DUTIES. Under the supervision of the Head of Unit SES/SESAR, the jobholder will be responsible for/contribute to the following activities: • contribute to EDA’s role as interface between the military community and the EU institutions, notably the EC/DG MOVE, and related bodies particularly with respect to the activities pertaining to SESAR Deployment and Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) related topics; • facilitate the coordination of military views notably with respect to SES and SESAR related regulation; • follow up EU regulations and identify the requirements to initiate Common Military Positions; • follow up EU strategies and assess impact on the military; • contribute to achieve the objectives of the “Military Aviation Strategy in the context of SES” (MAS) in line with the “Military Aviation Strategy Implementation Plan” (XXXXX), particularly with respect to SESAR Deployment and CNS related topics ; • contribute to the implementation and the update of the “Military Aviation Action Plan” (MAAP); • contribute to ESMAB and SES Expert Communities meetings as required; • support all activities deriving from the “EDA SES Military Aviation Board” (ESMAB) both at policy and management level; • run the “SES Expert Communities” (SEC) related to their function and expertise; • raise awareness on SES/SESAR issues which could have implications on the military; • support relevant unit activities with technical expertise, with a focus on ATM and CNS; • execute the activities in the EDA-EUROCONTROL Workplan; • establish and develop the necessary coordination, at staff level, with other SES stakeholders (European Commission, SESAR Joint Undertaking, SESAR Deployment Manager, INEA, EUROCONTROL and Network Manager, NATO, EASA and participating Member States); • provide for the elaboration of any necessary SES/SESAR related internal or external EDA documentation; • coordinate all SES deployment activities in relation with civil-military coordination; • coordinate with NATO and EUROCONTROL all activities with regard to Performance Equivalence and SESAR Deployment; • contribute to the preparation of EDA Steering Boards, ESMAB meetings, other SEC meetings as well as any other meetings, workshops and events as required; • support Member States in all aspects linked to EU funding for SES related activities; • ensure transversal cooperation and coordination with the other Units and Directorates of the Agency; • take on additional tasks as required in the interest of th...
DUTIES. The European Defence Agency (EDA) is preparing to build and deploy Communication and Information systems (CIS) for the processing of EU unclassified and classified information (EUCI). These systems will be operated and used by EDA in Brussels but will have connections with other unclassified and classified networks operated by EU institutions and by government organisations in EU member states. The project covers all aspects of the implementation, ranging from IT- related activities (such as procurement process, architecture design, vendor management, quality management) to formal accreditation processes, physical security arrangements, document security measures, organisational adjustments, training and awareness activities etc. In order to modernize its handling of information not only from a technical perspective, but also from a policy and process angle, EDA is selecting a Chief Information security Officer to lead the transformation of the organization in all areas related to information security.
DUTIES. Under the supervision of the Head of Industry Strategy and EU Policies (ISP) Unit, the Policy Officer Industry Engagement and EU Policies focuses, as part of an integrated team, on addressing Industry matters and wider EU policies and their impact on defence, including developing policies and related actions and on monitoring their implementation and outcome. More specifically, the Policy Officer Industry Engagement and EU Policies is responsible for: • pursuing coherence with and assessing wider EU policies and their implication for defence with a view to developing synergies, bringing defence specificities to the attention of EU policies’ stakeholders; supporting the implementation of such policies (including REACH Regulation) in the defence domain; • identifying and implementing any useful measures for strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base) EDTIB and creating an internationally competitive European Defence Equipment Market (EDEM), without prejudice to the competences of the EC in this field; developing strategies, policies, initiatives and instruments for fostering cost-effectiveness and efficiency, as well as cooperation between Member States, in effective defence procurement, aiming to improve the effectiveness of military expenditure; • contributing to the implementation of EDA policy on industry engagement. This includes building effective relations and exchange of information with relevant industrial entities within specific areas of expertise (e.g. Air/Land/Naval/CIS), in support of the Agency's main capability development and research prioritisation processes, Key Strategic Activities (KSAs), and the Agency’s activities in the framework of wider EU Policies impacting defence (e.g. REACH Regulation, defence procurement and transfer directives). It also entails providing input based on the specific area of expertise in other EDA and EU-level policy instruments/mechanisms which may involve industry-related elements (e.g. PESCO, CARD, EDF). • drafting of speeches, briefings, policy papers for EDA management; • ensuring close relations with relevant stakeholders (among others participating Member States, the European Commission, EU institutions, competent EU agencies and bodies and industry); • leading and managing the allocated ISE work strands, in cooperation with the other ISE staff members, Agency directorates, Member States and external bodies; • taking on additional tasks as required in the interest of the service....
DUTIES. Under the supervision of the RTI Director, the jobholder is responsible for the following activities: • manage and promote EDA Technology Watch and Foresight activities, in close coordination with other directorates; • Support and horizontal link to Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR)/European Defence Fund (EDF)/ Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO); • monitor political developments impacting research (for instance the EDF regulation negotiation) and, in compliance with the transversal way of working of the Agency, help ensure coordination with other EDA work strands such as the Capability Development Plan (CDP) or European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP)/EDF (in particular, support to project assessment); • synthetize the strategic reflections related to EU R&T orientations, support and coordinate the RTI Directorate preparation of the related speeches, Food-For-Thought papers, presentations, contributions to briefing and documents, in particular in view of R&T Point of Contacts, the R&T Steering Board and R&T Directors meetings; • liaise with the Chief Executive Policy Office for implementation of RTI horizontal tasks; • cross-directorate coordination for the above-mentioned tasks; • manage the respective EDA Collaboration Platforms (ECPs), EDA Technology Watch IT tools and EDA Portal spaces corresponding to the relevant tasks; • contribute to the effective linkage between activities related to Overarching Strategic Research Agenda (OSRA) development and EDA upstream role in EDF; • take on additional tasks as required in the interest of the service. Duties may evolve according to development of the EDA’s structure and activities, and the decisions of EDA management.
DUTIES. Under the supervision of the Head of Industry Strategy and EU Policies (ISP) Unit, the Policy Officer Industry Strategy and Analysis is responsible for: • providing quantitative and qualitative analysis in view of assessing short-, mid- and long-term developments and trends impacting the security and defence sector, particularly the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB; • contributing to the implementation of EDA policy on industry engagement. This includes building effective relations and exchanges of information with relevant industrial entities within specific areas of expertise (e.g. Air/Land/Naval/CIS), in support of the Agency's main capability development and research prioritisation processes, Key Strategic Activities (KSAs). It also entails providing input based on the specific area of expertise in other EDA and EU-level policy instruments/mechanisms which may involve industry-related elements (e.g. PESCO, CARD, EDF); • supporting the dialogue with and among Member States on strategic trends and developments reaching beyond single work strands; • developing and implementing strategies, policies, initiatives and instruments to support strengthening the EDTIB as well as to improve cost-effectiveness and efficiency of military spending and cooperation between Member States; • promoting, developing and managing initiatives and work strands, within the competence area of the ISE Directorate to incentivise cooperation in the area of the development of systems in the EDTIB that support defence capability priorities in cooperation with the Directorate staff, other Agency Directorates, participating Member States and external bodies; • drafting of speeches, briefings, policy papers for EDA management; • ensuring close relations with relevant stakeholders, incl. participating Member States, European Union institutions (Commission, Parliament), industry as well as academia and think-tanks; • taking on additional tasks as required in the interest of the service. Duties may evolve depending on the development of the EDA’s structure and activities and decisions of EDA management.
DUTIES. Under the supervision of the Head of Unit Technology and Innovation, the jobholder will be responsible for the following activities: • moderate and steer the CapTech Radar and related activities of experts' groups and Electronic Fora on the EDA Extranet; • in this field and in line with Member States’ orientations, maintain and update the Strategic Research Agenda on RF Sensors Technology synthetizing R&T priorities and identify ways to address them; • contribute to R&T initiatives aimed at defining capability-led priorities and projects; • promote, support and manage projects including contracting, monitoring and evaluation activities; • participate and collaborate in projects and studies under the responsibility of the RTI Directorate or with other Directorates of EDA; • define and organise experts’ meetings and workshops; • collaborate actively with representatives and experts from the Member States; • liaise with the European Commission and EU Agencies, companies and industry associations involved in military or dual use R&T in his/her area of responsibility; • participate and represent the Agency in security and defence related seminars and workshops, mainly in the areas covered by the CapTech; • contribute to technology watch in his/her area of responsibility; • take on additional tasks as required in the interest of the service. Duties may evolve depending on the development of the EDA's structure and activities, and decisions of EDA management.
DUTIES. Under the guidance of the Head of Unit, and in cooperation with the other members of the Cooperation Planning Unit, the Project Officer Capability Assessment will contribute to its tasks, inter alia identifying and promoting EU defence collaborative priorities and opportunities. The Project Officer Capability Assessment will in particular be responsible for: • conducting the Capability progress Assessment based on the implementation of the EU capability development priorities resulting from the Capability Development Plan (CDP) in close relationship with the Coordinated annual Review on defence (CARD) framework, EDA Directorates and Project Officers; • conducting the CDP long term work strand in close coordination with the PO CDP; • developing the dialogue with defence industry partners in the framework of the CDP, participating in events with industry when appropriate; • monitoring EUMC activities in the Headline Goal framework, of relevance in the CDP context and coordinate with the EUMC, the EUMS and CEUMC’s office, on all appropriate issues and maintaining a close working relationship with all appropriate bodies of the Council in order to support all relevant CSDP objectives; • investigating civil-military synergies in capability development and assisting in their coordination in EDA; • liaising with other regional and international organizations with experience of and relating to P&S and long term trends analysis and represent the Agency in related activities (workshops, seminars, conferences, etc (NATO ACT SFA- FFAO)), when so directed; • as document Management Correspondent for Cooperation Planning Unit, informing new CPU POs on Records Management policies, Procedures and practices and implementing EDA Record Management system in CPU. The Project Officer Capability Assessment will be flexible in the tasks he/she is charged with, and show personal initiative in the development of the above responsibilities.
DUTIES. The Head of Chief Executive’s Policy Office supports and advises the Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive in the implementation of their functions, notably in strategy and policy development of EDA’s activities in close cooperation with the operational Directors. He/she is directly accountable to the Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive and is responsible for the following activities: • propose and develop strategy and policy positions, define and review EDA priorities and objectives in close cooperation with operational directorates; • coordinate the development of the Agency’s planning framework, including budgetary aspects; • engage with Member States at strategic policy level; • coordinate relations with all EU institutional stakeholders as well as third parties, including NATO; • coordinate day-to-day support to top management, including briefings, speaking notes reports of meetings, and provide final quality assurance of documentation, including outgoing correspondence; • supervise the secretariat of the Steering Board and the Agency Management Board; • lead and manage the Chief Executive’s Policy Office including planning and organizing resources, the development and improvement of skills and knowledge, setting priorities and objectives and acting as line manager; • coordinate cross-Directorate thematic files and contribute to the EDA transversal way of working; • take on additional tasks as required in the interest of the service. Duties may evolve depending on the development of EDA activities and decisions of EDA management.
DUTIES. Under the supervision of the Head of Unit Operations, Training and Exercises, the jobholder will be responsible for the following activities: • manage the EU SATCOM MARKET project, including related contractual work and provide guidance to other EDA personnel allocated to the project (currently one Contract Agent and one trainee); • liaise closely with relevant CSDP structures in order to provide support to CSDP operations and missions; • interact with relevant Council bodies and the EDA's participating Member States within its area of competencies; • provide support to the chairing of meetings with Member States and other stakeholders, including the European Commission, the EEAS (European External Action Service), etc; • liaise/co-ordinate within EDA concerning its own activities; • support EDAs’ Media and Communications Unit in all activities related to her/his activities; • follow up support planned and/or provided “on the ground” in remote areas as necessary; • manage the E-QUIP project, including related contractual work. Duties may evolve depending on the development of the EDA's structure and activities, and decisions of EDA management.
DUTIES. Under the supervision of the Head of Unit Operations, Training and Exercises, the jobholder will be responsible for the following activities: • initiate, manage and support education, training and exercise initiatives that contribute to the enhanced availability and interoperability of tactical air transport in the broader context of participating Member States’ intra-theatre combat capabilities; • manage and support all European operational and training events in cooperation with existing Air Transport organizations (EATC - European Air Transport Command, JAPCC - Joint Air Power Competence Center, ETAC European Training Airlift Centre, etc.) and participating Member States; • chair the Ad Hoc Working Group Operations & Training (AHWG O&T), Transport Pilot Training Capacity AHWG (TPTC AHWG), C-295 AHWG (and potential future AHWGs as necessary); • contribute to C27J CAT B Program and potential future new aircraft type working groups (C130J, A400M, etc.); • support the European Tactical Training Centre (ETAC), in all its operational aspects, if requested • represent EDA at existing and future fixed wing training events (Spartan exercise, Flag type exercise, etc.) and at the European Air Transport Symposium; • coordinate with relevant Project Officers in Capability, Armament & Planning Directorate on all fixed wing capability related aspects and with the helicopter team on common aspects; • contribute to the development of business cases concerning new opportunities for cooperation in the field of education, training and exercise, demonstrating added value for participating Member States; • take on additional tasks as required in the interest of the service. Duties may evolve according to the development of EDA’s structure and activities, and the decisions of EDA management.