EUCAP Somalia- 1 - 2025 Extraordinary Call for Contribution – European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia)

Deadline for applications:  1 May 2025 at 17:00 (Brussels time)

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Job location/s: As indicated in Annex 1
Applications to be submitted as follows: 
1)    You have the nationality of an EU Member State, you must use Goalkeeper to apply:

a)    You are already registered on Goalkeeper and you have an EU Login:
https://goalkeeper.eeas.europa.eu/registrar/web

b)    You do not have a Goalkeeper account or an EU Login:
https://goalkeeper.eeas.europa.eu/registrar/web/DPA/357/details.do

Some positions are only accessible to Seconded candidates. Please contact your National authority if you want to be included in their list of Seconded candidates. You will still need a Goalkeeper profile.  Seconded candidates from contributing Third States (non-EU): please use the application form provided by Annex 3 below.

2)    For more information relating to selection and recruitment, please contact the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC): Mr. Tapio RASANEN via : [email protected]

Annexes

Annex 1. Requirements-Job Descriptions 1 - EO CfC 2025 EUCAP Somalia.pdfAnnex 2 - Recommended individual health-related supplies EUCAP Somalia-1.pdfAnnex 4 CPCC Privacy Statement Selection and Recruitment CMPD Missions.pdf

Applications to be submitted as follows:
Deadline for applications: 1 May 2025 at 17:00 (Brussels time)

II.A Essential requirements

The following are essential requirements in respect of civilian international experts to the

Missions for all Job Descriptions:

Physical and mental health – Candidates must be physically fit and in good health without any physical or mental problems or substance dependency which may impair operational performance in the Mission and in its Area of Operation. Selected candidates should undergo an extensive medical examination as requested by the seconding authority or the Mission in accordance with “Fit to work clearance” procedure prior to recruitment/deployment to prove that they comply with the requirement.

To ensure duty of care in the CSDP Mission, selected seconded/contracted candidates shall be able to serve the full period of secondment/contract before reaching the normal age of retirement in Contributing States/country of residence.

Education and training – Candidates should have a recognised qualification under the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), or equivalent, at a level specified in the individual job descriptions. Candidates are advised to verify their compliance through the link: https://ec.europa.eu/ploteus/content/descriptors-page.

Knowledge – Candidates should have knowledge of the EU Institutions and Mission Mandate, particularly related to the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), including the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).

Skills and abilities

Language skills – Candidates must have the understanding, speaking, and writing proficiency in the working languages of the Mission. Certain positions may require higher language skills further specified in the individual job descriptions. The Mission may seek to facilitate language training and where appropriate, specialist language training, for newly recruited Mission staff members. Candidates are advised to verify their proficiency through the following link: https://europa.eu/europass/en/common-european-framework-reference.

Communication and interpersonal skills – Candidates must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.

Organisational skills – Candidates must have excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines, and a concern for order and accuracy.

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Digital skills – Candidates must have basic digital skills in the competency areas: information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, digital content creation, safety and problem solving. Candidates are advised to verify their proficiency through the following link: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/test-your-digital-skills-and-thrive-digital-world.

Driving skills – Candidates must be in possession of a valid – including Mission area – civilian driving licence for motor vehicles (Category B or equivalent). They also must be able to drive any 4-wheel-drive vehicle.

Serious deficiencies in any of these general conditions may result in repatriation/termination of the secondment/contract.

II.B        Desirable requirements

Knowledge of the Mission area – Candidates should have a good knowledge of the history, culture, social and political situation of the region and also knowledge of the police, judiciary and governmental structures, as applicable.

Knowledge and experience of Security Sector Reform – Candidates must be acquainted with Security Sector Reform concepts and practices, especially in the Mission area, as applicable.

Training and experience – Candidates should have attended a Civilian Crisis Management Course or equivalent.

Language – Knowledge of local language(s), depending on the job tasks and responsibilities.

Driving licence – Category C driving licence.

III. ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SELECTED CANDIDATES

Passport – Selected candidates must have a biometric passport from their respective national authorities valid for at least six months. If possible, a Service Passport or Diplomatic Passport should be issued.

Visas – Contributing States and selected candidates must ensure that visas are obtained for entry into the Mission area prior to departure from their home country. It is also essential to obtain any transit visas, which may be required for passage through countries on route to the Mission.

Education diploma(s)/certificate(s) and/or international contracted candidates must have diploma or the professional certificate/diploma, signing the contract or taking up their duties.

professional certificate(s) – Selected and present to the Mission the university depending on the job description, before

Required Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) or Certificate of Good Conduct – Selected candidates will have to be in possession of the necessary level of a Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) as specified in the respective job descriptions. In case of lack of such requirement in the job description, selected candidates are required to present a valid official document from their respective country’s competent national Authority confirming the lack of convictions for crimes or offences under common law, not older than 3 months (the so-called Certificate of good conduct).

In case of the PSC requirement: seconded experts must provide the original certificate of the national security clearance or a proof of the initiation of the process upon deployment. For contracted experts, the process will be initiated by the Mission upon deployment. Please note

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that the role of the Mission is limited to initiation of the process and the Mission declines all responsibility regarding its final outcome.

In any case, the final PSC certificate must be presented within 12 months from the deployment. Failing to meet this requirement will result in the termination of the secondment/contract and no extension can be granted. Please note that Heads of Mission, Deputy Heads of Mission and Senior Mission Security Officers must always provide a valid PSC upon their deployment – a proof of initiation of the PSC is not accepted.

In case of the Certificate of good conduct, seconded experts must deliver such a certificate to their respective Seconding Authority. Contracted experts must deliver such a certificate to the Mission’s Human Resources before their deployment. In case of possession of multiple nationalities, or if a candidate has or had his/her residence in a country, which is not his/her country of origin, a certificate must be issued by every country where the selected candidate has had his/her residence for a period longer than 1 year during the last 5 years preceding the deployment (except if he/she resided there prior to reaching the age of 18 years).

For Contributing Third States selected candidates, an equivalence to access to the required level of EUCI will be delivered on the basis of Security of Information Agreement or Administrative Arrangements with EU or, in their absence, on the basis of the Framework Participation Agreements.

Certificate/booklet of vaccination – Selected candidates must be in possession of a valid certificate/booklet of vaccination showing all vaccinations and immunisations received. They also must be vaccinated according to the required immunisations for the Area of Operation of the Mission.

Medical certificate – Selected candidates should undergo an extensive medical examination and be certified medically fit for Mission duty. A dental examination is also required to certify that no eminent dental issues are foreseen.

For selected contracted candidates, in compliance with “Fit to work clearance procedure”, a copy of the result of the medical examinations as well as the fitness to work certificate, for seconded selected candidate, the fitness to work certificate must be sent to the Medical Adviser of the Mission before joining the Mission. Medical data will be handled with confidentiality and in line with EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Standard Operating Procedure on the protection of personal data (CivOpsCdr Instruction 12-2018 as amended.)

The Heads of Mission reserve the right to reject the recruitment of any selected candidate that proves to be medically unfit to work in a civilian CSDP Mission.

Personal protection equipment – It is recommended that national authorities provide seconded selected candidates with protection equipment.

Deficiencies in any of the documents requested for a specific position may result in failure of the selection process.

1. You have the nationality of  an EU Member State:  You  must  use

Goalkeeper to apply:

a)  You are already registered on Goalkeeper AND you have an EU Login:

https://goalkeeper.eeas.europa.eu/registrar/web

b)  You do not have a Goalkeeper account or an EU Login:

https://goalkeeper.eeas.europa.eu/registrar/web/DPA/357/details.do