View Vacancy -- 2019-TA-03 - Training Officer
The post is designated to coordinate training activities and specifically exchange activities of CEPOL Training Unit, including cooperation with external actors and MS, as well as to address newly appearing initiatives. There is also a need to treat exchanges as part of the blended learning approach where it is an element of a broader educational activity.
The post holder will be responsible for planning, monitoring and management of exchange activities as well as coordinating contacts with external stakeholders. S/he will be responsible to coordinate work of other colleagues as well as to help transform the product to meet the current demands and challenges. The post holder will also prepare required reports and statistical overviews.
Additionally, the post holder will be required to support the other training activities of CEPOL Training Unit, contribute to the holistic training portfolio of the agency as well as implement any other higher education exchanges or initiatives in place.
The post requires
- prior experience with organising mobility or training activities
- excellent organisation skills
- excellent communication skills
- tact and diplomacy
- being able to cooperate with a variety of stakeholders with multinational and multi-professional backgrounds
- ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- very good coordination skills
- very good English, both written and oral
- ability to draft financial and statistical reports.
Advantageous
- law enforcement background at one of the EU Member States.
- Support the unit management by planning, implementing, evaluating and reporting on the exchange activities of CEPOL
- Contribute to the planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of CEPOL training portfolio
- Communicate regularly and efficiently with the relevant external and internal stakeholders
- Process relevant commitments, reimbursement claims and payments in line with the Financial Regulation and CEPOL financial rules
- Facilitate the administrative and financial implementation of exchange activities delivered in cooperation with external partners
- Help implement associated training tasks including residential or online training courses or webinars, higher education exchange and / or other products
- Help the TRU management to come up with innovative ways of organising training to respond to newly emerging 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 (Level C1) of one of the languages of the Union and a satisfactory knowledge (Level B2) of another language of the Union.
At least a level of post-secondary education attested by a diploma
Or
A level of secondary education attested to by a diploma giving access to post-secondary education, and appropriate professional experience of at least (3) three years gained after obtaining the diploma.
A contract offer will be made as a member of the Temporary Agent staff of the agency in accordance with the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities for a five years priod, which may be renewed for additional 5 years. The third contract will be for an indefinite period. The successful candidate will be recruited as Training Officer – AST4.
The basic monthly net pay for this post is EUR 2,453.82 (Step 1) or EUR 2,546.71 (Step 2). The correction coefficient (on the date of publication of this vacancy notice) is 71,9% for Hungary and is already taken in consideration for these amounts.
The step 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. Maximum number of candidates to be invited for interview shall not exceed 10. Interview and written test will be held in person in Budapest, Hungary.
The information provided in applications is subject to EU legislation on protection of personal data and confidentiality of information.
Only candidates who achieve 65% of the total scores available for written test and interview can be included in the Reserve List. The reserve list will be valid until 31 December 2020 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 experience in organising training activities, preferably at international level (classroom type and/or exchange/mobility) of at least three years;
Proven experience in coordinating teams (Please state precisely: duration in years, team size, type of activity etc.);
Proven experience in statistical and/or financial reporting (please provide examples, stating duration and type of reporting);
Excellent communication skills in English both oral and written;
Solid experience in using Microsoft Office applications (specifically Excel);
Experience working as Law Enforcement Officer in one of the EU member states;
Experience working with international law enforcement stakeholders;
This opportunity is closed to applications.