Job Description
Frontex is the European Border and Coast Guard Agency supporting EU Member States and Schengen Associated Countries in managing the EU's external borders. Standing Corps Officers work in demanding operational environments, ensuring effective border management and full respect for fundamental rights.
As an employer, Frontex offers an international setting, extensive training, modern equipment and opportunities to work closely with national authorities. Our core values are professionalism, cooperation, accountability and care. Joining the Agency means contributing directly to the security and stability of the European Union.
You will serve either as Deputy Section Leader (DSL) or as Head of Operational Horizontal Activities. After full time training, you will deploy on rotation to EU external borders or, when required, third countries.
As Deputy Section Leader (DSL) you:
- Act as main Frontex contact for Host Country authorities
- Support and replace the Section Leader
- Assist FCC in implementing the Operational Plan and ensuring fundamental rights compliance
- Coordinate activities and deployed resources with Host Country authorities
- Monitor operational needs and report changes to FCC
- Oversee information gathering and reporting
- Supervise Group Leaders and working time management
- Ensure timely daily updates
- Report conduct or fundamental rights concerns
- Lead briefings, crisis meetings and debriefings
- Maintain chain of command and promote cohesion and readiness
As Head of Operational Horizontal Activities you lead a team in one of three domains:
1) Logistics
- Manage inventory, distribution, fleet, facilities, PPE and weapons
- Provide logistical support and advise FCC
- Oversee asset controls, inventories and hand over processes
- Manage procurement, petty cash and reporting
- Conduct safety and risk assessments and identify training needs
2) Information and Intelligence
- Coordinate information collection with OMD, RET and FCC
- Validate incidents in JORA and link with EUROSUR
- Support information management, including media
- Provide situational assessments and short term analysis
- Coordinate debriefing tasks, develop SOPs and ensure facility security
- Manage interpreters, ICM and information related risks
3) Operational Coordination
- Monitor operational areas and propose plan adjustments
- Verify equipment deployments and support planning
- Coordinate training events and lessons learned
- Prepare resource allocation proposals and operational updates
- Contribute to OPLANs, FERs and evaluations
- Manage SOPs, SIRs and JORA access and support crisis response and cooperation with Host Country authorities
Eligibility:
- Citizenship of an EU Member State or Schengen Associated Country
- University degree of at least four years, or three years plus one year of additional experience
- Minimum 9 years professional experience, including 5 years in leadership roles in border management, policing, customs, defence, return, logistics or related security fields
- Clean criminal record and readiness to carry and use service weapons
- Physical fitness for operational and training duties
- English at B2 level or higher
- Valid category B manual driving licence
Competences:
- Strong decision making in complex and fast changing situations
- Motivation to serve as a Standing Corps Officer
- Ability to act as a role model within a law enforcement culture
- Integrity, responsibility and professional conduct
- Psychological resilience and physical readiness
- Excellent leadership and resource management skills
- Strong communication and ability to simplify complex topics
- Ability to work effectively with multinational teams and partners
- Understanding of EU institutions, relevant legislation and operational cooperation
- Awareness of fundamental rights requirements
- ICT skills relevant to operational settings
Assets:
- Experience in national authority headquarters, EU institutions or international organisations
- Experience as Group Leader within Frontex
- Five year temporary contract (renewable once) with nine month probation
- Competitive AD8 salary, including management allowance, expatriation or foreign residence allowance and family allowances depending on personal situation
- Additional shift and standby allowances where applicable
- Full time Operational Training Programme covering border and coast guard topics, leadership, physical training, use of force, shooting and an Experiential Learning Phase
- Deployment to EU external borders and, when required, third countries
- Rotational assignments including shift work, nights and weekends
- EU social security package including JSIS health insurance, pension scheme and unemployment coverage
- International, operationally dynamic working environment with continuous training and development opportunities