Grant Management Team Leader - Brussels, België - EUROCONTROL - Supporting European Aviation

Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

Function title:
Grant Management Team Leader - Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)

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Reference: NOC-NM-2023-AD/596

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Location: Brussels

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Nature of competition: Internal and external competition
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Applicable regulations: Staff regulations governing officials of the EUROCONTROL Agency

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Type of post: Administrator

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Job level: AD6-AD9

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Generic job title: Team Leader

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Number of posts: 1

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Duration of appointment: 5 Year(s) - extension or conversion of the contract is possible - see "Useful information" section
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Security clearance: Security vetting may be required in accordance with the relevant EUROCONTROL security policies
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Directorate/Service:NMD/INF/SDM
  • SESAR Deployment Manager
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Working arrangement:Hybrid work (remote and onsite)

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Competition publication date: 23/03/2023

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Competition closing date: 20/04/ :59 Brussels time)
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Reserve list: Applicable
  • See details in the "Useful information" section

YOUR TEAM


Within the Network Management Directorate, the "Infrastructure" service manages the European infrastructure deployment projects and programmes, and aims at making the SES digital sky a reality.

It develops, organises and provides European common services including network support services, aeronautical information services and the radio frequency function.


With the European Commission's official appointment of the consortium behind the SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM), the EUROCONTROL Network Manager took on the role of consortium coordinator of the new partnership between 14 air navigation service providers (ANSPs), 4 airline groups and ACI EUROPE.


Under the CEF1 framework, SDM coordinated the replies to 8 Calls for Proposals that led to the signature of 8 grant agreements for a total amount of 2.7€ Billion of investments involving 90+ implementing partners through 341 projects.

This job involves frequent contacts and close collaboration with external stakeholders (ANSPs, airports, airlines, Member States, etc.).

The job holder will report to the EUROCONTROL Consortium Coordination Manager.


YOUR ROLE

Your role will be to:

  • Coordinate the SESAR Deployment Manager's (SDM) replies to the Common Project 1 (CP1) related CEF Call for Proposals issued by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), keep up with all timelines and ensure the submission of replies to CINEA by the deadline.
  • Lead and supervise the work of Grant Management Experts; make sure that SDM's replies complies with all requirements and conditions (incl. legal, financial) requested by the Call for Proposals, discuss discrepancies with grant coordinators and decide on best way forward.
  • Act as a point of reference to clarify applicable processes, legal contractual provisions, divergence in interpretations of legal and financial requirements.
  • Coordinate the preparation and drafting of the Action Status Reports and Final Reports.
  • Coordinate the Specific Grant Agreement (SGA) amendment process involving different actors (implementing partners, CINEA, SDM), provide advice to analysis of changes, assess impact and decide on recommendations.
  • Check and draft, as required, guidelines, reports and provide reporting, metrics, etc.
  • Coordinate the financial monitoring activities (e.g. coordination and followup of payment requests, interim and balance payments, payments distributed to the beneficiaries by SDM) and elaborate financial models/spreadsheets to represent and track payment activities taking into account grant agreement budgets, audit findings, etc.
  • Coordinate with the other SDM teams to ensure proper planning and timely delivery of their necessary input to the above streams of work.
  • Act as the focal point for the interactions with CINEA for one or several of the above streams of work.
  • Decide on most appropriate information flows, the exchange of information among stakeholders, processes and systems.
  • Carry out any other task in line with the main purpose of the job.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES

  • Completed university studies of 4 years in a relevant area (e.g. Engineering, Business Administration, Political Science, Economics, Law) or completed relevant university studies of 3 years plus 1 year of relevant working experience.
  • Minimum 5 years' relevant professional experience to carry out the described responsibilities.
  • Experience in project or programme management.
  • People Management experience.
  • Experience with contractual tasks to monitor EU grant agreements.
  • Experience in reporting.
  • Understanding of the European large scale SESAR project and EUROCONTROL's role, in particular in relation to the SDM.
  • Stakeholder Management experience.
  • Drafting skills (English).
  • Experience in the use of project management software. Experience with the STAR tool (project management software used by the SDM) would be an advantage.
  • Managing people: You implement effective

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