Senior Officer for Defence Market - EDA - European Defence Agency | Brussels

Duties will evolve according to development of the EDA´s structure and activities and the decisions of EDA management. In general, under the direction of the Industry and Market Director and the Assistant Director, the Senior Officer For Defence Market focuses as part of an integrated team on the implementation of the EDA’s projects and initiatives for the creation of an internationally competitive European Defence Equipment Market (EDEM). He/She supports the Industry and Market Director and Assistant Director  in:

• assessing and analysing the European Defence Equipment Market (EDEM) and its evolution;
• preparing strategies, policies and other instruments regarding EDEM, particularly developing initiatives and instruments to foster cost-effectiveness and efficiency as well as cooperation between Member States in defence procurement;
• leading and managing the allocated Industry and Market workstrands in cooperation with the other I&M staff, Agency Directorates, Member States and external bodies;
• ensuring close relations with the EDA’s important stakeholders regarding market issues (participating Member States, EU Commission, Industry, Academia and others).

Conditions for eligibility:

General:

• be a national of a Member State participating in the Agency;
• be entitled to his/her full rights as a citizen;
• have completed any obligations imposed on him/her by the laws concerning military service;
• produces the appropriate character references as to his/her suitability for the performance of his/her duties;
• be physically fit to perform his/her duties;
• have a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the EU, and an adequate knowledge of another of these languages to the extent necessary to discharge his/her duties;
• have no personal interest (financial, family relationship, or other) which could be in conflict with disinterested discharge of his/her duties within the Agency;
• hold, or be in a position to obtain, a valid Personnel Security Clearance Certificate (national or EU PSC at SECRET UE/EU SECRET level). Personnel Security Clearance Certificate’ (PSCC) means a certificate issued by a competent authority establishing that an individual is security cleared and holds a valid national or EU PSC, and which shows the level of EUCI to which that individual may be granted access (CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or above), the date of validity of the relevant PSC and the date of expiry of the certificate itself. Note that the necessary procedure for obtaining a PSCC can be initiated on request of the employer only, and not by the individual candidate.);
• have a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more, or a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies 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 be a graduate of a national or international Defence College.

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