Finance Assistant – European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

Vacancy for a post of Finance Assistant (AST 3) in the European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

The European Asylum Support Office (EASO), strengthens European Union (EU) Member States practical cooperation on asylum, enhances the implementation of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and supports Member States whose asylum and reception systems are under particular pressure.

The Finance Assistant shall provide support for the financial management of EASO.
The jobholder’s main tasks will be the following:
1. Processing all financial transactions, such as commitments, payments, recovery orders by acting as financial initiating and verifying agent;
2. Ensuring legality and regularity of financial transactions, including advice to staff members;
3. Support in financial reporting;
4. Support in establishing/dissemination of good practices in the field of finance and budget;
5. Liaison with internal and external stakeholders on financial matters.

In addition the jobholder may be requested to perform the following tasks:
6. Providing assistance for budget related tasks, such as budget planning, monitoring and reporting;
7. Providing assistance in horizontal tasks related to finance and budget.

The pay for a Temporary Agent, AST 3 (step 1) consists of a basic salary of 3 424,90 € weighted by the correction coefficient (for Malta currently 84.4%) supplemented with various allowances, including family allowances. The salaries of staff members are subject to a Community tax deducted at source. Staff members are exempt from national tax on salary and are members of the Community social security and pension schemes.

The place of employment is Valletta Harbour (Malta).

The closing date for submission of the applications is 15 July 2014 at 13:00h (Brussels time).

Read more and apply here.