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Project Officer Innovative Advanced Materials

Details

Status
Open
Opening date
Deadline
Department
European Defence Agency
Agency
  • EDA - European Defence Agency
Vacancy Type
  • Public
Type of Contract
  • Seconded National Expert (SNE)
Location(s)
  • Brussels, Belgium

Target audience

A. Essential

Only applications meeting all essential selection criteria will be assessed.

(1) Professional

Candidates will be required to demonstrate the following qualifications:

  • familiarity with the defence international environment and the EU defence R&T community including both government, industry, institutes and academia; 
  • specific background and knowledge in the area of Materials and Structures and of their applications in defence; 
  • knowledge and experience in defence European and international R&T collaboration and a track record of delivering successful business outcomes; 
  • experience in organising and chairing meetings and workshops; 
  • very good command of written and oral English.

(2) Personal

All staff must be able to fit into the Agency's way of working (see para. 2). Other attributes important for this post include:

  • ability to work in a team and independently in their area of responsibility; 
  • ability to work effectively in a multinational environment;
  • good interpersonal, communication and influencing skills; 
  • flexibility, innovativeness, tact with a strong sense of duty and responsibility; 
  • results-orientation and strong motivation; 
  • accuracy and dependability; 
  • ability to adapt to a quickly changing working environment; 
  • genuine commitment to the Agency's objectives.

B. Desirable

The following will be considered an advantage:

  • university studies in materials science or engineering and a broad scientific culture;
  • familiarity with the defence international environment (especially CSDP);
  • knowledge of European Defence Technological and Industrial Base;
  • hold a (recognised) project management qualification.

Why we are consulting

We are looking for a Project Officer Innovative Advanced Materials.

Under the supervision of the Head of Technology and Innovation Unit, the jobholder will be responsible for/contribute to the following activities:

  • contribute to RTI initiatives aimed at defining capability-led priorities and projects; 
  • support and manage of R&T projects including monitoring and evaluation and contracting activities; 
  • participate and collaborate in projects and studies within integrated teams under the responsibility of the RTI Directorate or with other Directorates of EDA; 
  • support the PO Materials and Structures Technologies on managing CapTech Materials & Structures;
  • define and organise RTI experts’ meetings and workshops; 
  • collaborate actively with representatives and experts from the participating Member States; 
  • participate and represent the Agency in security and defence related seminars and workshops mainly in the areas covered by the CapTech; 
  • contribute to technology watch and foresight in his/her assigned area of responsibility; 
  • ensure the information flow and engagement of the CapTech members; 
  • contribute to transversal activities among the CapTechs, and also with other work-strands within EDA, and other organizations; 
  • take on additional tasks as required in the interest of the service.

Duties may evolve according to development of the EDA’s structure and activities, and the decisions of EDA management.

Respond to the consultation

Candidates must submit their application electronically solely via the EDA website. Applications by any other means (hard copy or ordinary e-mail) will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted no later than midnight. Candidates are reminded that the on-line application system will not accept applications after midnight (Brussels time, GMT+1) on the date of the deadline.

In order to be considered in the selection process, candidates for SNE posts must be sponsored by their national authorities. Confirmation is required in the form of a letter of sponsorship addressed to the Agency as far as possible by the closing date for the receipt of applications and in any case before a decision is taken by EDA on the candidate to be selected for a secondment.

A selection panel will be appointed. Please note that the selection panel's internal proceedings are strictly confidential and that any contact with its members is forbidden. Each application will be screened based on the requirements of the job profile stated in the vacancy notice. The most suitable applicants will be called for an interview and a written test. If recruited, you will be requested to supply documentary evidence in support of the statements that you make for this application. Do not send any supporting or supplementary information until you have been asked to do so by the Agency.

Please note that once you have created your EDA profile, any correspondence regarding your application must be sent or received via your EDA profile. For any prior enquiry, please refer to the FAQ (Frequently asked questions) section, or send an e-mail to recruitmentateda [dot] europa [dot] eu (recruitment[at]eda[dot]europa[dot]eu)

EDA will not accept any phase of the selection & recruitment process prepared or assisted, in whole or in part, by means of generative artificial-intelligence (AI) tools, including and without limitation to chatbots, such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (Chat GPT), or other language generating tools.

EDA reserves the right to screen applications to identify the use of such tools. All applications prepared, in whole or in part, by means of such generative or creative AI tools may be rejected without further consideration at EDA’s sole discretion, and EDA reserves the right to take further steps in such cases as appropriate.

Additional information

The Project Officer Innovative Advanced Materials will be appointed by the Chief Executive.

Secondment will be as a member of the Seconded National Expert staff of the Agency for a three-year period. Renewal is possible within the limits set out in the EDA SNE Rules. The successful candidate will be seconded as AD10/AD11 equivalent.

Applications are invited with a view to establish a reserve list for the post of Project Officer Innovative Advanced Materials at EDA. This list will be valid until 31/12/2026, and may be extended by decision of the Chief Executive. During the validity of the reserve list, successful candidates may be offered a secondment in EDA according to their competences in relation to the specific requirements of the vacant post. Inclusion on the reserve list does not imply any entitlement of secondment to the Agency.

Selected candidates will be required to make a declaration of commitment to act independently in the Agency’s interest and to make a declaration in relation to interests that might be considered prejudicial to their independence.

EDA is an equal opportunities employer and accepts applications without distinction on the grounds of age, race, political, philosophical or religious conviction, sex or sexual orientation and regardless of disabilities, marital status or family situation.

Please note that EDA will not return applications to candidates. The personal information EDA requests from candidates will be processed in line with Regulation (EU) N° 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) 45/2001 and Decision No. 1247/2002/EC.

The purpose of processing personal data which candidates submit is to manage applications in view of possible pre-selection and recruitment at EDA. More information on personal data protection in relation to selection and recruitment can be found on the EDA website: http://www.eda.europa.eu/jobs/dataprotection