• Function title: Civil-Military ATM Liaison Expert
• Reference: NOC-CM-2023-AD/656
• Location: Brussels (The selected candidate must reside either at this location or within a reasonable proximity that allows for the satisfactory execution of their duties). – Information about living in Brussels
• Nature of competition: Internal and external competition
• Applicable regulations: Staff regulations governing officials of the EUROCONTROL Agency
• Type of post: Administrator
• Job level: AD6-AD9 – Check salary simulations for the basic grade
• Generic job title: Expert
• Number of posts: 1
• Duration of appointment: 5 Year(s) – extension or conversion of the contract is possible – see “Useful information” section
• Security clearance: EUROCONTROL, NATO or EU Secret
• Directorate/Service: CMC/AIO – ATM Innovation & Network Operations Unit
• Working arrangement: Hybrid work (remote and onsite)
• Competition publication date: 13/07/2023
• Competition closing date: 24/08/2023 (23:59 Brussels time)
• Reserve list: Applicable – See details in the “Useful information” section

Your team

The Division Civil-Military Cooperation provides a unique platform for military and civil-military cooperation in aviation, while enhancing airspace capacity, flight efficiency, military mission effectiveness and civil-military interoperability with reduced costs in a secure Single pan-European Sky.

The jobholder will be seconded to Ramstein, in Germany.

Your role

Your role will be to:

• With the support of the Network Manager (NM) military liaison function (MILO), provide opportunities for military operations to specific military activities in times of hybrid (military frictions without official declaration of crisis or war), crisis or war, as well as planning and execution including ad hoc moderation on the day of operation.
• Facilitate the coordination for military assets’ deployment via OAT/GAT, route creations, iOAT/GAT FPL facilitation, and optimization, including support to cross-border flight planning.
• Ensure coordination for CNS (Communication Navigation Surveillance) issues.
• Provide support for the coordination of military and civil ATM priorities; specifically, ensure a safe and timely integration of military mission priorities into ATM network operations.
• Represent EUROCONTROL in the planning events for military exercise and operations, and provide guidance and advise in field of expertise
• Collect and analyse up-to-date information regarding European Higher Airspace Operations and liaise with relevant internal and external partners to solve conflicts of the airspace use.
• Coordinate the activities and act as person of contact in the JACC for major exercises/security plans (data collection / coordination) in close coordination with the MILO.
• Carry out any other task in line with the main purpose of the job.

Required qualifications, experience & competencies

• University studies of at least 4 years in a relevant domain or university degree of 3 years in a relevant domain plus 1 year of relevant working experience or professional training of an equivalent level.
• Internal candidates should go to page check on the intranet to see what level of in-house experience is considered equivalent to educational qualifications where appropriate.
• Minimum 3 years relevant experience in military Airspace Management (ASM) and/or as ATCO (civil-military cooperation experience).
• International experience in the field of Air Traffic Management (ATM).
• Experience in a military environment would be an asset.
• Understanding of ATM operational matters.
• Understanding of military operations, ASM and civil-military ASM coordination/cooperation requirements.
• Understanding of the Single European Sky (SES) regulations and of the SESAR Work Programme would be an advantage.
• Problem-solving: You anticipate and solve business issues.
• Communication: You adapt your communication to different situations and audiences.
• Teamwork: You foster team work.
• Organisational awareness: You are aware of the instruments driving the Agency’s objectives.
• Result focus: You ensure the achievement of shared goals.
• Ability to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.
• Professional conduct in line with the corporate behaviours of the Agency, i.e. result-driven, readiness to change, customer focus, integrity and team-player approach.
• The working languages of the Agency are English and French. For this particular job, candidates must be proficient users of English at level C1. The selected candidate will have to acquire at least a basic knowledge of French at level A1/A2 before the end of the probation period.
  The levels relate to the European-framework-reference Common European Framework of References for languages (CEFR).

Useful information

• Applications will be accepted from nationals of EUROCONTROL Member States only.
• The selected candidate will be offered a contract of 5 Year (s) pursuant to the provisions of the Staff Regulations governing officials at EUROCONTROL. The contract may be renewed up to a maximum of 9 years or converted into an undetermined contract. Before being established in the post, the selected candidate will be requested to provide certified copies of their degrees and successfully serve a probationary period of 9 months.
• Internal candidates
  If selected, the person will keep their current type of appointment duration (undetermined or determined).
  The internal staff member with a determined contract will be offered, in principle, an appointment for 5 Year(s) with a maximum total duration of 9 years.
• The successful candidate shall be appointed at the grade set out in this vacancy notice, or if a group of grades has been published for a job level, in principle at the basic grade of the published job level.
• In case of reserve list: Suitable candidates, however not selected to fill the post, will be placed on a reserve list for similar functions. The period of validity of reserve list is 1 year from the closing date of applications .
• Information on salary and benefits can be found on our Careers site
• EUROCONTROL is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality and diversity. In the event of equal merit, preference may be given to the applicant from the under-represented diversity characteristics in order to complement diversity of teams and rebalance the workforce.
• Candidates should go to our Careers site and read the tips on how to apply.