The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an Agency of the European Union with specific regulatory
responsibilities and executive tasks in the area of aviation safety. Based in Cologne, Germany, EASA plays a key
role in the European Union’s strategy to establish and maintain a high uniform level of civil aviation safety in
Europe. For more information on EASA please consult our website: http://www.easa.europa.eu
Safety Investigation and Occurrence Reporting Section Manager (AD 9)
(F/M)
VACANCY NOTICE REF.: EASA/AD/2016/010
Date of publication: 01/08/2016
Type of contract: Temporary Agent
Function group and grade: AD 9
Job Family/Job Type: Lead/Section Manager
Number of vacant posts to be filled: 1
and
establishment
of a5reserve
list the possibility of
Duration
of contract:
years, with
1
extension
Organisational unit: Strategy and Safety Management
Directorate, Safety Intelligence and Performance
Department, Safety Investigation and Reporting
Section
Deadline for applications: 05/09/2016 at 23:55 hrs
CET (Cologne time)
Place of employment: Cologne, Germany
Monthly basic salary: 7.357,45 EUR at step 1,
plus specific allowances where applicable.
Reporting to: Head of Safety Intelligence and
Performance Department
Reserve list valid until: 31/12/2018
ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT
The Strategy and Safety Management Directorate includes essential functions to strengthen the Agency’s
strategy, consolidate its existing safety risk management capability, foster international cooperation and
promote a performance based approach to managing safety.
The Safety Intelligence and Performance Department is responsible for the agency’s activities related to:
 Safety Analysis and Safety Performance Measurement;
 Safety investigation and accident follow-up;
 Occurrence reporting;
 Safety foresight and research activities.
 Data4Safety programme
 Flight Recorders and Flight Data expertise
 Safety Data management
 Cybersecurity
The Safety Investigation and Reporting Section performs activities related to safety investigation, subsequent
recommendations and is responsible for the Internal Occurrence Reporting System. Its main devoted tasks are:
 to follow the progress of investigations of accidents and serious incidents in accordance with (EU) Reg.
996/2010;
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to advise the leading investigation authority, participate to the investigation and coordinate the
provision of expertise to the investigation as appropriate;
to coordinated and monitor the progress of actions in response to safety recommendations, in order
for the Agency to act upon safety deficiencies in a coordinated and timely manner;
to implement an efficient process for managing occurrences reported to the Agency under (EU) Reg.
376/2014 and other applicable occurrence reporting requirements;
to monitor and report upon the progress of occurrence follow-up in the operational directorates, and
to perform analysis of occurrence data in support of Continuing Airworthiness of Type Design or other
needs;
to contribute maintaining a high quality information database to support the day by day work of the
Agency experts, as well as to contribute to the activity of identification of aviation safety hazards carried
out within the Department.
JOB CONTENT
The job holder will be responsible for the overall functioning of the Section, including all staff management
responsibilities and the process ownership responsibility for the follow-up of accidents and for occurrence
reporting.
Main tasks:
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Manage the section staff: define individual objectives and assign tasks in a balanced way, acknowledge
individual and collective achievements, promote development of individual competences, provide
feedback and support;
Establish the Section priorities compatible with the Department and Directorate objectives;
Assure timely implementation of section objectives and tasks by efficient management of the human
resources, accounting both for capacities and competences;
Manage the Agency’s response to accidents and serious incidents including the follow-up safety
recommendations;
Organise the participation to and/or follow-up of safety investigations, with the objective to support
the investigation with any required agency expertise, and with the objective to support the Agency’s
decision making processes in case of safety deficiencies;
Ensure the implementation of a structured and efficient process for handling safety recommendations;
Manage the occurrence reporting process with the objective to ensure a timely and consistent handling
of incoming occurrence information, and to support the agency decision making processes on analysis
of safety issues and definition of corrective actions;
Ensure adequate monitoring and reporting of both main streams of activities.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
A. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To be considered eligible, candidates must satisfy all the eligibility criteria by the deadline for submitting
applications, as specified in this vacancy notice:
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At least a level of education in a relevant technical domain which corresponds to completed university
studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is 4 years and, after
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having obtained the university degree, at least 12 years of professional experience corresponding to
the nature of duties of the post2;
OR
At least a level of education in a relevant technical domain which corresponds to completed university
studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is 3 years and, after
having obtained the university degree, at least 13 years of professional experience corresponding to
the nature of duties of the post;
OR
Where justified in the interest of the service, professional training of an equivalent level, in a relevant
technical domain and, after having completed the professional training, at least the professional
experience corresponding to the nature of duties of the post, as indicated in the table below:
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Duration of the professional training in
years
Professional experience in years
Less than 1 year
19 years
At least 1 year but less than 2
18 years
At least 2 years but less than 3
17 years
At least 3 years but less than 4
16 years
Thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Communities and a satisfactory
knowledge of another language of the Communities to the extent necessary for the performance of
the duties;
Be a national of a Member State of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland;
Be entitled to the full rights as a citizen;
Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws on military service;
Meet the character requirements for the duties involved3;
Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post4.
B. SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS
1. Essential
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Education in Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Aviation or other relevant subjects giving a similar
background demonstrating the ability to work in the function;
Proven experience in the domain of investigation of accidents and serious incidents, acquired either
within a Safety Investigation Authority, within an Aviation Authority, or within Industry;
Professional experience of at least 5 years in domains relevant for the the building of technical
competence required for the position, such as: safety investigation, occurrence reporting and safety
analysis, safety management or continuing airworthiness of type design;
Knowledge of the European and International system for accident investigation and for occurrence
reporting;
Proven leadership and management skills with developed social competencies and preferably
experience in leading teams;
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Professional experience will be counted from the date on which the diploma was awarded.
Prior to recruitment, the successful candidate will be asked to provide a police certificate confirming the absence of any criminal record.
4 Prior to recruitment, staff members shall be examined in a medical centre indicated by EASA in order to confirm that the requirements of Article 12 (2)(d)
of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the EU are met.
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Good command of both written and spoken English.
2. Advantageous
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Experience in the participation to major accident investigations, as a safety investigator, possibly as
investigator in charge;
Experience in managing continuing airworthiness issues, for an authority or industry side;
Experience with decision making processes for defining corrective actions in response to safety
deficiencies;
Ability to use the following IT tools/software: ECCAIRS.
In addition to the requirements above, candidates invited to the interview and test phase may also be assessed
against the following :
3. Behavioural competencies
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Resources Management: Ability to plan, allocate and monitor resources, projects and tasks in an
effective way, making use of time, material, budget and staff;
People Management: Ability to guide and empower staff by delegation of the projects and tasks based
on their interests, abilities and development needs, and by promoting team spirit & mitigating conflicts;
Managerial Courage & Timely Decision Making: Ability to take well-judged risks and decisions within
the bounds of delegated authority to reach the best outcome, even under pressure;
Stakeholder Focus & Cross Cultural Sensitivity: Ability to establish and maintain good working
relationship with diverse internal and external stakeholders;
Problem Solving: Ability to anticipate and identify problems by systematic and critical analysis of
existing circumstances in a structured, accurate and objective way.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
All eligible applications, according to the afore-mentioned criteria (part A), will be assessed and scored against the
requirements listed above. Please note that non-compliance with at least one of the essential requirements will
result in the exclusion of the candidate from the selection process. Advantageous requirements constitute
additional assets and will not result in exclusion, if not fulfilled.
Candidates invited to the test phase will need to have received at least 50% of the highest possible score during
the evaluation of applications.
The test phase will include:
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A structured interview5
A written competency test (related to the requirements of the post)6
An Assessment Centre
Candidates receiving at least 65% of the maximum points in the test phase will be included in the reserve list of
suitable candidates. Please note that inclusion in the reserve list does not guarantee recruitment.
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All invited candidates will be requested to complete a work related personality questionnaire.
This test will be assessed in an anonymous way.
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SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION
Candidates must apply on-line using the eRecruitment7 tool ensuring that they submit:
1. The completed electronic EASA application form;
2. A motivation letter of no more than one page, explaining why the candidate is interested in the post and
what her/his added value would be to the Agency, if selected.
Failure to submit a complete set of documents might result in exclusion from the selection process.
Candidates invited to the test phase will receive a list indicating those supporting documents that will have to be
submitted to the Agency evidencing the information given in the application form. The documents should be
available on the day of the interview.
For further details on the Agency’s recruitment procedure, please consult Recruitment Procedure8 and the
eRecruitment User-Guide9 on the Agency’s recruitment website.
SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS OF
EMPLOYMENT
1. Salaries are exempted from national tax. Instead, a Community tax at source is paid;
2. Annual leave entitlement of two days per calendar month plus additional days for grade and in addition an
average of 17 EASA holidays per year;
3. EU Joint Sickness and Insurance Scheme, accident and occupational disease insurance coverage,
unemployment and invalidity allowance and insurance;
4. EU Pension after 10 years of service;
5. General and technical training opportunities.
Depending on the individual family situation and the place of origin, staff members may in addition be entitled
to specific allowances (e.g. expatriation, household, dependent child, installation), as applicable.
For further information on the respective conditions, please consult the Agency’s recruitment website
following the link Working for us 10.
COMMITMENT
Declaration of commitment to serve public interest
independently:
In accordance with Article 11(3) of the Staff
Regulations of Officials, and Article 11(1) of the
Conditions of Employment of other Servants of the
EU (CEOS), before recruiting a staff member “the
appointing authority shall examine whether the
candidate has any personal interest such as to impair
his independence or any other conflict of interest. To
that end, the candidate, using a specific form, shall
inform the appointing authority of any actual or
potential conflict of interest.”
Commitment to promote equal opportunities:
The Agency is an equal opportunities employer and
strongly encourages applications from all candidates
who fulfil the eligibility and selection criteria without any
distinction whatsoever on grounds of nationality, age,
race, political, philosophical or religious conviction,
gender or sexual orientation and regardless of
disabilities, marital status or other family situation.
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https://erecruitment.easa.europa.eu/default.aspx
http://easa.europa.eu/system/files/dfu/Recruitment%20Procedure.pdf
9 http://easa.europa.eu/recruitment/docs/eRecruitment_vacancy_application_guide.pdf
10 http://www.easa.europa.eu/system/files/dfu/Working-for-us.pdf
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DATA PROTECTION
The personal information EASA requests from candidates will be processed in line with Regulation (EC) N° 45/2001
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 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. The purpose of processing personal data which candidates submit is to manage applications in view of
possible pre-selection and recruitment at EASA. More information on personal data protection in relation to
selection and recruitment can be found on the EASA website11.
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