Detail of the vacancy notice
- Directorate: Directorate for Members, Plenaries, Strategy
- Management: no
- Unit/Service: Unit A.I - Foresight, strategic planning, inter-institutional relations
- Grade: AD5-AD12
- Location: Brussels
- Deadline: 30/04/2025 at noon (Brussels time)
Your job and responsibilities
Are you eager to support the work of the Conference of Presidents (CoP) of our institution? Are you interested in supporting strategic planning and reporting processes? Would you like to help your colleagues in the interaction with EU associations of cities and regions?
As part of a small and dynamic team, you will contribute to the organisation of the CoP meetings, the political steering and strategic decision-making body of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR). You will coordinate input to and/or drafting documents relating to CoP agenda points. You will monitor and coordinate follow-up to specific CoP decisions, and possible new related actions and projects.
You will contribute to implementing the CoR's strategic planning cycle in close cooperation with other directorates and you will monitor the work of some sectoral commissions. You will coordinate contributions to the Strategic Management Plan for the Directorate, as well as to the Annual Operational Working Plan and Annual Activity Report. You will also coordinate the Directorate's input to the Annual Impact Report; you will be the contact person for possible CoR impact oversight activities.
You will be part of the team managing the CoR’s horizontal relations with European Associations of local and regional authorities. This includes organizing 'structured dialogues' with the associations at political and administrative level, some of which may also be with the European Commission. In relation to the joint CoR-European Commission initiative 'European Network of Regional and Local Councillors', you will be the contact person in our Unit.
You will be in regular contact with the other departments of the CoR and the cabinets of the Secretary-General and the President. You will also engage with the political groups, and some CoR members, as well as a variety of stakeholders. You will be a key contact person for the EU associations of local and regional authorities. You will contribute to handling the inter-institutional relations with all key EU institutions.
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 a thorough knowledge of an official language of the European Union and satisfactory knowledge of another official language of the EU. For functional reasons, good knowledge of English is required.
- You have good knowledge of EU policies and the functioning of the EU in general.
- You possess an academic background involving some courses related to political sciences, law, public administration, (European) economic policy, European law or European affairs.
- You have good drafting and analytical skills as well as an ability to proactively carry out projects.
- You have strong capability to use IT applications and tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, SharePoint, etc.) including AI tools in a secure environment.
- You are keen to learn more about policy areas related to the team remits.
ASSETS
- Knowledge of or experience with local/regional aspects of EU policies and matters would be an asset.
- Having worked on multi-level governance aspects from an analytical or a practical point of view would be an asset.
- Knowledge of other EU languages, including French, would be an asset.