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Contract Agents - CAST Competition

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Contract Agent - CAST Competition

The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is launching an open-ended selection procedure to create a pool of candidates from which the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the European Union (EU) can recruit contract agents in the fields listed below:

No	REFERENCE	PROFILE	FUNCTION GROUP
1.	EPSO/CAST/P/1/2017	Finance	FG III
2.	EPSO/CAST/P/2/2017	Finance	FG IV
3.	EPSO/CAST/P/3/2017	Project / programme management	FG III
4.	EPSO/CAST/P/4/2017	Project / programme management	FG IV
5.	EPSO/CAST/P/5/2017	Finance	FG II
6.	EPSO/CAST/P/6/2017	Secretaries/Clerks	FG II
7.	EPSO/CAST/P/7/2017	Administration / Human resources	FG II
8.	EPSO/CAST/P/8/2017	Administration / Human resources	FG III
9.	EPSO/CAST/P/9/2017	Administration / Human resources	FG IV
10.	EPSO/CAST/P/10/2017	Communication	FG III
11.	EPSO/CAST/P/11/2017	Communication	FG IV
12.	EPSO/CAST/P/12/2017	Political affairs / EU policies	FG III
13.	EPSO/CAST/P/13/2017	Political affairs / EU policies	FG IV
14.	EPSO/CAST/P/14/2017	Law	FG III
15.	EPSO/CAST/P/15/2017	Law	FG IV
16.	EPSO/CAST/P/16/2017	Information and communication technology	FG III
17.	EPSO/CAST/P/17/2017	Information and communication technology	FG IV

You must meet the following eligibility criteria when you validate your application:

1. EU Citizenship, 2. Fulfilled any militaty services requirements, 3. Meet the character requirements for the duties concerned, 4. Have a thorough knowledge (C1 level) of one of the 24 official EU languages (will be defined as your Language 1), 5. Have a good command (B2 level) of either English, French or German and must be different from Language 1 (will be defined as your Language 2)

For function groups II and III:

A level of post-secondary education attested by a diploma; or
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
Where justified in the interest of the service, professional training or professional experience of an equivalent level

For function group IV:

A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma; or
Where justified in the interest of the service, professional training of an equivalent level.

General Information

Open for application: 05/01/2017

Deadline: Open-Ended

Location(s): Brussels (Belgium), Luxembourg (Luxembourg). Limited number of contracts may be available in other EU cities and in EU delegations worldwide

Function Group: FG II, FG III, FG IV

Institution/Agency: Institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the European Union (EU)

Type of contract: Contract agent

Steps

1. Registration Phase

Click on the link below to register to the field that you are interested in:

2. Pre-selection: recruiting services search the database of registered candidates

As needs arise, the recruiting services will search the pool of applications and shortlist a certain
number of candidates who, based on the information in their applications, best match the
job requirements in question.

3. Selection phase: Computer based MCQ Tests

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to sit the following MCQ tests:

Function Group II & III

Reasoning Tests	Language	Questions	Duration	Pass mark
Verbal	Language 1	20 Quest.	35 min	10/20
Numerical	Language 1	10 Quest.	20 min	Numerical+Abstract: 8/20
Abstract	Language 1	10 Quest.	10 min	Numerical+Abstract: 8/20
Competency	Language 2	25 Quest.	50 min	13/12

Function Group IV

Reasoning Tests	Language	Questions	Duration	Pass mark
Verbal	Language 1	20 Quest.	35 min	10/20
Numerical	Language 1	10 Quest.	20 min	Numerical+Abstract: 10/20
Abstract	Language 1	10 Quest.	10 min	Numerical+Abstract: 10/20
Competency	Language 2	25 Quest.	50 min	16/25

If you obtain the scores needed to succeed in the tests, the results will be valid for a
certain period, so that you will not have to sit those tests again. The results will be valid as
follows:

If you pass the reasoning tests, the results will remain valid for 10 years, for the same or lower function group(s).
If you pass the competency tests, the results will remain valid for 5 years for the chosen profile in the same or lower function group(s).