EEAS Vacancy: Legal Officer - Procurement, Contracts and Finance matters - HQ Contract Agent FGIV - EEAS Headquarters job No 499907

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WE ARE

The European External Action Service (EEAS) supports the High Representative in the exercise of her mandate to conduct and implement an effective and coherent Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), to represent the EU and to chair the Foreign Affairs Council.

It also supports the High Representative in her capacity as Vice-President of the Commission with regard to her responsibilities within the Commission in the external relations field, including the coordination of other aspects of the EU's external action. The EEAS works in close cooperation with the EU Member States, the General Secretariat of the Council, the services of the Commission and the Secretariat General of the European Parliament.

The recruiting Division RM.SCS.2 - Public Procurement, Contracts and Finance is responsible for procurement and contracts for Headquarters and EU Delegations and for the ex-ante financial verification of transactions stemming from public contracts. It supports and advises the authorising officers by sub-delegation (AOSD) in the management of their public contracts including risk management. Contracts covered by the Division are those subject to the Public Procurement Directive (services, supplies and works) and exclude all kind of employment contracts or building contracts.

The Procurement Sector establishes the public procurement policies, processes and procedures for the EEAS (both Headquarters and EU Delegations). The Sector is responsible for providing tools and methodologies to support the professional procurement practice in the EEAS and act on behalf of the responsible AOSD, for the central management of the public procurement procedures leading to services, supplies and works contracts whose estimated value is above the 2014/24/EU Directive thresholds for services and supplies ("high-value procedures") and above EUR 500.000 for works. The Sector is also responsible for establishing the EEAS Procurement Plan.

The Contracts Sector advise and support on the rules and standards of contract management (i.e. all post-award contract management issues). This includes addressing challenges of performance of tasks or compliance with other contractual obligations. The sector also prepares and processes together with Delegation or HQ departments all 'high-value" contract amendments and is responsible for reporting on contracts, including the ex-post publicity of contracts.

WE PROPOSE

The position of Legal Officer, contract agent FGIVas per article 3b of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (hereafter, the “CEOS”)[1].

PLACE and DATE OF EMPLOYMENT

‎EEAS Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium

Post available: 01 November 2025

LEGAL BASIS

The vacancy is to be filled in accordance with the conditions stipulated under the CEOS, in particular Article 82 thereof. In case of recruitment, the successful candidate will be offered a contract agent position (Function Group IV), on the basis of a contract with an initial duration of one year that may be renewed up to a duration to be determined, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the CEOS and subject to budgetary availabilities, and in any case not exceeding six years in total[2]. The duration of the contract is also subject to the maximum duration of engagement by the EEAS allowed under successive limited duration contracts of different types[3].

WE LOOK FOR

Responsibilities

A dynamic, proactive and highly motivated contract agent responsible for legal analysis/advice on procurement. S/he will be part of a small team reporting to the Head of Sector. S/he will have as main responsibilities:

Analyse the operational, procurement and contractual consequences of the recent decision on the modernisation reform of the network of EU delegations and translate them into legal and procurement files;
Provide legal analysis, advice and assistance on contractual management and procurement matters related to HQ Division and EU Delegations (EEAS Budget);
Analyse the operational needs, translate them in the procurement documents and manage preparation and running of High-value procurement procedures stemming from Delegations and operational Divisions covering services, supplies and works;
Provide legal support and analysis on procurement and coordinate legal horizontal topics;
Ensure horizontal tasks such as annual reporting on procurement, preparation/update of contract templates, standard documents and guides relating to procurement and contract implementation;
Prepare timely synthesis notes and briefings to facilitate decision-making by the hierarchy;
Train EEAS staff on procurement issues and hold information sessions on the Financial Regulation;
Be proactively involved in the broader activities of the Division, actively cooperating with all Sectors of the Division.

Eligibility criteria[4]

Further to the conditions set out in Article 82 of the CEOS, candidates must:

have passed a valid EPSO CAST in a valid function group

About the Company

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