Job opportunities at the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR)
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is the single point of contact for all EU citizens who wish to work for the European Institutions.
Contract agents
There are two types of contract agents:
- contract agents on a contract of limited duration (up to a maximum of six years) work at Commission headquarters;
- contract agents on longer-term contracts can work in satellite offices, agencies and eventually in EU delegations.
To work in Commission (Headquarters and Delegations) candidates need to have successfully passed a full CAST competition.
For more information regarding "Who may apply ?" and the generic notice about vacancies, please visit the dedicated section.
Trainees
The European Commission has an official traineeship scheme mainly aimed at young university graduates. For further information, please consult the traineeship web pages.
Seconded national experts (SNE)
SNEs are typically seconded from the civil services of EU Member States. They are usually recruited via their Permanent Representations to the EU.
Please read carefully the eligibility criteria.
Temporary agents
In exceptional circumstances, NEAR may consider engaging temporary agents.
Contract Agent Vacancies - Delegations
ENTITY | DEL.Syria.003:Operations BEIRUT (Lebanon) – The EU Delegation to Syria is currently located in Beirut |
FUNCTION / GRADE | FG IV Living-conditions allowance: 30% |
TITLE | Programme Officer - Resilience and protection |
VACANCY NOTICE / JOB DESCRIPTION | 260156 |
OVERALL PURPOSE | Under the supervision of the Head of Section: The Programme Officer will contribute to the definition and implementation of EU-funded assistance managed by the Operations Section of the EU Delegation to Syria. The main emphasis of the job is on strengthening urban and rural resilience, protection issues (civil documentation, HLP rights, etc.), and urban recovery and analysis that could help mitigate the impact of the crisis on the Syrian people and provide the basis for peaceful and inclusive post-conflict recovery, and on horizontal support to the Head of Section. S/he is the focal point for the relations with the UN family (covering joint programming, multi-donor trust funds, etc.). This may however evolve and flexibility is important. In the areas of her/his responsibility, s/he will also be asked to provide analytical inputs on a regular basis for the EU to better align its assistance to Syria to the evolution of the conflict in line with the EU Strategy for Syria and the EU parameters for engagement. |
CONTACT | Mr. Markus LEPINE, Head of Section in Delegation - Cooperation Please indicate your CAST Application ID in your application and mention the post number in the subject line. |
DEADLINE | 24 May 2022 |

ENTITY | NEAR.R.4.DEL.West Bank and Gaza Strip.006 Finance, contracts and audit EAST JERUSALEM (West Bank and Gaza Strip) |
FUNCTION / GRADE | FG III Living-conditions allowance: 25% |
TITLE | Administration Assistant - IT Specialist |
VACANCY NOTICE / JOB DESCRIPTION | 220770 |
OVERALL PURPOSE | Under the supervision of the Head of Section, assist in ensuring the proper administration and management of the IT Tools needed to the functioning of the Finances, Contracts and Audit Section. In particular, in the framework of the PEGASE mechanism, covering project management aspects, organizational aspects (business process, project governance, change management process, etc.), and technical aspects (management of IT PEGASE contractors and IT PEGASE equipment, perform backups, supervise database development, support end-users). |
CONTACT | Applications (CV & motivation letter) to be sent to: DELEGATION-WEST-BANK-GAZA-RECRUITMENT-CA with copy to: Giorgio PASQUALUCCI Please indicate your CAST Application ID in your application and mention the post number in the subject line. |
DEADLINE | 31 May 2022 |

ENTITY | NEAR.R.5.DEL.Albania.004 Team Finance and Contracts Tirana |
FUNCTION / GRADE | FG III Living-conditions allowance: 20% |
TITLE | Finance and Contracts Assistant - Initiation |
VACANCY NOTICE / JOB DESCRIPTION | 84606 |
OVERALL PURPOSE | Under the responsibility of the Head of Section ensure legality and regularity of all transactions in line with the Regulation, Commission procedures and prevailing instructions. |
CONTACT | Applications (CV & motivation letter) to be sent to: Delegation-Albania-Jobs Please indicate your CAST Application ID in your application and mention the post number in the subject line. |
DEADLINE | 02 June 2022 |
Contract Agent Vacancies - Headquarters
ENTITY | DG.NEAR.A.4 Coordination of financing instruments - performance, results and evaluation |
FUNCTION / GRADE | FG III |
TITLE | Planning and Programming Assistant |
VACANCY NOTICE / JOB DESCRIPTION | 275707 |
OVERALL PURPOSE | Under the supervision of an official, to support the implementation of programming of Global Europe and the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance III. |
CONTACT | Applications (CV & motivation letter) to be sent to: NEAR-A4 with copy to: Ritva Heikkinen Please indicate your CAST Application ID in your application and mention the post number in the subject line. |
DEADLINE | 19 May 2022 |

ENTITY | DG.NEAR.B.4 Turkey |
FUNCTION / GRADE | FG II |
TITLE | Administrative Support Agent |
VACANCY NOTICE / JOB DESCRIPTION | 246678 |
OVERALL PURPOSE | Under the supervision of an official, provide administrative support to the team implementing the Facility for refugees in Turkey (the Facility) and other members of the Turkey unit. |
CONTACT | Applications (CV & motivation letter) to be sent to: NEAR B4 with copy to: Mr Bernard BRUNET Please indicate your CAST Application ID in your application and mention the post number in the subject line. |
DEADLINE | 24 May 2022 |

ENTITY | DG.NEAR.R.3 Audit and Internal Control |
FUNCTION / GRADE | FG IV |
TITLE | External Auditor - Audit Task Manager |
VACANCY NOTICE / JOB DESCRIPTION | 260137 |
OVERALL PURPOSE | To contribute to the implementation and follow up of the external audit programme of the DG. |
CONTACT | Applications (CV & motivation letter) to be sent to: NEAR-R3@ec.europa.eu with copy to: Aurora PALKO Please indicate your CAST Application ID in your application and mention the post number in the subject line. |
DEADLINE | 31 May 2022 |

ENTITY | DG.NEAR.D.3 Albania, North Macedonia |
FUNCTION / GRADE | FG II |
TITLE | Secretary |
VACANCY NOTICE / JOB DESCRIPTION | 375993 |
OVERALL PURPOSE | Perform a variety of general clerical tasks and assume administrative responsibilities in order to keep an office running smoothly. |
CONTACT | Applications (CV & motivation letter) to be sent to: NEAR-D3 with copy to: Mr Alberto Cammarata Please indicate your CAST Application ID in your application and mention the post number in the subject line. |
DEADLINE | 1 June 2022 |
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- Candidates should be aware that they are only eligible for posts which have at least the same function group level as the function group level of the EPSO test they succeeded (e.g. holder of a FGIV CAST are eligible for CA FG IV, III and II) or the function group for which they have registered within the Commission call for expression of interest for contract staff in generalist profiles.
- Candidates who passed an EPSO test which is still valid. Please bear in mind that for EPSO CAST 27, EPSO CAST 2008 and EPSO CAST 2010, only DB3 candidates who also passed the test held in July 2011 are eligible. Candidates who passed CAST Croatia cannot apply for vacant contract agent posts in EU delegation as this CAST competition was not organised in full (DB2 only).
Who may apply?
- Candidates who have passed a full CAST competition or who have created a profile on the EPSO website and linked it with the respective Call for expressions of interest. However, before being recruited in the European Commission the candidates should have passed the CAST competition.
Please note:
- Posts in Headquarters are covered by 3b contracts. This means that a contract agent working in delegations and covered by 3a contracts selected for a post in Headquarters (outside the annual mobility exercise) will have to resign his/her 3a contract and conclude new 3b contract for maximum 6 years. First contract will be concluded for 1 year. Extension of 2 years will follow provided positive probation period report. Any subsequent extensions will be of 1 year up to a maximum of 6 years in total.
- The selection procedure is organised by NEAR Headquarters (unit to which the post is attached).
Who may apply?
- Contract agents who have served in the same job in the same delegation for at least 3 years or more.
- Contract agents whose request for early mobility on personal grounds outside the annual mobility exercise was accepted by Headquarters. Please note that contract agents included in the mobility exercise for duly substantiated personal reasons are automatically authorised to also apply for vacancies published outside the annual mobility exercise for the same reasons.
- Candidates who have passed a full CAST competition or who have created a profile on the EPSO website and linked it with the respective Call for expressions of interest. However, before being recruited in the European Commission the candidates should have passed the CAST competition.
Please note:
- The selection procedure is organised by each delegation concerned;
- After a pre-selection based on the CVs, the delegation will invite pre-selected candidates to participate in a phone interview panel and will request the recruitment of the selected candidate to NEAR Headquarters for validation.