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- Grade
- Not specified
- Contract
- Contract staff
- Basic salary estimate
- See source notice
- Deadline
- January 1, 2029 at 12:00 PM · UTC
- Location
Radar brief
Contract staff are recruited for fixed-term contracts of up to six years to perform tasks ranging from manual and administrative support to executive, technical, advisory, and linguistic duties across EU institutions. The strongest stated requirement is thorough knowledge of one official EU language at C1 level and satisfactory knowledge of a second at B2 level.
Contract staff support EU institutions across a wide range of functions, from manual and administrative tasks to executive, technical, advisory and linguistic work.
What you would do
- Manual or basic administrative support tasks (Function Group I).
- Clerical and secretarial tasks (Function Group II).
- Executive and technical tasks (Function Group III).
- Administrative, advisory, linguistic or equivalent technical tasks (Function Group IV).
- Function Group I (FG I): manual or basic administrative support tasks.
- Function Group IV (FG IV): administrative, advisory, linguistic or equivalent technical tasks.
Eligibility snapshot
Must have
- Thorough knowledge of one official EU language (C1 level).
- Satisfactory knowledge of a second official EU language (B2 level).
- For Function Group I: compulsory education.
- For Function Groups II and III: post-secondary education or secondary education giving access to post-secondary education and appropriate professional experience of at least three years.
- For Function Group IV: minimum three years of completed university education.
- Candidates must have a thorough knowledge of one official EU language (C1 level) and a satisfactory knowledge of a second official EU language (B2 level).
- Function Groups II and III: post-secondary education or secondary education giving access to post-secondary education and appropriate professional experience of at least three years.
- Function Group IV: minimum three years of completed university education.
Contract and workplace context
Contract-agent post. Function group, contract duration and renewal conditions remain governed by the official notice.
Application toolkit
Documents
- To apply, candidates must create an EPSO account and complete their personal, professional and educational profile.
- Once registered, their details are stored in the contract staff database.
Selection steps
- Create an EPSO account and complete personal, professional and educational profile.
- Registration details are stored in the contract staff database.
- EU institutions shortlist candidates whose profile is the best match for the job requirements.
- Shortlisted candidates are invited to take reasoning skills tests: verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning.
- Candidates who successfully pass the tests are eligible to be recruited by the EU institutions.
- Contract staff are generally recruited under fixed-term contracts of up to six years within any EU institution.
- In certain cases — particularly in agencies, delegations or representations — contracts of indefinite duration may be offered.
- The contract staff selection procedure is open at all times through a continuous registration system.
Source notice
Official vacancy notice Work for the EU > Register for the contract staff selection procedure Selection process for contract staff Contract staff are generally recruited under fixed-term contracts of up to six years within any EU institution. In certain cases — particularly in agencies, delegations or representations…
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