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

Legal - Senior Legal Adviser

Position title

Senior Legal Adviser

Contract

Temporary agent

Grade

AD5

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

The Legal Sector provides legal counsel and advice on legal, regulatory and institutional aspects of the programmes delegated to the Agency and related to the management of the Agency and its staff. Against that background, the jobholder will be responsible for a wide range of tasks such as but not limited to:
• Supporting the Head of Sector in coordinating the daily activities of the sector, in particular ensuring that legal advice is delivered by the agreed deadlines.
• Ensure business continuity and back-up of the Head of Sector.
• Analysing, discussing, agreeing and proposing legal advice on more complex cases and harmonizing counsel and legal advice provided by the team of legal advisers.
• Supporting the Head of Sector in horizontal issues such as pre-litigation and litigation cases, fight against fraud (EPPO/OLAF), implementation of the Data Protection Regulation, implementation of the Access to Documents regulation, etc.
• Ensuring consistency in the legal implementation of the 2021-2027 corporate model grant agreement across all programmes delegated to the Agency.
• Participating in inter-service working groups with Commission's services and/or executive agencies on legal subjects.
• Contributing to corporate guidelines and templates, when requested by central Commission services.

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

> 50 K€

Interview period - from :

01/06/2025

Interview period : to

30/06/2025

Appointment and conditions of employment

The jobholder will be recruited as temporary agent, in function group AD5, pursuant to Article 2f of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities (CEOS).

The salaries of temporary agents are subject to a community tax deducted at 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 allowances (e.g. child allowance, school allowance, expatriate allowance), applicable from 1 July 2024 for grade AD5, first step is € 5.905,36.

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

28/03/2025

Publication end date

18/04/2025

Attachments

Attachment

VN Senior Legal Adviser.pdf (222 Kb)