Chair of Biocidal Products Committee M/F - Hoofdinhoud

 

VACANCY NOTICE Nº ECHA/TA/2012/002

Chair of Biocidal Products Committee

(M/F)

Grade AD 11 (1 post)

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1.

THE

JOB

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is organising the current call for expressions of interest to constitute a reserve list for the post of the Chair of the Biocidal Products Committee (BPC). The Committee will be established through the new Biocidal Products Regulation which is foreseen to enter into force mid 2012, with an application date of September 2013.

The post of Chair of Biocidal Products Committee is located in the Biocides Unit of the Directorate of Regulatory Affairs. The Unit will be established in February 2012 and it will be responsible for the scientific and technical tasks of ECHA Secretariat. This taks are related to approval of active substances and authorisation of biocidal products, and for providing the necessary support for the BPC.

The BPC will be responsible, inter alia , for preparing ECHA opinions on applications for the approval, renewal and review of active substances; applications for Union authorisations and for their renewal, cancellation and amendment. It may also be asked to provide a scientific or technical opinion in relation to national authorisation, following the dispute settlement process under mutual recognition, and on any other question that arises from the operation of the Biocidal Products Regulation, relating to risks to human or animal health, or the environment or technical guidance. ECHA opinions will provide the basis for the European Commission decision making under the Biocidal Products Regulation.

Reporting to the Head of Unit, the Chair of BPC will be responsible for organising the work of the Committee and its Working Groups. In consultation and cooperation with the Head of Unit, she/he will be responsible for coordinating the activities related to BPC, within the framework of the overall planning of the Agency.

In particular, she/he will be responsible for the following tasks:

Ensure the efficient and timely planning of the work of BPC in order to achieve a timely development of high quality scientific opinions;

Chair the meetings of BPC and, when necessary, its Working Groups ensuring at all times that the rules of procedure and code of conducts are respected;

Ensure that BPC is fully aware and follows the ECHA policy and rules regarding transparency and openness, stakeholder participation, management of potential conflicts of interest, and information security;

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Ensure at all times that legal deadlines are met;

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Ensure consistency of opinions within BPC and, where relevant, between BPC and other ECHA Committees, in particular with the Committee for Risk Assessment, and also with other relevant Committees, including those run by other Community bodies and serving other Community Regulations;

Ensure seamless coordination and cooperation between BPC and the other ECHA Committees, in particular with the Committee for Risk Assessment;

Cooperate effectively throughout the Agency, to ensure that ECHA delivers high quality and timely scientific and technical advice;

Contribute to the continuous development of guidance, tools and methodologies relevant to the work of BPC and integrate them into the work of the Committee;

Coach and support the scientific experts contributing to the work of the Committee to attain their objectives and realise their potential.

The Chair shall also support and contribute to the development of ECHA's role in seeking consistency in scientific advice among scientific committees in the EU and in the international arena.

2.

FORMAL

REQUIREMENTS

You must fulfil the requirements set out below.

2.1.

General conditions

Be a national of a Member State of the European Union, or a national of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway);

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Enjoy your full rights as a citizen;

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Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the laws concerning military service;

Produce the appropriate character references as to your suitability for the performance of your duties;

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Be physically fit to perform your duties;

Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another language to the extent necessary to perform your duties.

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2.2.

Qualifications

Successful completion of a full course of university studies attested by a degree, where the normal duration of university education is four (4) years or more; OR

Successful completion of a full course of university studies attested by a degree, where the normal duration of university education is three (3) years.

Only qualifications issued by EU Member State authorities or EEA authorities and qualifications recognized as equivalent by the relevant EU or EEA Member State authorities will be accepted.

2.3. Professional Experience

To qualify for this profile, you must have at the closing date for applications a total professional experience of at least fifteen (15) years on the basis of 2.2 a) or of at least sixteen (16) years on the basis of 2.2 b), acquired after achieving the minimum qualification stated out in 2.2 a) or b).

Of your total professional experience you must have at least five (5) years of relevant

professional experience in one or more of the fields listed below, as shown in the following tables:

If you have a university degree of 4+ years:

Total professional experience Professional experience in relevant fields listed below Grade

Minimum 15 years Minimum 5 years AD11

If you have a university degree of 3 years

:

Total professional experience Professional experience in relevant fields listed below Grade

Minimum 16 years Minimum 5 years AD11

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Relevant fields include :

Chairmanship, coordination and/or membership of multinational or national scientific or technical committees on issues relating to the regulatory management of biocides, other chemical substances, or analogous regulatory systems;

Hazard and/or risk assessment relating to the manufacture and/or use of biocides, other chemical substances and/or the regulation of their use;

Development and application of methods relating to hazard and/or risk assessment of biocides or other chemicals in the fields of health or environment.

3.

SELECTION

If you meet the formal requirements set out in section 2, you will be assessed on the basis of the selection criteria listed below. The candidates who are judged to be the most suitable on the basis of the selection criteria will be invited to an interview.

Your academic and professional qualifications and their relevance to the main areas of work listed in section 1;

Your professional experience: the range of fields covered; the type and level of work done and its relevance to the areas of work listed in section 1 and 2.3; The following will be considered as assets:

Post-graduate qualifications in a field relevant for hazard/risk assessment or risk management of chemicals;

Involvement in biocides related activities, in particular concerning hazard/risk assessment;

Relations and cooperation with international organisations and third countries on the regulatory risk management of chemical substances or analogous regulatory systems;

Experience in establishing or managing stakeholder participation.

4.

PRELIMINARY

INTERVIEW/

TESTING

Selected candidates may be invited for a preliminary interview and aptitude and competence testing by personnel selection consultants serving in an advisory capacity to the selection board. Candidates who in the course of such interview/testing demonstrate the requisite aptitudes/competences may be invited for an interview with the selection board.

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5.

FINAL

INTERVIEW

If selected for interview, you will be assessed in the interview on the basis of the following

criteria:

Understanding of biocides legislation and ECHA in general, and the tasks of BPC in particular;

In-depth knowledge of issues related to hazard/risk assessment in relation to biocides legislation and relevant guidance documents;

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  Knowledge in the fields of expertise listed in section 1;

Aptitude to steer a scientific/technical committee towards a coherent scientific opinion requiring negotiation and consensus building skills;

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  Ability to coordinate a multidisciplinary scientific team;

Knowledge of the institutional framework and functioning of ECHA in relation to the EU;

Excellent command of written and spoken English and aptitude for working in a multicultural and multilingual environment.

Your ability to communicate in written English and the knowledge and competencies related to the job will be assessed by practical tests.

6.

PLACEMENT

ON

THE

RESERVE

LIST

The candidates who are judged to be the most suitable on the basis of the criteria listed in sections 3, 4 and 5 above will be placed on the reserve list. The indicative number of candidates to be place on the reserve list is three (3). Successful candidates may be offered

a post in ECHA according to their qualifications, experience and expertise in relation to the specific requirements of the post.

7.

CLOSING

DATE

FOR

SUBMISSION

OF

APPLICATIONS

The closing date for submission of applications is Monday, 20 February 2012 at noon 12.00 Helsinki time; (11.00 Central European Time).

8.

INFORMATION

This vacancy notice and the guide for applicants contain all the information required. Nevertheless, should you nevertheless have questions on their content; you may send an e- mail to jobs@echa.europa.eu.

Applications:

For the Guide for applicants and the Application form go to the Open Positions section of the ECHA's website at the following URL: http://echa.europa.eu/opportunities/positions_en.asp

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9.

PROTECTION

OF

PERSONAL

DATA

The information submitted during the selection process will be used solely for that purpose. The legal basis for the processing is found in the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants (CEOS), and in particular in Articles 12-15 and

82-84 of CEOS.

The European Chemicals Agency will ensure on its part that applicants' personal data is

processed as required by Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 6 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data . Only ECHA staff directly involved in the selection procedure in question shall have access to this data. In some cases an external contractor, equally bound by the same data protection principles, might assist the Agency in the pre- selection of candidates.

When an applicant is selected for inclusion on the reserve list, his/her personal data will be stored for the duration of the validity of the reserve list, while for non-recruited candidates the information will be stored for a maximum period of two years. Documents related to recruited candidates are kept in the agent's personal file, which are kept until 10 years after the jobholder has terminated employment at the Agency, provided there are no pending claims or any other open issues.

Any party submitting personal data to ECHA is entitled to access and rectify that data (after the closing date of the application deadline, rectification is limited to identification data however). To exercise these rights, contact the data controller at jobs@echa.europa.eu. Furthermore, you also have the right to recourse at any time to the European Data Protection Supervisor. 6

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