Detail of the vacancy notice
- Directorate: Directorate for Legislative work 1
- Management: no
- Unit/Service: Unit C.1 – COTER
- Grade: AD5-AD12
- Location: Brussels
- Deadline: 10 April 2025 at noon (Brussels time)
Your job and responsibilities
Interested in cohesion policy? Like to help your colleagues analyse developments in the field of cohesion policy, follow its implementation and develop and respond to proposals for legislation?
As a policy officer for cohesion policy in the COTER Commission, you are responsible for following this key policy priority of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), supporting CoR members in this field, engaging with a multitude of stakeholders, reaching out to other EU institutions and thinking creatively about how to achieve CoR objectives. You also closely follow the work of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, and are aware of all relevant decisions taken and prepared by the co-legislators. You work closely with members of the CoR, but also with Member States of the EU and staff of other EU institutions. You provide members in the CoR with written and oral assistance (preparing policy analyses, organisation of events, voting lists, draft reports, etc.). You help to organise the work of the COTER commission by providing the information needed to draft agendas, notes for the chair, minutes, etc.
You foster contact between CoR members and other EU institutions, and with other relevant stakeholders. You take part in expert groups and interinstitutional working groups on behalf of the CoR. You organise high-level events of the CoR, such as the joint meeting of the COTER commission with the REGI committee of the European Parliament. You are also responsible for matters relating to urban policy and lead the work of the CoR in relation to the institution's contacts with the OECD. You are part of the dynamic team of the COTER Commission, which consists of 15 colleagues, including 9 policy officers and 3 assistants.
Are you the talent we are looking for?
General abilities and capacities required
- Think with a critical spirit, analyse and solve problems pragmatically.
- Assess critically credibility and reliability of sources, data and information and use relevant digital tools to carry out the duties.
- Organise own work, demonstrate responsibility, identify priorities, take appropriate decisions and deliver results.
- Adapt to an evolving working environment, demonstrate commitment and adopt constructive attitude at all times. Remain effective and flexible even during period of heavy activity.
- Take initiative to achieve individual and shared objectives, demonstrate ownership and work autonomously.
- Learn and professionally develop to continuously enhance job performance and knowledge of the organisation and working environment.
- Work together with others in a constructive way by contributing to diverse and inclusive working environment. Demonstrate respect and courtesy at all times.
- Convey information and relevant opinions clearly and concisely both orally and in writing, facilitate interaction and engage effectively with others. Treat confidential or sensitive information accordingly.
Job-specific requirements
- You have sound experience in EU policy-making, preferably in the areas covered by the post.
- You have strong capability to use IT applications and tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, SharePoint, etc.).
- You have a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another of the EU official languages. For functional reasons, a high level of English is required and a good level of one other EU language, ideally French, is desirable.
- You are keen on leading projects and implementing them individually.
- You have a university degree or professional experience of an equivalent level in one of the following areas: law, economics, public policy, public administration, economic development policy, geography.
Assets
- Previous experience in the area(s) of cohesion policy and/or urban policy is a strong asset.
- A high degree of competence in conducting policy work and analyses is desirable.