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No C 137/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.6.85 NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION COM/B/439 (85/C 137/08) The Commission of the European Communities is advanced data-processing techniques including organizing an open competition, based on tests, to draw numeric and documentary software packages, office up a reserve list for the recruitment of automation systems and data-base management systems running on central and local equipment; SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS duties may also involve systems design and relations (male or female) with users; in the career bracket covering grades 3 and 2 of category — help in providing assistance, support and training B. Recruitment will be to grade B 3. for users relating to software packages and data­ base management systems installed on central and The Commission's policy is to ensure equal opportunities distributed equipment in the user departments; for men and women in all posts. — systems programming, possibly including responsi­ bility for an operating system; This list will be drawn on to fill vacant or newly created posts in this category and career bracket for the duties — responsibility, under the supervision of data-base described at I below with the Commission of the administrators, for data-base input, management and European Communities. maintenance. The Commission is also organizing an open competition II. SALARY COM/B/438, based on tests, to draw up a reserve list for the recruitment of administrative assistants in the The basic starting salary ranges from Bfrs 91 371 (B 3/1) career bracket covering grades 5 and 4 of category B. to Bfrs 99 867 (B 3/3) per month. In addition to basic salary, persons appointed will receive Candidates may apply for only one of these competitions, the allowances to which they are entitled under the Staff the written tests for which are to be held concurrently. Regulations of Officials of the European Communities as Candidates who apply for both competitions will be set out in the provisions preceding this notice of disqualified. competition. Remuneration is subject to Community tax and to the deductions provided for by the Staff Candidates placed on the reserve list will be eligible for Regulations but exempt from national tax. appointment, as required, to posts which are not filled by staff already serving with the Community institutions. If By way of example, the monthly net earnings of an the needs of the service so require and the nature of the unmarried official with no dependants, in receipt of post permits, candidates on the reserve list may be expatriation allowance, will be approximately Bfrs 88 144 offered a temporary contract. for the first step in grade B 3. Where appropriate, a daily subsistence allowance will be The reserve list will be valid until 31 December 1986, payable for a given period as laid down in Article 10 of unless extended, in which case candidates on the list will Annex VII to the Staff Regulations; this is currently be duly notified. Bfrs 1 637 or Bfrs 1 110 for the first 15 days and Bfrs 742 or Bfrs 580 from the 16th day onwards. Place of employment: Luxembourg, Brussels or any other place of Commission III. ELIGIBILITY activity. The competition is open to candidates of either sex who prove that they satisfy the following requirements: I. NATURE OF DUTIES A. GENERAL CONDITIONS To perform one or more of the following activities, on the basis of general instructions or technical As laid down in Article 28 (a), (b) and (c) of the specifications, possibly involving management duties and Staff Regulations of Officials of the European relations with users, in a highly diversified working Communities ('). environment of large-scale distributed data processing: — participation in project teams on applications (') The general conditions referred to at A are specified in the development in a variety of fields (see Annex), using notice preceding this notice of competition. 5.6.85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 137/19 B. SPECIAL CONDITIONS training in data processing will be taken into consideration when calculating the number of 1. Age limit years' experience. Candidates must have been born after 5 June 1939 and before 6 June 1955. (c) have at least two years' experience either in The upper age limit does not apply to candidates using basic software packages and/or data­ who, on any date between publication of this base management systems (eg. ADABAS, Official Journal and 17 July 1985 will have been IDMS, MISTRAL and BASIS) or in using serving continuously as an official or other servant programming languages such as COBOL, of the European Communities for at least one PASCAL, APL, FORTRAN and fourth year. generation languages (eg. NATURAL), or in designing office automation systems, or in The age limit will be raised: systems programming; the type of experience should be specified in the application. (a) for candidates who at any time have been out of paid employment for at least one year in order to look after a young child living with 3. Knowledge of languages them; in this case the age limit is raised by one year for each child, up to a maximum of three Candidates must have a thorough knowledge of years; one of the official Community languages (Danish, (b) for candidates who have performed com­ Dutch, English, French, German, Greek and pulsory military service or any other form of Italian) and a satisfactory knowledge of a second service required by their country of origin; in of these languages. this case the age limit is raised by the length of service performed; additional periods of voluntary service will not be taken into IV. ADMISSION TO WRITTEN TESTS — NATURE OF consideration; TESTS — TIME ALLOWED — MARKING (c) for candidates who have a physical handicap officially recognized by the appropriate 1. Admission to written tests national authority; in this case the age limit is raised by three years. The appointing authority will draw up a list of candi­ dates satisfying the conditions at III.A and send it The age limit may not be raised by more than five with the candidates' files to the chairman of the years altogether. Requests for the age limit to be selection board. raised will not be considered unless accompanied by supporting documents, viz.: After considering the files, the selection board will in the case of (a): draw up a list of candidates who meet the conditions the birth certificate of each child; at III.B and are therefore to be admitted to the tests. in the case of (b): a certificate issued by the appropriate military or Each candidate will be informed whether or not other authorities, stating the dates when the he/she has been admitted to the tests. candidate began and completed compulsory service; 2. Nature of tests (the time allowed will be determined by in the case of (c): the selection board) a certificate issued by the appropriate national authority attesting that its holder is handicapped. (a) An eliminating test comprising a series of multiple-choice questions to assess the candidate's 2. Certificates, diplomas and experience general and specialized knowledge and reasoning ability; By the closing date for the submission of applications candidates must: (b) a test comprising a series of questions (the (a) have completed a course of advanced candidate will have a choice) on subjects relating secondary education and obtained a final cer­ to the activities described at I. tificate or diploma (the selection board will allow for differences in education systems in the Member States); 3. Marking (b) have at least twelve years' full-time experience directly relevant to the activities described at I; Tests will be marked as follows: further education in data processing and/or 2 (a): out of 20 (pass mark: 10); No C 137/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.6.85 2 (b): out of 40 (pass mark: 20). It must be postmarked not later than 17 July 1985. NB: Candidates will take both tests. Applications may also be handed in, not later than Test 2 (a) will be corrected first. Test 2 (b) will be 6.00 p.m. on 17 July 1985, to the: corrected only in the case of candidates who obtain at — Recruitment Division least 10 marks in test 2 (a). Commission of the European Communities, Brussels; or the V. ADMISSION TO ORAL TEST— NATURE OF TEST— MARKING — Personnel Division Commission of the European Communities, 1. Admission to oral test Luxembourg; or the Candidates who obtain at least 36 marks in the — administrative office of the Ispra, Karlsruhe, Geel or written tests and reach the pass mark in each test will Petten Establishments of the Joint Research Centre, be admitted to the oral test. in which case a receipt must be obtained. Each candidate will be informed whether he/she has been admitted. Candidates' attention is drawn to the fact that they must submit all supporting documents showing that they fulfil 2. Nature of test the conditions of eligibility at III.B in the form of photocopies of certificates and diplomas and, where Interview with the selection board for the purpose of possible, certificates from employers. assessing, in the light of the information contained in the candidate's file, his/her general knowledge, Candidates selected will subsequently be asked to knowledge of languages and suitability for the duties produce the originals so that the copies can be auth­ described at I above. enticated. 3. Marking These deadlines do not apply to officials or other servants working in an information office or external The test will be marked out of 40. delegation on condition that Division IX.A.4 (Brussels) is notified by a telex bearing a date and time not later than VI.

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