International level.

Proven experience in development and implementation of capacity building/training/advisory activities for relevant law enforcement communities.

Knowledge of project environment.

Experience in contributing to national/international Law Enforcement workshops and events. Please describe also the duration of your experience (years).

Working knowledge of any of the languages spoken in the Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership and/or MENA regions (min. level B2).

Knowledge of the European Union policies and instruments in the area of Justice and Home Affairs and its external aspects.

This opportunity is closed to applications.