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Senior Legal and Policy Officer (Grade AD7) ACER


The tasks of the Senior Legal and Policy Officer in the Market Monitoring Department will include the following:
  • Advising on legal issues relating to REMIT;
  •  Developing regulatory guidance and assuring the legislative quality control regarding the drafting of Guidelines and Recommendations relating to REMIT by ACER;
  •  Providing legal advice and assistance on ACER’s tasks and powers, including its powers regarding the breach of market abuse prohibitions of REMIT and other Union Law, in particular EU financial market legislation, and coordination of NRAs under REMIT;
  •  Providing legal advice to the other staff members in the Market Monitoring Department on the interpretation and correct application of relevant provisions in REMIT and on broader administrative issues;
  •  Legal review, in particular legal assessment of compliance with the requirements of REMIT;
  •  Assisting the cooperation with national competent authorities and third-country supervisors under existing cooperation agreements;
  • Handling of applications to access to ACER documents and of information requests;
  •  Preparation of annual reports to the European Commission according to Article 7(3) of REMIT;
  •  Contribution to other legal and/or policy issues related to REMIT.
The jobholder will work in the Market Monitoring Department, under the direct supervision of the Head of the Market Monitoring Department.
The jobholder may be required to assist in other areas of work of the Agency, according to needs and priorities and to perform other legal tasks (also outside the REMIT area) as planned and defined by the Director and the Head of the Market Monitoring Department.
Candidates will be considered eligible for selection on the basis of the following formal criteria to be fulfilled by the deadline for applications:
1. To have a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma, when the normal period of university education is four (4) years or more
or
a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma, followed by professional experience in that field of at least one year when the normal period of university education is three (3) years
(Only study titles that have been awarded in EU Member States or that are subject to the equivalence certificates issued by the authorities in the said Member States shall be taken into consideration).
2. By the closing date for applications candidates must, after obtaining the qualifications mentioned in point 3.A.1, have acquired at least 6 years of relevant professional experience;
3. To have a thorough knowledge of one of the official Union languages and a satisfactory knowledge of a second of these languages to the extent necessary to perform his/her duties;
4. Be a national of a Member State of the European Union;
5. To be entitled to his or her full rights as a citizen;
6. To have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws concerning military service
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