The European Parliament (EP) in Brussels is looking for experienced, multi-talented and highly-motivated staff to work for one or more of the following sectors relating to parliamentary assistance: A. ASSISTANCE IN PARLIAMENTARY WORK B. COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES C. CORRESPONDENCE AND MAIL MANAGEMENT D. SUPPORT TASKS RELATING TO THE DAILY WORK OF A COMMITTEE/DELEGATION/UNIT SECRETARIAT These duties will require you to liaise frequently with different services within your Directorate-General and with various departments of the European Parliament and other European institutions, with the parliamentary assistants, political groups' officers and with outside stakeholders. Find out more about the selection procedure, which runs until January 13, 2015. For all detailed information and the application form, go to assistants.eu-careers.eu. (available in English, French and German)

2. 30
Looking
for
Assistants
in the field of
Parliamentary
work

3. To work for…
European Parliament
Based in Brussels

4. Duties
• Assistance in Parliamentary work
• Communication activitities
• Correspondence and mail management
• Support tasks relating to the daily work
of a comittee/delegation/unit secretariat
Read the Notice of Competition for a detailed overview

5. Work related travel
may be required
Strasbourg
Luxembourg
+ elsewhere

6. Basic eligibility criteria
Post-secondary education
+ 3 years professional experience
or
Secondary education + 6 years professional
experience
EU citizenship
Have a good command of
English, French or German
+ at least 1 other official EU language

7. Qualifications and
professional experience
Post secondary
education
+ 3 years
professional
experience
of which at least
2 year relevant
to the duties
Secondary
education
+ 6 years
professional
experience
of which at least
5 year relevant
to the duties

8. Selection by open competition
based on qualifications
Apply o nline
assistants.eu-careers.eu
CV Selection
(Talent Screener)
Admission Tests
Assessment Centre
Reserve list
OR

9. CV Selection
• Diploma
• Professional
experience
• Responses on
specific
competencies
(Talent Screener)
Your
Online
Application
Selection based
on
qualifications
• Processing of your
application
• Selection board
screens eligible
candidates on
basis of your
responses in the
'Talent Screener'
• Points are
awarded
• List of candidates
in order of overall
score is drawn up
• Top candidates
are invited
• 3 x number of
successful
candidates at
most
Invitation to
Assesment
Centre

10. CV Selection
- Assistants Parliamentary Work
Questio ns in the talent screener are related (e.g.) to:
professional experience in
• Production, review or quality control of documents or texts
• Planning and organising meetings or events in an
international or multilingual context
• Professional experience in organising business trips
• Assisting management in the fulfilment of responsiblities
• Compiling information, summarizing information flows
• Drafting explanatory texts, short summaries
• Giving trainings, technical advice or relaying information
• Organising and administering archives
• Drafting notes and letters
Read the Notice of Competition for a full overview !
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11. CV Selection 'OR' Admission tests?
In case of a very large number* of applicants for a profile,
instead of CV selection, Admission tests (reasoning
tests) will be organised upfront for all applicants meeting
the basic eligibility criteria.
The Talent Screener answers of the best performing
candidates in the admission tests will then be assessed,
as described in previous slide.
At most 3x the number of succesful candidates sought is
invited to the Assessment Centre (at most 90 (3x 30))
* The number is defined per profile shortly after the deadline for applications
by EPSO's director as the appointing authority

12. Assessment centre phase
- Admission tests/ Reasoning tests
Test type
Verbal
reasoning
Numerical
reasoning
Abstract
reasoning
Test in your 1st language)
Test in your
1st language
Taken on PC
in a test centre
across Europe

13. Assessment Centre phase
General & specific competencies
Test type
Case study
Group exercise
Structured
interview
Structured
interview
Test in your 2nd language (EN/FR/DE)
General
competencies
Specific
competencies

14. Assessment Centre
- Testing 7 competencies
Analysis & problem
solving
Communication
Delivering quality &
results
Learning &
Development
Prioritising &
organising
Resilience Working with others

15. How to prepare?
Sample tests
Mock exercises
Video*
Abstract, verbal,
numerical
reasoning
Assessment centre
general & specific
http://europa.eu/epso/apply/sample_test/

16. Recruitment
Reserve list
Vacancy
Interview
Welcome!

17. How to apply?
Read
Notice of
competition
+
General rules
to open
competitions
Log
into
your
EPSO
account
Start
your
application
Don't wait
till the last
moment

18. Good to know!
Create
your
EPSO
account
before
you
apply
Sign up
for
updates
on
eu-careers.info
Check
your
EPSO
account
regularly

19. When to apply?
EPSO/AST/134/14
ASSISTANTS (AST 3)
IN THE FIELD OF
PARLIAMENTARY WORK
Deadline:
13 January 2015
at 12.00 (midday), Brussels time.

20. www.eu-careers.eu
Note – this presentation is not a legally binding document
You can find all legally binding information in the Notice of Competition
and in the General rules governing Open Competitions on EPSO's website.