Legal Officer eu-LISA

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Reporting to the Head of the General Coordination Unit and in close cooperation with with the Head of Resources and Administrative Department, the Legal Officer will be providing legal advice and support in the areas of European Union law. The tasks of the Legal Officer will include the following:
•  ensuring the proper interpretation and implementation of all primary and secondary legislation and internal rules applicable or pertaining to the eu-LISA activities and providing orally and in writing the related advice;
•  providing legal advice to the eu-LISA staff members on administrative issues;
•  drafting and presenting legal opinions, briefs, reports and correspondence on any legal issue referred for consideration;
•  contributing to the drafting of defences in legal proceedings involving or relating to the eu-LISA`s mission or activities and to the handling of court cases;
•  monitoring and analysing developments of European Union case law impacting on the operations of the eu-LISA;
•  providing advice on appeals to the Executive Director and on complaints to the European Ombudsman;
•  presenting and explaining legal positions at internal and external meetings and, where appropriate;
•  following-up on legislative initiatives pertaining to or impacting on the eu-LISA and co-ordinating these matters with the eu-LISA colleagues;
•  undertaking, as appropriate, consultation with external lawyers and officers in European Union Institutions and member States;
•  providing legal advice in security domain.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Eligibility criteria:
Applicants will be considered eligible for the selection on the basis of the following formal criteria to be fulfilled by the deadline for applications:

• 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 and appropriate professional experience of at least one year when the normal period of university is three (3) years;

Only qualifications that have been awarded in EU Member States or that are subject to the equivalence certificates issued by the authorities in the said EU Member States shall be taken into consideration.
 

For more details and to apply, please click here.