General information

Organisation

The European Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Executive Agency (CINEA) has been established by the European Commission to support stakeholders in delivering the European Green Deal through high-quality programme management that helps to implement projects contributing to decarbonisation and sustainable growth. CINEA implements parts of EU funding programmes for transport, energy, environment and climate action with strong focus on contributing to the European Commission's Green Deal priority.

The main programmes managed are:

•The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF);
• Horizon Europe: the EU's Research and Innovation programme for which CINEA manages the areas of transport and energy;
•The Innovation Fund;
•LIFE Programme;
•European Maritime, Aquaculture and Fisheries Fund;
•The EU Renewable Energy Mechanism;
•The Public Sector Loan Facility of the Just Transition Mechanism.

The budget managed by CINEA in 2021-2027 period is ca. € 65 billion

CINEA is based in Brussels with a multinational team of nearly 600 persons. The number of staff will grow further over the coming years and the purpose of this publication is therefore to set up a reserve list, which will be used to cover the growing needs of the Agency. The reserve list may also be used by other Executive Agencies.
More info on: https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/index_en, X (https://twitter.com/cinea_eu), Linkedin and our YouTube channel.

  

Position description

Profile

Project Management - Head of Sector

Position title

Head of Sector-Innovation Fund-Call coordination and evaluation, programme development and monitoring

Contract

Temporary agent

Grade

AD7

Working Environment

The Agency fosters a culture of employee empowerment and engagement, emphasising collaboration, respect, integrity, trust. equality, diversity, and inclusion The Agency and its staff are committed to a number of core values including innovation, client focus, excellence, well-being, care, work-life balance, sustainability and working together.

Mission description

Working in the Innovation Fund Unit of the Agency's Green Research and Innovation Department, the jobholder will lead the call coordination, evaluation, programme development and monitoring team, providing the team with technical and administrative guidance on the project and portfolio life-cycle management. This will include call development, proposal evaluation, expert management, grant agreement preparation procedures as well as project implementation and monitoring procedures in the framework of eGrants suite. Important part of the work will be also the development and implementation of processes for programme implementation and portfolio management and monitoring, coordination of work related to audits and financial planning, data processing and analysis for feedback to Unit and Department management and the Commission on the portfolio results. The jobholder is also expected to develop and implement public procurement procedures for the unit, if any.
The jobholder will work closely and collaborate with a wider team of colleagues in the Agency and the European Commission.

For a complete description of the job and tasks, eligibility criteria, selection criteria, application procedure, selection procedure, conditions of employment, equal opportunities policy, data protection policy, request of review policy, please consult the vacancy notice text attached.

Salary range

80-130k€

Interview period - from :

01/07/2025

Interview period : to

31/07/2025

Appointment and conditions of employment

The jobholder will be recruited as temporary agent, in the grade AD7, pursuant to Article 2f of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities (CEOS) of the new Staff Regulations which is into force since the 1st January 2014.

The salaries of temporary agents are subject to a community tax deducted at the source. They are exempt from national tax. The European institutions have their own social security and pension scheme. The basic monthly salary, before any deductions or allowance (e.g. child allowance, school allowance, expatriate allowance), at 1 April 2025 for grade AD7, first step is 7 646,86€.

The initial contract will be for a duration of 2 years and may be renewed. The first renewal is for one additional year and the second renewal will conclude the contract for an indefinite period.

Publication date

Job location

Belgium

Location

Publication start date

08/05/2025

Publication end date

30/05/2025

Attachments

Attachment

VN Head of Sector Innovation Fund.pdf (223 Kb)