MAKE A DIFFERENCE – JOIN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Do you want to help shape the future of the European Union? Make the planet greener,
promote a fairer society, or support businesses and innovation across the EU? Then come and
work for the European Commission where you can really make a difference!

Commission staff are a diverse group of people, who are motivated to help make Europe – and
the world – a better place. They come from the 27 Member States of the European Union.
Different nationalities, backgrounds, languages and cultures make the Commission a vibrant and
inclusive place to work.

WE OFFER GREAT JOBS AND GREAT WORKING CONDITIONS:

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Interesting and challenging positions with plenty of opportunities for training and
acquiring new skills and competencies throughout your whole career

• Opportunities to move between different policy areas throughout your career
• A package of flexible working conditions including the possibility of teleworking – we

care about your work-life balance

• A competitive financial package, including comprehensive healthcare, accident and

pension schemes

• A multilingual, multicultural workplace where personal and career development are

strongly promoted

• Multilingual schools for your children

We recruit from a wide range of backgrounds and actively promote diversity and
inclusion:

We do not only recruit political scientists and lawyers but are also looking for all kinds of
profiles, including scientists, linguists, IT experts, data analysts and economists, as well as drivers
and engineers.

We are committed to equal opportunities and to fostering a rich, diverse and inclusive working
environment. We aim for our workforce to be representative of European society and strongly
welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We actively seek to create a workplace where
each staff member feels valued and respected, can give their best and can develop to their full
potential.

To promote diversity and establish a geographically balanced pool of candidates, we strongly
encourage applicants from Member States which are currently underrepresented in the European
Commission workforce to apply. These Member States are currently Austria, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, the Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg,
Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden1. Recruitment will however remain strictly based on the
merits of all applicants and no positions will be reserved for nationals of any specific Member
State.

STAFF RECRUITED ON CONTRACTS

In addition to permanent officials, the European Commission offers non-permanent positions.
There are two categories of non-permanent staff:

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temporary agents are recruited to fill vacant positions for a set amount of time or
to perform highly specialised tasks.

• contract agents may provide additional capacity in specialised fields where an

insufficient number of officials is available or carry out a number of administrative or
manual tasks. They are generally recruited for fixed-term contracts (maximum 6 years in
any EU Institution), but in some cases they can be offered contracts for an indefinite
duration (in offices, agencies, delegations or representations).

For more information on different staff categories

1 Please note that the list of underrepresented Member States may be subject to future amendment based on potential
data changes over time.

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Project Manager

in DG Justice and Consumers (JUST) of the European
Commission

Job title: Project Manager
Domain: Information Technology
Where: Unit JUST.H.4.003 Information Systems Development, Brussels
Function Group: FG IV
Contract Type: 3b
Express your interest until: 21.07.2026 – 12.00 (noon, Brussels time)

WE ARE

The mission of the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) is to vindicate and
strengthen the rights of people living in the European Union, whether they are acting as citizens, as
entrepreneurs, as consumers or as workers, wherever they are in the EU. Our policies are based on
Europeans’ core values and principles – freedom, democracy, rule of law, equality, tolerance, and
respect for human rights.

The mission of Unit H4 is: IT development and maintenance, design and implementation of
knowledge and document management policies, data protection compliance coordination and
logistics management, in close collaboration with Commission horizontal services and domain
leaders. This translates into:

– Development and maintenance of the portfolio of IT systems according to Commission
standards and architectures, upholding quality and information security criteria;
– Logistics and management of IT infrastructure resources of both DG JUST and DG HOME
(Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs);
– Implementation of the Local Security Officer (LISO/LSO) policies in DG JUST and DG HOME;
– Coordination of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) arrangements of DG JUST;
– Support for the Document Management corporate policy implementation, and further develop
DG JUST’s knowledge management strategy;
– Coordination of Data Protection application in both DG JUST and DG HOME;
– Recommendations and legal advice on Intellectual Property rights (IPRs);
– Support with the assignment of the President and Vice-President mails, and complaints;
– Attributions within DG JUST and DG HOME of the paper mail for the Directors General.

WE PROPOSE

We propose an IT project manager position as part of the team responsible for developing and
maintaining a portfolio of IT systems. You will plan, monitor, control and report on the state of Play
of your IT projects and in particular:

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• Use DevSecOps and continuous integration as integral parts of the delivery lifecycle for

new iterations and features.

• Manage a technical team (formed by IT developers, analysts, architects, testers etc..) in

charge of delivering new functionalities and applications.

• Co-ordinate projects, aiming at an overall result that matches the expectations of all

stakeholders. Provide effective leadership to project teams.

• Elaborate project strategies and planning, define work plan and deliverables, supervise
the project review and deliverables, organise quality control, identify and analyse
(potential) risks and define and implement risk reduction actions, report on project
status, organise change control.

• Contribute to procurement related activities and manage relevant outsourcing contracts
to ensure projects/systems development, maintenance, testing and support capacity.
• Contribute to activities aimed at compliance with corporate governance, and security

and data protection standards.

WE LOOK FOR

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and proactive person with a strong sense of service,
together with a very good team spirit, and a willingness to learn and share experiences with others.
A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience is required.

The candidate should demonstrate:

• Good IT technical knowledge and experience in managing IT projects.
• Experience in leading and motivating a team of IT-related professionals.
• Excellent knowledge of project management standards, methodologies and activities, in
particular of planning, budgeting, requirements engineering, monitoring, controlling,
testing and reporting.

• Excellent knowledge of Agile principles and practices, good knowledge and
understanding of release planning, configuration management, backlog grooming and
working with multiple code branches within the DIGIT supported application.

• Good written and oral communication skills in English, experience presenting complex

topics to a non-expert audience.

• Experience working in a multi-cultural environment.
• Knowledge of Justice, Consumers, Migration and Home Affairs related public IT systems,
as well as previous experience in legal organisations or departments, would be an asset.

HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST?

With a view to guaranteeing equal access to all, the Commission recruits from an open database of
spontaneous applications. The present call for interests aims at helping the recruiters to identify
potentially interested candidates within this database.

In practice, to express your interest, please follow the subsequent two steps:

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1.

If you are not registered yet in the open EPSO database, please do so at the following
address: CAST Permanent. Please select under selection procedures for contract agent the
CAST permanent profile that best suits your education and experience.
2. You should send your documents in a single pdf in the following order:

2. completed application form.

1. your CV
Please send these documents by the publication deadline to JUST-H4@ec.europa.eu
indicating the call for interest reference EC-2026-JUST-521352 in the subject.

No applications will be accepted after the publication deadline.

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ANNEX

1. Selection

 Am I eligible to apply?

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

Our rules provide that you can only be recruited as a contract agent at the European Commission if
you:

General criteria:

• Are a citizen of a Member State of the EU and enjoy full rights as a citizen;
• Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by applicable laws concerning military service;
• Are physically fit to perform the duties linked to the position;
• Produce the appropriate character references as to suitability for the performance of the

duties.

• Have passed an EPSO CAST in the relevant Function Group for this position. At the stage of

the application, it is sufficient to be registered in the EPSO CAST data base.

Qualifications:

(a) Have a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least

three years attested by a diploma.

Only qualifications issued or recognised as equivalent by EU Member State authorities (e.g. by the
Ministry of Education) will be accepted.

Languages:

• have a thorough knowledge (minimum level C1) of one of the 24 official languages of the

EU2

• AND have a satisfactory knowledge (minimum level B2)3 of a second official language of

the EU, to the extent necessary for the performance of the duties.

 What about the selection steps?

The selecting unit chooses from the EPSO database4 candidates with the appropriate profile and
invites them to an interview. For the interview a selection panel is set-up to assess the best

2 The official languages of the European Union are: BG (Bulgarian), CS (Czech), DA (Danish), DE (German), EL
(Greek), EN (English), ES (Spanish), ET (Estonian), FI (Finnish), FR (French), GA (Irish), HR (Croatian), HU
(Hungarian), IT (Italian), LT (Lithuanian), LV (Latvian), MT (Maltese), NL (Dutch), PL (Polish), PT (Portuguese),
RO (Romanian), SK (Slovak), SL (Slovenian), SV (Swedish).
3 For details on language levels, please see the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
(https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/resources/european-language-levels-cefr).

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candidates. Due to the large volume of applications that we may receive only candidates selected
for the interview will be notified.

For operational reasons and in order to complete the selection procedure as quickly as possible in
the interest of the candidates and of the institution, the selection procedure will be carried out in
English and possibly in a second official language.

4 Therefore, candidates who did not pass already a CAST on the level Function Group IV, should register their
profile at this address: https://eu-careers.europa.eu/en/Cast-Permanent

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2. Recruitment

The candidate selected for recruitment will be requested to provide documentary evidence in
support of the statements made in the database and, where relevant, the call for interest.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a mandatory pre-recruitment medical check-
up carried out by the Commission.

 Type of contract and working conditions

The place of employment will be in Brussels.

The successful candidate will be engaged as a contract agent under Article 3(b) of the
Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, in function group FG IV. General information on
Contract Agents can be found at this link.

The grade or proposed grade range, as well as the step in that grade, will be defined on the basis
of the candidates’ previous professional experience, in accordance with Commission Decision
C(2017)6760 laying down the criteria applicable to classification in step on engagement.

The duration of the first contract will be of 1 year. Subject to the interest of the service, the
contract may be renewed one or more times up to a maximum duration of 6 years.

The duration of the renewal(s) will be defined according to the General Implementing Rules in force
at that moment (currently, Commission Decision C(2017)6760 on policies for the engagement and
use of contract agents).

Contract agents recruited in Function Group IV have to successfully complete a 9-month
probationary period.

The pay of staff members consists of a basic salary supplemented with specific allowances,
including, where applicable, expatriation and family allowances. The provisions guiding the
calculation of these allowances can be consulted in the Conditions of Employment of Other
Servants. As a member of staff of the European institutions, your pay is subject to a tax raised by
those institutions.

The European Commission applies a policy of equal opportunities and non-discrimination in
accordance with Article 1d of the Staff Regulations.

Should you need further information on working conditions, please refer to Working conditions and
benefits of EU Careers.

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For information related to Data Protection, please see the Specific Privacy Statement under “7.
Information to data subjects on their rights”, to find your rights and how to exercise them in
addition to the privacy statement, which summarises the processing of your data.

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