The Secretary/Assistant will be required to provide general administrative and secretarial support as well as document management services to the Head of Delegation office.

Eligibility criteria^[4]

According to the conditions set out in Article 82 of the CEOS and in Article 2 of the Commission Decision C(2017) 6760 final^[5], which is applicable to the EEAS by virtue of the Decision ADMIN(2018) 4 of the High Representative^[6], in order to be eligible for this post of contract agent FG II, candidates must:

• have passed a valid EPSO CAST in FG II; or be registered in the EPSO Permanent CAST for FG II (https://epso.europa.eu/en/job-opportunities/open-for-application). In the latter case, while the registration will render the candidate eligible for the selection procedure, the recruitment of a candidate on this vacant post will be subject to his/her successfully passing the CAST exam;

• meet the minimum qualifications for engagement as contract agent FG II:

(i) Have a level of post-secondary education attested by a diploma; or

(ii) a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to post-secondary education, and appropriate professional experience of at least three years; or

(iii) where justified in the interest of the service, professional training or professional experience of an equivalent level (related to the nature of the tasks and qualifications indicated in the job description).

• have the capacity to work in languages of CFSP and external relations (English and French) necessary for the performance of their duties;

• be a national of one of the Member States of the EU and enjoy full rights as a citizen.

Additional eligibility criteria in case of an internal call for expression of interest:

• Be an EEAS contract agent in the function group concerned by the call for expression of interest;

AND

• Having been recruited under Article 3b of the CEOS and assigned to the EEAS Headquarters for no less than 3 years;

OR

• Having been recruited under Article 3a of the CEOS and temporarily assigned to the EEAS Headquarters for at least 2 years.