Member of the Legal Service

Position description

Someone who:

• fits in an informal and friendly yet professional working environment;
• appreciates working collaboratively with other colleagues on a variety of different projects;
• brings their creativity and initiative to the table;
• engages constructively with stakeholders, based on our core values: integrity, impartiality, transparency and pragmatism.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Our job vacancy is in the Legal Service of the EDPS. The Legal Service function has been established in 2021 in the EDPS to ensure coordination of litigation work and a capacity of independent legal revision of the activities of the operational units of the EDPS.

As a member of the Legal service, you will work under the guidance of the EDPS Legal Service Officer, your reporting officer, and your main responsibilities will include:

• acting as (co-)agent of the EDPS in litigation before the Court of Justice and the General Court of the European Union (preparing Court briefs, attending the hearing, ensuring follow-up of judgments);
• performing legal review of documents submitted for the approval, decision or signature of the Supervisor and of the Secretary General by all EDPS units, in particular to those documents that may constitute challengeable acts;
• providing legal analysis and advice orally or in writing;
• coordinating, monitoring and evaluating projects of the Institution from a legal perspective;
• performing additional tasks when necessary and in the interest of the service.

OUR ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION CRITERIA

Eligibility criteria:

For your Application to be considered, you must meet the following criteria by the deadline for submitting applications:

• be an EU Official in the function group ‘Administrator’ and a grade between AD5 and AD12; OR
• be a laureate of an EPSO competition for ‘‘Administrators’’.

Selection criteria:

For this job vacancy, we are looking for someone with the following essential and advantageous skills and experience:

Essential

• a level of education corresponding to completed university studies of at least three years, attested by a diploma, in the field of law;
• good knowledge of the structure and functioning of the European Union and of its institutions, the treaties and other fields of EU law in relation to the position;
• knowledge of at least one of the below fields:
  • Union Data Protection Law; or
  • Union Competition Law; or
  • Enforcement of Union Law vis-à-vis natural or legal persons; or
  • General EU Institutional and Administrative Law; or
  • EU HR Law; or
  • EU Procedural Law and/or past experience as a litigator before the Union Courts;
• capacity to coordinate the work of multiple stakeholders, monitoring and evaluating the organisation’s/Institution’s projects;
• ability to foster cooperation across sectors and units;
• excellent problem-solving skills and creativity in proposing possible solutions in compliance with the applicable rules;
• resilience in view of high workload periods and the ability to respond quickly and decisively in the case of urgency;
• ability to prioritise competing issues and tasks in a very varied workload and to contribute effectively as part of a team, often with demanding deadlines;
• excellent oral and written communication skills.

Advantageous

• proven knowledge of more than one of the fields indicated in the third bullet point of the essential selection criteria;
• good knowledge of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Regulation (EU) 2016/679, as well as other privacy legislation and practical experience in its application;
• proven experience in providing legal advice to senior management of public bodies or companies;
• practical experience in the area of supervision and enforcement of fundamental rights, in particular privacy and data protection;
• strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact smoothly and efficiently with multiple internal and external stakeholders;
• AI literacy and capacity to critically integrate AI in the everyday work.

Application instructions

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