JOB DESCRIPTION

Legal Officer – Finance, Contracts and Verification

Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI)

of the European Commission

Job title: Legal Officer – Finance, Contracts and Verification Domain: External Relations

Where: Unit FPI.8 – “European Peace Facility – Budget & Finance”, Brussels Function Group: FG IV Contract Type: 3b

Express your interest until: 19/12/2025 – 12.00 (noon, Brussels time)

WE ARE

FPI staff around the globe are proud of the work that they are achieving and have a strong sense of purpose and motivation. They take, and value, a high level of personal responsibility. A policy- driven approach, a focus on priorities, solutions and impact, combined with a welcoming and supporting atmosphere, are part of the service’s corporate culture. The service promotes professionalism and teamwork, encourages commitment and promotes respect It also seeks to embed trust and fairness while prioritising effective communication at all levels.

The Service reports directly to the High Representative I Vice-President (HR/VP). The Service works in close cooperation with the other Commission services, as well as with the European External Action Service (EEAS), both in headquarters and in delegations.

Within the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, FPI.8 carries out finance and contract operations for the, off EU budget, European Peace Facility (EPF).

The European Peace Facility funds actions with military and defence implications.

Activities include:

• financial management: to ensure sound financial management of EPF operations under the responsibility of FPI, giving assurance to the Authorising Officer that transactions are legal, regular and comply with the contractual and financial rules in force;
• budget and accounts: to lead, oversee and report on the annual budgetary procedure in relation to FPI-managed off-budget operations and to ensure reliability of accounts, including managing access rights through the ABAC system

• procurement: ensure conduct and oversight of all EPF procurement procedures with particular attention to risk assessment and risk management.

The FPI highly values team spirit, a strong sense of initiative and responsibility in all its staff members.

WE PROPOSE

FPI.8 is seeking to hire a legal officer to provide legal advice regarding the European Peace Facility (EPF) legal framework, Commission procedures and templates; assess the eligibility of implementing entities; verify the EPF assistance measures’ contractual transactions and the drafting of financing decisions, contracts and agreements under direct and indirect management as well as centralized procurement procedures, ensuring their compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and the principle of sound financial management.

The work involves coordination with Commission line DGs and the EEA5 on EU policies and their projection abroad. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic, friendly and motivated team with a strong emphasis on collaboration.

WE LOOK FOR

We look for an experienced, dynamic, reliable, well-organised legal officer with a good team spirit and excellent planning and coordination skills. They should be pro-active, flexible and able to organise the work independently with a strong sense of responsibility. They should be able to adjust to multiple tasks even under tight deadlines.

A positive attitude, excellent writing and communication skills, excellent inter-personal skills and a good judgement are also essential as well as a good knowledge of EU financial and contractual procedures.

The candidate should have educational background of university level in law and at least 3 years’ experience financial and contractual management. Previous experience within Legal and Financial Unit of the Commission and/or in the management of EU funded programmes and/or public procurement within EU institutions would be an asset. An excellent knowledge of English is essential and a good knowledge of French is an asset.

The candidate/job holder must either be a holder of a valid security clearance up to the level of “SECRET UE/EU SECRET” or be willing to undergo the national security vetting procedure (in order to be allowed to perform their job).

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.

(Reference: Call for interest EC/2025/FPI/505621)

European

Commission

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

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:
3. your CV 2. completed application form.

Please send these documents by the publication deadline to FPI-8- [email protected] indicating the call for interest reference EC/2025/FPI/505621 in the subject.

No applications will be accepted after the publication deadline.

(Reference: Call for interest EC/2025/FPI/505621)