Policy Officer - Security and Defence Partnerships

Position description

Policy Officer to promote EU’s bilateral relations in security and defence with partner countries in the Asia-Pacific region; as well as to work on horizontal issues pertaining to EU partnerships in peace, security and defence. The Policy Officer will join the Security and Defence Partnerships Team, which is a sector in PCM.2.

A dynamic, flexible and proactive colleague with good communication and organisational skills with a developed sense of service.

He/she will be entrusted with the following main tasks:

• Contribute to the development, management, monitoring and implementation of EU’s peace, security and defence relations with partners in the Asia-Pacific region;
• Prepare bilateral dialogues, workshops consultations and negotiations with international and regional organisations and non-EU partner countries, as well as contribution to the preparation of relevant meetings of the Council and its preparatory working parties, as appropriate;
• Provide advice and analysis on political/security/defence developments in partner countries within his/her mandate and contribute to the definition of strategic objectives;
• Follow up policy proposals through the inter-institutional decision-making process, including adoption by the Commission and High Representative, European Parliament and/or Council of the European Union;
• Assist in the representation of the EU, participate in ministerial and high level and working meetings with partner countries, as well as in other relevant engagements;
• Develop and maintain good relations with representatives of the partner countries;
• Respond to inter-service consultations to secure coherence with the EU's partnership policy on partner countries;
• Draft of briefing and policy documents, strategic analysis, options and Food for thought papers, correspondence with key partners and all similar work related to peace, security and defence, within the area of responsibility; handle and draft replies to oral and/or written questions from Members of the European Parliament, letters and questions from third parties;
• Assist the Head of Sector for Security and Defence Partnerships with regard to horizontal issues pertaining to EU partnerships in peace, security and defence;
• Conduct outreach activities on EU peace, security and defence actions, organise and contribute as speaker in public diplomacy events such as seminars, conferences and training activities;
• Prepare and assist in negotiations of Framework Participation Agreements, Security and Defence Partnerships or other binding/non-binding documents in the geographical area of competence and support the negotiation of Partnership priorities in the field of security and defence;
• Contribute to the planning, organisation and conduct of the annual Schuman Security and Defence Forum as necessary;
• Contribute to other tasks and follow other areas and regions within the remit of the Division as necessary, in the interest of the service.

Qualifications

In addition to the conditions set out in Article 82 of the CEOS and in the Commission Decision C(2017) 6760 final, which is applicable to the EEAS by virtue of the Decision ADMIN(2018) 4 of the High Representative, candidates must:

• have passed a valid EPSO CAST in FG IV, or be registered in the EPSO Permanent CAST for FG IV. In the latter case, while the registration will make 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;
• have completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma;
• have the capacity to work in the languages of the 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 European Union and enjoy full rights as a citizen.

Selection criteria

Candidates should have:

• the ability to maintain diplomatic relations and to ensure representation and communication in a complex, multicultural environment;
• the capacity to create constructive working relations with national authorities, civil society, international organisations and EU Member States;
• strong drafting and analytical skills combined with sound judgement;
• knowledge of external relations, internal policies and functioning of the Union;
• excellent communication skills and the ability to establish and maintain a network of contacts both within and outside the EEAS;
• the ability to communicate clearly on complex issues and the capacity to perform with accuracy and in a flexible manner a diversity of tasks in a complex institutional environment;
• strong service attitude;
• be a flexible team player;
• knowledge of the EU external policies and instruments, notably in the area of the CFSP and CSDP and experience in the engagement with the Asia- Pacific partners (minimum of three years’ experience of work in this field).

Furthermore:

• experience of working in a team in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment;
• experience in working with or within other EU institutions;
• experience in international negotiations;

will be considered as strong assets.

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