Senior Specialist Position – EU Organised Crime in Europol | CDE Almería - Centro de Documentación Europea

The post of Senior Specialist – EU Organised Crime is located in the Top Organised Crime Groups (OCG) Team, EU Organised Crime Unit, European Serious & Organised Crime Centre (ESOCC), Operations Directorate.

The Operations Directorate deals with the core business of Europol, improving the effectiveness and cooperation of the competent authorities in the Member States (MS) in preventing and combating serious and organised crime, as well as terrorism affecting the MS.. This requires close cooperation with the Liaison Bureaux at Europol and via them with the Operational Teams in the MS.

The Operations Directorate hosts five distinct Departments: Operational and Analysis Centre, European Serious Organised Crime Centre, European Cyber Crime Centre, European Counter Terrorism Centre and the European Financial and Economic Crime Centre. The European Serious Organised Crime Centre (ESOCC) is responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of Europol’s tasks and objectives in supporting Member States’ investigations of serious and organised crime. As part of ESOCC, the EU Organised Crime Unit is responsible for the operational and analytical support to investigations related to the activities of High Risk Organised Crime Groups (OCGs), organised property crime and environmental crime. ESOCC also includes the European Migrant Smuggling Centre, which covers facilitation of illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings.

The main tasks of ESOCC are to:
•Provide operational support to prioritised cases and investigations against High Value Target (HVT);
•Coordinate the implementation of the HVT/Operational Task Force (OTF) concept in Europol;
•Support the implementation of EMPACT (European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threat) priorities;
•Support the development of the strategic intelligence picture on serious and organised crime

Functions and Duties

The incumbent carries out the following main functions and duties:

• Promote information flow and enhance Europol’s ability to exploit criminal intelligence with the aim of supporting serious and organised crime investigations of the MS;

• Ensure the delivery of operational and analytical support by the EU Organised Crime Unit to priority operational activities and investigations from MS and Third Parties (TP), aimed at fighting high risk organised crime groups;

• Promote the establishment of OTFs to investigate the criminal activities of HVTs and high-risk OCGs, in the field of organised crime; act as Europol coordinator and support the coordination of Europol’s engagement towards the participating MS and TP;

• Lead or take a key role in project oriented activities, including the activities of EMPACT, with a specific emphasis on organised crime groups;

• Identify, initiate and assist in producing analytical outputs (operational and strategic) and other relevant intelligence products;

• Establish close contacts with the MS and TPs’ Liaison Officers to encourage and support operational activities in the field of responsibility of the Analysis Project(s);

• Support the Head of Unit in policy and other strategic matters carried out by Europol or EU institutions and Agencies in the field of serious and organised crime;

• Represent Europol at specialised events, organize and facilitate working groups, meetings or conferences to increase awareness and provide expert knowledge and advice in the area of responsibility;

• Any other duties in the area of competence as assigned by line management.

Requirements

Eligibility criteria

a. Candidates must

•Be a member of a competent authority within the meaning of the Article 2(a) of the Europol Regulation and enjoy full rights as a citizen of a Member State;

•Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws on military service;

•Produce appropriate character references as to his or her suitability for the performance of the duties;

•Be physically fit to perform the duties pertaining to the post as further specified in Article 13 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (CEOS);

•Produce evidence of a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the Union to the extent necessary for the performance of the duties.

b. Candidates must have

A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more;

A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and appropriate professional experience of at least one year when the normal period of university education is at least three years;

Professional training of an equivalent level in a relevant area (e.g. Police Officer’s School) and after having completed the training, at least the number of years of relevant professional experience as indicated below:

Duration of professional training Professional experience

More than 6 months and up to 1 year 4 years

More than 1 year and up to 2 years 3 years

More than 2 years and up to 3 years 2 years

More than 3 years 1 year

In addition to the above at least 6 years of total professional work experience gained after the award of the diploma.

Selection criteria

a.Professional experience

Essential:

•Preferably at least 5 years of experience in coordinating or conducting serious and organised crime investigations, especially in relation to high risk criminal networks or OCGs engaged in serious crimes and using corruption, money laundering and extreme violence;

•Experience of cooperation on operational or strategic matters, gained in an international cooperation environment;

•Experience in drafting policy recommendations, strategic and investigation reports, related to serious and organised crime.

Selection criteria
a.Professional experience
Desirable:
•Experience in participating in or coordinating multi-disciplinary investigation teams or OTFs, investigating serious and organised crime at domestic or European level;
•Experience in managing investigations on internet enabled serious and organised crime or organised crime enablers (e.g. corruption).

b.Professional knowledge
Essential:
•Knowledge of the law enforcement environment and practices at international level in the area of serious and organised crime;
•Knowledge in international operational and strategic co-operation, in relation to serious and organised crime;
•Knowledge of conducting investigations and coordinating operations with regard to serious and organised crime, particular in relation to OCGs engaged in extensive money laundering, employing extreme violence and using corruption;
•Knowledge of the EU and Europol legal framework, in relation to serious and organised crime.

c.General competencies
Essential:
Communicating
•Excellent communication skills in English, both orally and in writing;
•Excellent presentation skills;
•Ability to draft clear and concise documents on complex matters for various audiences.
Analysing & problem solving:
•Structured approach to work aimed at getting results;
•Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills;
•Competent user of Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and the internet.

Benefits

The gross basic monthly salary is EUR6,863.97 (step 1) orEUR 7,152.41 (step 2).

The step in grade is determined on the basis of professional experience gained after the education required for the post and in line with applicable implementing rules.

Domain(s)

European Public Administration

Deadline

30/03/2023 – 23:59 (Brussels time)

Location(s):

The Hague (The Netherlands)

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