Temporary agent position - DG ENER - Policy Officer - ENER/TA/COM/2023/2339

Description

Selection reference: ENER/TA/COM/2023/2339

Function Group: Administrator

Grade: AD

Job title: Policy Officer

Job N°: 220556

Where: Unit ENER.D.2 - “Nuclear energy, nuclear waste and decommissioning“, Luxembourg

Publication deadline: 25.10.2023 - 12.00 (Brussels time)

We are

DG ENER is working to accelerate Europe’s clean and just energy transition to be the first climate neutral continent by 2050. We set out policies to develop an innovative, resilient and integrated energy system, which delivers a continuous supply of affordable, secure, reliable and clean energy to Europe’s citizens and businesses in line with the European Green Deal.

Within Directorate D ‘Nuclear energy, safety and ITER’, our unit (‘Nuclear energy, nuclear waste and decommissioning’) is responsible for nuclear energy market developments, setting policies for the nuclear backend and legislation on nuclear waste, and the management of the Nuclear Decommissioning Assistance Programmes.

The unit is organised in 3 teams, which deal with the following main tasks: (1) to set policy and monitor the development of the nuclear energy market, and related financing strategies, analyse investment projects submitted to the Commission under the Euratom Treaty (Chapter 4), and publish periodic reports on future investment needs in the lifecycle of nuclear power plants; (2) to monitor the implementation of Euratom legislation on the safe and responsible management of spent fuel and radioactive waste; (3) to manage the EU financial support to Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to decommission eight nuclear reactors (‘Nuclear Decommissioning Assistance Programmes’), which was agreed at the time of their accession to the EU, and to cooperate with the Joint Research Centre on the decommissioning of their own facility.

All 3 teams work closely together, interact with other units in the Directorate on matters ranging from nuclear safety to legal matters of implementation, as well as other Directorates in the DG, in particular colleagues from Directorate E ‘Nuclear Safeguards’ with hands-on knowledge of the nuclear installations EU-wide. In broader terms, we work closely with colleagues from DG COMP, DG GROW and DG BUDG on economic matters, as well as the Commission’s Legal Service for matters related to infringement policy.

The unit interacts with Member States in application of the Euratom Treaty in the area of nuclear energy, setting policy, and evaluating compliance with relevant legislation. We are a unit of 17 members of staff with professional competences and experience in legal, economic, financial, scientific and technical aspects of the nuclear field.

We propose

An interesting and dynamic job in the position of policy officer who is responsible for the policy development and analysis in the area of new nuclear technologies, investments into such projects, market developments in the electricity market in general and nuclear power market specifically, as well as contributions by new nuclear installations using existing technologies. This may include analysing legal, technical and economic aspects.

Together with 2 other AD staff the jobholder is managing the interactions with investors, the nuclear energy industry, Member States, regulators, civil society, as well as international agencies, and other stakeholders with a similar mandate, in particular the International Atomic Energy Agency and the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency. The main responsibilities of the jobholder will include the following:

• Contribute to the strategic vision in the area of nuclear policy including work on new nuclear investment projects (including in Small Modular Reactors);
• Contribute to the development of new legislation in the area of investment notifications of nuclear projects under Article 41 of the EURATOM Treaty;
• Collaborate with industry, standardisation organisations and transmission system operators (TSOs) and regulators concerning the characteristics of designs of Small Modular Reactors;
• Evaluate the potential SMRs designs and their technological and economic viability in the market;
• Coordinate and contribute to the assessment of the compatibility with the Euratom primary and secondary legislation of the investment projects notified to the Commission under Article 41 of the Euratom Treaty;
• Establish and maintain regular contacts and exchanges with other European Institutions, Member States, third countries, public and / or private international organisations and / or with research institutions and the academic community at large in the assigned policy area;

How to apply?

Interested candidates should send their CV and motivation letter in a single PDF document by the publication deadline to the following email address: HR-LUX-TA-VACANCIESec [dot] europa [dot] eu (HR-LUX-TA-VACANCIES[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) indicating the selection reference ENER/TA/COM/2023/2339 in the subject.

No applications will be accepted after the publication deadline.

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