eu – dg translation – translating for the european commission — temporary staff

7/16/2015 EUDGTranslationTranslatingfortheEuropeanCommissiontemporarystaff

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation/workwithus/staff/temporary/index_en.htm 1/2

TranslatingfortheEuropeanCommissiontemporarystaffWearecurrentlylookingfortranslatorsintoEnglishfromtwosourcelanguages,thefirstoneofwhichmustbeoneofthefollowing:Bulgarian,Croatian,Czech,Danish,Dutch,Estonian,Finnish,Greek,Hungarian,Latvian,Lithuanian,Polish,Portuguese,Romanian,Slovak,SlovenianorSwedish.

ThesecondsourcelanguagemustbedifferentfromthefirstsourcelanguageandcanbeanyofthelanguagesmentionedaboveorFrench,German,ItalianorSpanish.

Wanttoapply?Sendyourmotivationlettertogetherwithacompletedapplicationformto:DGTATEN@ec.europa.eu.

Applyby2September

IfyouwouldliketoworkforDGTranslationonatemporarybasis,youshouldrespondtooneofourcallsfortemporarystaff.Toseeifyou'vegotwhatwe'relookingfor,checkourtranslatorprofile.

Minimumrequirements

Youneedtomeetthesamebasiccriteriaaspermanentofficials,butyouwon'tneedtoenteranopenEUcivilservicecompetition.

Durationofcontracts

1to4yearswiththepossibilityofoneextensionofamaximumoftwoyearssubjecttothedecision.Note:inany12yearperiod,youcannotworkfortheEuropeanCommissiononnonpermanentcontractsformorethan7yearsintotal(alltypesofcontractcombined).

Probationaryperiod

9months

Salary,taxes,allowancesandbenefits

Payandconditionsasforofficials.Temporarystaffareusuallyrecruitedtograde5.

EuropeanCommissionTranslation

7/16/2015 EUDGTranslationTranslatingfortheEuropeanCommissiontemporarystaff

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation/workwithus/staff/temporary/index_en.htm 2/2

SelectionprocedureDGTranslationlaunchesacallforexpressionsofinterestcandidateswhobestmatchtherequirementsareaskedtotakealanguagetestandcomeforinterviewprerecruitmentmedicalexamination(inBrusselsorLuxembourg).