View Vacancy -- 2023-TA-03 - Head of Sector ICT

Temporary agent (AD)
AD8
40,000 € - 49,999 €

Head of Sector – ICT is responsible for the day-to-day coordination of the work in the ICT sector.

S/He will ensure adequate monitoring, maintenance, upgrading, replacement and security of the ICT infrastructure.

The post requires excellent communication skills and ability to communicate and collaborate with people at all levels within a multinational and multicultural environment;

1.    Day-to-day operation, monitoring and maintenance of CEPOL’s network and its components;

2.    Identifying and planning installation of upgrade hardware and software as required;

3.   Implementing ICT policies relating to ICT management, administration and security;

4.   Implementing measures to ensure the reliability, integrity and security of the IT systems;

5. Supporting the development and implementation of the CEPOL ICT Strategy;

6.   Participate as a member of ICT Steering Committee and provide technical input to that forum as required;

7.   Coordinating the day-to-day work of the sector;

8.   Planning and actively participating in the procurement of ICT equipment and services;

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 these languages has to be English, as this is the working language of the agency.

A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more,

or

a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and appropriate professional experience of at least one year when the normal period of university education is at least three years.


In addition to the above at least 9 years of relevant and proven professional experience 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 period, which may be renewed for additional 5 years. The third contract will be for an indefinite period. The successful candidate will be recruited as Head of Sector - ICT - AD8.

The basic monthly net pay for this post is EUR 4,076.89 (Step 1) or EUR 4,220.55 (Step 2). The correction coefficient (on the date of publication of this vacancy notice) is 69,6% 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 (over the 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 and written test shall not exceed 10. 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 2024 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.)

Sound knowledge and experience of at least 3 years in defining and implementing IT governance, IT strategy including knowledge of cloud services;

Sound experience of at least 6 years in the area of IT operations including system and network administration;

Proven experience of at last 3 years in financial resources including budgetary and contract management;

Proven experience of at least 3 years in ICT management and in defining IT policies and processes;

Sound experience of at least 2 years in the field of business continuity, disaster recovery and cybersecurity;

Certification in the filed of IT governance and/or IT project management such as COBIT, Prince2, PMP, PM2, ITIL (at least intermediate level);

Experience working in multinational and multicultural environments;

This opportunity is closed to applications.