Legal Expert EBA

The European Banking Authority is seeking suitable candidates for the position of a Legal Expert in the Policy Analysis and Coordination Unit of the EBA. Under the responsibility of the Head of the Policy Analysis and Coordination Unit, the Legal Expert will play an important role in the development of guidelines and binding technical standards by providing legal policy analysis and support to the regulatory and oversight functions of the EBA.

Main purpose
Providing legal policy analysis and support to the regulatory and oversight functions of the EBA.

Main responsibilities

• Providing legal support to the EBA’ s regulatory activities in drafting binding technical standards, guidelines and recommendations;
• Providing legal support to the EBA’ s oversight activities in producing supervisory recommendations, in dispute resolution;
• Conducting analysis of proposed technical standards, guidelines, and supervisory recommendations;
• Participating in the EBA working groups and representing the EBA policy positions in external fora;
• Other related legal tasks.

Eligibility Criteria
Candidates will be considered eligible for selection on the basis of the following criteria to be fulfilled by the deadline for applications:

General:

• Thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the European Union;
• Be a national of a Member State of the European Union, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway;
• Be entitled to his/her full rights as a citizen;
• Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws on military service;
• Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post.

Prior to the appointment, the successful candidate will be asked to provide a certificate confirming the absence of any criminal record and shall be medically examined in order to fulfil the requirements of Article 12 (2)(d) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities.

Specific:
Qualifications:

To be eligible, a candidate must have

a) A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of law attested by a diploma and appropriate professional experience of at least one year when the normal period of university education is at least three years, or

b) A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of law attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more.

Professional experience:
Candidates must have, in addition to above, at least 12 years of proven fulltime professional experience after completing the education as mentioned under of which at least 5 years in comparable position in banking supervision or regulation.

Knowledge of languages:
For working purposes an excellent knowledge of English language (written and spoken) is required. Knowledge of other official languages of the European Union will be taken into account.

Selection criteria
In addition to the above, the candidate must:

• Have proven knowledge of EU banking regulation;
• Have proven experience in formulating policy positions;
• Have proven experience in drafting policy papers memos/briefings on policy and regulation issues;
• Have proven experience in legal analysis of financial regulatory and supervisory proposals;
• Have proven experience in providing policy advice to senior management;
• Be able to provide information and give presentations to senior management on relevant developments;
• Have proven experience in dealing with a wide range of relevant stakeholders:
• Have proven experience with the responsibilities described above.

The candidate should:

• Have experience in an EU/multicultural/international working environment;
• Be able to manage own workload and work without close supervision;
• Have a highly developed sense of responsibility;
• Be able to work and deliver to tight deadlines;
• Have a very good communication skills;
• Be a good team-player with strong inter-personal skills and ability to work efficiently under time pressure.

Applications including a curriculum vitae in the Europass format, reference letter, eligibility and selection criteria grid, and a motivation letter should be submitted in English to the following address: vacancies@eba.europa.eu by 10 January 2012 at 12:00 noon GMT.

Only complete applications will be accepted and considered.

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