Internal Market Affairs Officer - Financial Services

Role Description

The successful candidate will be assigned responsibility for general surveillance work and case handling relating to the implementation and application in the EEA EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) of EEA law relating to Financial Services.

The financial supervision legislation setting up the European Supervisory Authorities EBA, ESMA and EIOPA, will soon be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. The Authority will be given decision making powers under this legislation and the successful candidate will play a key role in developing an effective working relationship between the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the Supervisory Financial Authorities.

Other tasks include examination of complaints, legal conformity assessments, and drafting of decisions, opinions and reports. Depending on workload and other developments, the responsibilities may be changed to cover other, general or specific, issues relating to EEA law.

Essential Skills

• University degree in law or other relevant field
• Specialised knowledge of EEA/EU law in the field of financial services
• Extensive relevant working experience in the private and/or the public sector (minimum 6 years)
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility and adaptability as well as the ability to work both independently and in a team in an international environment

Performance indicators:

Subject matter knowledge, analytical skills and problem solving, quality and result orientation, compliance with internal rules, processes and instructions, autonomy, motivation, personal efficiency and initiative.

Ideal Skills

• A postgraduate degree in European law
• Expertise within financial services surveillance and regulatory work
• Knowledge of and familiarity with the functioning of the European Economic Area, and the EFTA States
• Professional experience involving the institutions of the EU and the EEA

Other information

Conditions:

The position is placed at grade A4 of the Authority’s salary scale, starting at €84,387.36 per annum.  Depending on family status, beneficial allowances and benefits may apply. Tax conditions are favourable. Overview of conditions at: http://www.eftasurv.int/about-the-authority/vacancies/recruitment-policy.

While its staff members should normally be nationals of one of the three EFTA States party to the EEA Agreement (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), the Authority also considers applications from nationals of the other States that are party to the EEA Agreement (EU + EFTA 3).

Start date: Summer 2015

Type and duration of appointment: fixed-term three year contract. If considered desirable and in the Authority’s interest, an additional three year contract may be offered.

Deadline for applications: 15 January 2015

Interviews:  February 2015

An online application should be completed at: https://jobs.eftasurv.int.

Questions regarding the position may be addressed to Mr Bernhard Zaglmayer, Deputy Director of the Internal Market Affairs Directorate, +32 (0)2 286 18 85, bza@eftasurv.int

Questions regarding the recruitment process may be addressed to Kathryn Edwards, HR Officer, +32 (0)2 286 18 32, ked@eftasurv.int

For more information about the Authority, please visit: www.eftasurv.int