Permanent Staff
EU Officials
If you wish to apply for a post of an EU Official, you need to pass a competition organised by the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO).
Vacancies for permanent posts are filled via internal transfers or promotions, transfers or secondments of officials from other EU institutions, or recruited from reserve lists set up following EPSO competitions.
If a vacant position is not filled internally, a vacancy notice is opened up to all European institutions and officials from other European Institutions may apply.
Since EDPS staff are covered by the Staff Regulation and benefit from the same mobility policy as staff in the larger EU institutions, staff can transfer their grade, step, seniority and all other career benefits seamlessly - you lose none of your rights if you come work for us.
Learn more about the EU permanent staff.
Temporary Staff
Contract Agents
The EDPS sometimes offers vacancies for Contract Agents (staff on fixed term contracts) specialising in data protection as well as other fields.
Contract agents are recruited following a selection procedure for a vacancy organised by EDPS and a selection procedure organised by EPSO known as CAST.
Learn more about the EU contract staff.
Temporary Agents
One of the categories of non-permanent staff are Temporary Agents who are recruited to perform a wide variety of highly specialised tasks. They can be hired for a limited amount of time.
Learn more about the Temporary Agents.
National Experts
National experts (SNEs) are sometimes seconded to the EDPS for a fixed-term from national public sector bodies in the EU Member States.
SNEs lend their professional skills and experience in the data protection to the EDPS, and, in turn, national experts gain valuable experience at EU level.
When there is an opening for an SNE, the EDPS contacts the EU Member States’ data protection authorities (DPAs) with a call for applications.
Candidates may NOT apply directly for this programme, but should do so through their employer, who continues to pay the national expert's salary during the entire secondment.
Learn more about Seconded National Experts.
Interim Staff
Sometimes, albeit rarely, we employ staff on a very short term, temporary basis (up to 6 months) as the need arises through recruitment agencies.