ECAC Policy Coordinator

ECAC JOB OPPORTUNITY

• Function title: ECAC Policy Coordinator
• Reference: NOC-ECAC-2022-AD/479
• Location: ECAC Secretariat, Neuilly-sur-Seine - Information about living in Paris
• Nature of competition: Internal and external competition
• Applicable regulations: Conditions of Employment of staff exclusively seconded to the ECAC Secretariat
• Grades for publication: AD5-6 - Check salary simulations for the basic grade
• Type of post: Administrator (AD5-AD12 )
• Number of posts: 1
• Duration: 3 Year (s)
• Security clearance: None required
• Directorate/Service: ECAC Secretariat
• Competition publication date: 19/05/2022
• Competition closing date: 16/06/2022 (23:59 Brussels time)
• Reserve list: Applicable - See details in the "Useful information" section

Your team

The ECAC Secretariat serves the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) in promoting the continued development of a safe, secure, efficient and sustainable European air transport system within its 44 Member States. It sustains extensive activities in the safety, security, facilitation, environment and economics field.

Your role

Your role will be to:

• Manage and organise ECAC working groups dealing with facilitation, economic and legal topics, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) (e.g. ECAC economic groups, ECAC facilitation groups, ECAC legal task force, etc).
• Draft working papers, reports, briefing notes and other documents, and ensure the implementation of decisions taken during relevant meetings.
• Support the implementation of ECAC’s economic, legal and facilitation work programmes, including contributing to the review of performance of all working groups in these domains, the implementation of any follow-up actions and assisting the groups in implementing the conclusions.
• Coordinate European contributions to ICAO’s economic, legal and facilitation activities and groups.
• Build and maintain close collaboration with relevant parties, share expertise and develop various initiatives, as required.
• Support ECAC activities on other relevant policy topics (e.g. UAS) that arise.
• Carry out any other task in line with the main purpose of the job.

Required qualifications, experience & competencies

• Completed university studies of at least 3 years (e.g. in Law, Political Sciences, International Relations).
• Internal candidates should check on the intranet to see what level of in-house experience is considered equivalent to educational qualifications where appropriate.
• A minimum of 3 years' relevant experience in public policy.
• Experience in working on policy issues related to civil aviation.
• Experience in participating in international groups and meetings.
• Understanding of aviation topics most relevant to the role (facilitation, economics, legal).
• Understanding of EU/ECAC/ICAO policies and practices related to these matters.
• Stakeholder management skills.
• English drafting skills.
• Communication: You are able to foster two-way communication.
• Analytical thinking: You analyse information and are able to identify relationships.
• Problem-solving: You anticipate and solve business problems.
• Planning & Organising: You know how to plan ahead and adapt as required.
• Creativity & Innovation: You apply new approaches.
• High sense of discretion & confidentiality.
• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.
• Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviours of the Agency, i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team-player approach.
• The working languages of the Agency are English and French. For this particular job, candidates must be proficient users of English at level C2. The selected candidate will have to become at least a basic user of French at level A1 before the end of the probation period.
  The levels relate to the Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR).

Useful information

• Applications will be considered from nationals of ECAC Member States.
• The successful candidate will be administratively assigned to the EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre in Brétigny-sur-Orge and seconded to the ECAC Secretariat, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
• This is an appointment for a determined period of 3 Year (s). It could be extended up to a maximum of 9 years or converted into a contract for an undetermined period. Before being established in the post, external candidates will be requested to provide certified copies of their degrees and successfully serve a probationary period of 9 months.
• Internal candidates already appointed for an undetermined period: If successful, staff members will be appointed under the conditions set out above, while maintaining the previous terms of employment regarding their appointment. At the end of the period of employment mentioned above, if the assignment to this post is not extended or its duties do not become of a lasting nature, staff members will, in accordance with the applicable service regulations, be transferred to another post corresponding to their last type of post, grade and function group.
• Internal candidates already appointed for determined period: If successful, the person will continue his/her current type of appointment within the appointment duration limits laid down in Annex Xb to the Staff Regulations/Conditions of Employment, or Annex VIII to the ECAC Conditions of Employment, whichever is applicable.
• Contract staff are eligible to apply after having spent three years of service as contract staff.
• The successful candidate will be appointed at the grade in the function group and to the type of post indicated in the vacancy notice or, if a group of grades has been published, in principle at the basic grade.
• In the case of a reserve list, suitable candidates not selected for a post will be placed on a reserve list for similar functions. The period of validity of reserve lists is one year from the closing date for applications.
• Information on the employment regulations governing this post can be found on the web page: https://jobs.eurocontrol.int/employment-rules/
• EUROCONTROL is an equal-opportunity employer.
• Candidates should go to our Careers website and read the tips on how to apply.