Study Group on Staff Accommodation

Ministerial Task Force to Review Indian Housing

Housing Advocacy Branch [ Housing Advocacy Task Force ]

Staff Activities and Housing Unit

Working Party IV Staff / Sickness Insurance Study Group

Working Party IV Staff / Job Descriptions Study Group

It should be noted, moreover, that the criteria required of candidates who were staff from the national diplomatic services of the Member States, in paragraph 2 of the second group of eligibility criteria, namely that they should have a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma, matches the criterion required in Article 5(3)(b)(i) of the Staff Regulations for appointment at grades 5 and 6 in the administrators’ function group (AD), a criterion which is very different from that required by Article 5(3)(c) of the Staff Regulations for appointment at grades 7 to 16 in ...[+++]the same function group.

In the present case, as the job description contained in the vacancy notice corresponded to administrative and advisory functions, functions which, according to Article 5(2) of the Staff Regulations, are performed by staff in function group AD from grade AD 5 upwards, it was right that the vacancy notice provided that officials applying for the post in question should be in one of the grades AD 5 to AD 14 and that the successful candidate would be appointed in his existing ...[+++] grade.

First, members of staff of the General Secretariat of the Council, the Commission or the EEAS, who could apply for the post advertised in the vacancy notice if they met the grading criterion, were officials in function group AD, who, as such, are intended to follow a career path within the EU institutions, performing, inter alia, conceptual and analytical functions in grades AD 5 to AD 14.

In particular, the development programme states that a main element for the selection of staff for the Administrator (AD) function group will be the use of assessment centres, where candidates will sit several tests, including a case study, a structured interview, an oral presentation and a group exercise.