Your job and responsibilities
We are looking for two Policy Officers for Cohesion Policy.
As a Policy Officer, you will be responsible for following
the main policy priority of the European Committee of the
Regions (CoR), supporting members in this field, engaging
with a multitude of stakeholders, reaching out to other EU
institutions and thinking creatively about how to achieve
CoR objectives.
Together with other colleagues, you will be in charge of
analysing all political developments in the field of
cohesion policy, including the European Structural and
Investment Funds, urban policy and housing, outermost
regions, European territorial cooperation (Interreg), and
macro-regional strategies. Your task will be to actively
contribute to developing proposals for cohesion policy
legislation.
For this, you will also closely follow the work of the
European Commission, the European Parliament and the
Council of the EU. It will be expected that you are aware
of all relevant decisions taken and prepared by the
co-legislators.
In addition, you will lead the work of the CoR in relation
to the institution's contacts with the OECD and with the
Urban Development Group (UDG) of the Member States. You
will be preparing high-level events of the CoR, such as the
joint meeting of the COTER commission with the REGI
committee of the European Parliament.
You will be working closely with members of the CoR, but
also with Member States of the EU and staff of other EU
institutions. You will be providing members in the CoR with
written and oral assistance (preparing basic files,
briefing notes, organisation of events, voting lists, draft
reports, etc.). You will be helping to organise the work of
the COTER commission by providing the information needed to
draft agendas, notes for the chair, minutes, etc. You will
be carrying out procedural tasks, thereby ensuring
compliance with the relevant provisions of the Rules of
Procedure and Treaty/Treaties, checking consistency with
existing models, etc. You will be fostering contact between
CoR members and other EU institutions, and with other
relevant stakeholders. You will be taking part in expert
groups on behalf of the CoR and interinstitutional working
groups.
Are you the talent we are looking for?
- You have a university degree in an area related to the
nature of the duties to be performed;
- You have a solid knowledge of cohesion policy and, more
specifically, EU urban and regional policies. Practical
experience with the preparation and implementation of
cohesion policy programmes, in particular at local or
regional level, would be an asset. Specific knowledge of
and experience with the ESF+ would be another asset;
- You have an excellent analytical capacity and a high
degree of accuracy and reliability in conducting data
analyses;
- You possess a proven capacity to lead projects and
implement them individually, in coordination with external
and internal partners;
- You have excellent written and oral communication skills
in order to communicate efficiently and fluently with
internal and external stakeholders;
- You have a thorough knowledge of one of the official
languages of the EU and a satisfactory knowledge of another
of the EU's official languages. For functional reasons, a
very good command of English is required. A good level of
other EU languages would be an asset;
- You have a good command of IT applications and tools
(Outlook, Excel, Word, SharePoint, etc.);
- You have a confirmed capacity to work on different issues
simultaneously, to deal with a high workload and to deliver
quality work under often tight deadlines;
- You have a good team spirit while being capable of
working autonomously.