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Chief Operating Officer
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE For applications to be considered valid, candidates must submit an email to jobsgsa.europa.eu with a subject line of SURNAMENameVacancy Reference Number which contains the Agencys approved application form Download it here httpwww.gsa.europa.eugsajobopportunities. The Chief Operating Officer is a new function within the GSA, decided on by the Administrative Board, which is put in place to ensure efficient and effective management of the Agencys Galileo service, EGNOS service, Security, GSMC, Project Control and Market Development activities, working in a matrix organisation structure. The Chief Operating Officer is required to effectively and efficiently manage such an organisational structure, leading GSA operational corporate activities, including those related to strategy implementation, organisation and processes and integrated management system, and contributes actively to nonoperational corporate activities. The Chief Operating Officer reports to the Executive Director and exercises the role of Authorising Officer for financial commitments and staff matters within the boundary of a delegation from the Executive Director. In the absence of the Executive Director, the Chief Operating Officer can replace himher for all GSA activities and exercise the role of Authorising Officer for administrative and staff matters. The Chief Operating Officer, amongst other tasks, is responsible for Implementing the GSA strategy for its current and future operational activities Managing and controlling the planning and execution of the GSA operational activities in compliance with the Single Programming Document and Delegation Agreements, ensuring their consistency and the necessary tradeoffs Authorising the release of the main planning, reporting and programme including Galileo, EGNOS, Security, GSMC, Project Control and Market Development documents related to Galileo and EGNOS developed by the Agency Ensuring the appropriate resourcing balance between the Galileo, EGNOS, Security, GSMC, Project Control and Market Development departments for the Galileo and EGNOS Programmes, finding efficiencies and synergies wherever possible Ensuring the GSA interface and representing the Agency where necessary Deputising the Executive Director when shehe is absent In addition, the Chief Operating Officer contributes to other tasks of the Agency as necessary. Furthermore, it is noted that the tasks described above may evolve together with the changing nature of the Agencys mission and organisation. The location of the post is foreseen to be GSA Headquarters, Prague CZ, with frequent missions in particular to Brussels BE, Noordwijk NL, Torrejon ES, Saint Germain enlaye and Toulouse FR. A.Eligibility criteria The selection procedure is open to applicants who satisfy the following eligibility criteria, on the closing date for application A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies1 attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more OR A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and at least one year of appropriate professional experience when the normal period of university education is three years In addition to the above, appropriate professional experience2 of at least fifteen years Be a national of a Member State of the European Union or Norway Be entitled to his or her full rights as citizen Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws concerning military service Meet the character requirements for the duties involved3 Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union4 and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the European Union to the extent necessary for the performance of hisher duties Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post5 1 Only study titles that have been awarded in EU Member States or that are subject to the equivalence certificates issued by the authorities in the said Member States will be taken into consideration. 2 Only appropriate professional experience acquired after achieving the minimum qualification stated in A.1 shall be considered. Where additional periods of training and study are accompanied by periods of professional activity, only the latter will be considered as professional experience. Compulsory military service or equivalent civilian service accomplished after achieving the minimum qualification stated in A.1. will be taken into consideration. Internships will be taken into consideration if they are paid. Professional activities pursued parttime shall be calculated pro rata, on the basis of the percentage of fulltime hours worked. A given period may be counted only once. 3 Prior to the appointment, the successful candidate will be asked to provide a Police certificate confirming the absence of any criminal record. 4 The languages of the EU are Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish. 5 Before a successful candidate can be appointed, she will be medically examined by a selected medical service so that the Agency will be satisfied that she fulfils the requirement of Article 28e of the Staff Regulation of Officials of the European Union. A.Selection criteria All eligible applications, according to the aforementioned criteria part A, will be assessed against the requirements listed below. The Selection Board responsible for this selection will determine the criteria to be assessed in the various phases of the selection procedure assessment of the application forms, interview and written test prior to being granted access to the names of the applicants. At least all essential criteria will be assessed during the applications evaluation phase. Please note that noncompliance with at least one of the Essential requirements B.1 will result in the exclusion of the candidate from the selection process. Advantageous requirements B.2 constitute additional assets and will not result in exclusion, if not fulfilled. Essential qualifications and experience University degree in a relevant field At least five years experience in leading and managing diverse teams Experience in service provision andor operations Experience in project management andor industrial procurement activities Experience in aerospace in an international environment Excellent command of both written and spoken English Advantageous qualifications and experience Experience andor knowledge of systems security operations Experience andor knowledge of European GNSS including downstream activities Experience in commercial negotiation andor proposal management Experience andor knowledge of the institutional framework and functioning of the EU Behavioural competences Motivation Leadership and people management Communication and negotiation skills Cooperative, collaborative, practical and resultsorientated approach Selfcontrol under pressure, ability to handle many simultaneous tasks
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