The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is an EU Agency based in Vienna. The objective of the Agency is to provide the relevant institutions and authorities of the Community and its Member States when implementing Community law with assistance and expertise relating to fundamental rights, in order to support them when they take measures or formulate courses of action within their respective spheres of competence to fully respect fundamental rights.
The FRA is issuing a Vacancy Notice in order to recruit a Contract Agent, for the following post:
Editing & Production Support Officer
Overall purpose:
The mission of the Equality and Citizens’ Rights Department is to conduct research and provide evidence based advice on issues of racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, discrimination on all grounds; Roma and migrant integration; the rights of the child; in addition, the Department is responsible for the production of all FRA reports, coordinating the Agency’s Annual Report, as well as an EU-wide network of contractors, FRANET. The Equality and Citizens’ Rights Department works closely with the other research department of the Agency, Freedoms and Justice, as well as with the Agency’s Communication and Outreach Department.
The Equality and Citizens’ Rights Department is composed of five Sectors:
• Equality; dealing mainly with issues of equality concerning racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and gender
• Roma & Migrant Integration; dealing with social inclusion and integration issues concerning minorities, in particular Roma, and migrants, as well as broader social and economic rights issues
• Rights of the Child; dealing with issues concerning children and justice, child protection, and child poverty
• FRANET & Annual Report; responsible for the coordination of the FRA’s research network of contractors covering all Member States and the coordination of the Agency’s Annual Report.
• Editing and Production; responsible for editing and production of FRA’s main research deliverables in English, French and German, including proof-reading, layout and production.
Functions and Duties:
The job holder will work in the Equality and Citizens’ Rights Department under the supervision of the Head of Department and the coordination of the Head of Sector Editing and Production.
She/he will work closely with staff in other departments. She/he will support the process of editing and production of FRA’s publications to meet the highest professional quality standards. This includes editing and proofreading, as well as managing relevant contracts outsourcing such tasks to external contractors.
More specifically, the responsibilities of the successful candidate entail:
• Editing scientific reports for diverse audiences into clear and concise English to ensure accuracy, clarity, cohesion and conformity with the Agency’s professional standards. This involves rewriting, abridging and restructuring scientific text in close cooperation with staff who have drafted the text to improve readability and logical sequence, as well as correcting language errors, such as grammar, spelling and punctuation;
• Contribute to improving readability of FRA reports by structuring text in layout production – such as adding, as appropriate, boxes, shading and other graphical elements;
• Assist in the preparation and follow-up of relevant administrative files, such as technical specifications and editorial guidelines for external contractors, as necessary to outsourcing editing and production tasks, and monitor contract implementation, including all budgetary aspects;
• Any other tasks assigned by the Head of Department.
The successful candidate will be recruited in Function Group IV. The grade (13, 14 or 16) will be determined in accordance with the number of years of experience of the successful candidate (i.e. professional experience of up to 7 years for grade 13; professional experience of more than 7 years for grade 14 and professional experience of more than 20 years for grade 16). The basic salary for grades 13, 14 and 16 are respectively € 3170,61, € 3587,37 and € 4592,43.
The duration of the contract shall be of two years. The contract may be renewed.
The closing date for submission of the applications is 26/02/2015 at 13:00 (Local time).
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