The seconded official shall remain in employment or be paid by the member State from which he/she is seconded throughout the period of secondment, and shall receive no salary and no social and medical cover from the Council of Europe.

The seconded official will not receive displacement allowance nor reimbursement of travelling expenses by the Organisation as set out in Article 23 of Committee of Ministers’ Resolution Res (2012)2.

Under the authority of the Executive Secretary of GRECO, the seconded official will contribute to the planning and implementation of evaluation and compliance procedures, in accordance with GRECO’s Statute and Rules of Procedure as well as Council of Europe values.

Under the authority of the Executive Secretary of GRECO, the seconded official performs the following key duties:

- participates in the evaluation of countries and conducts on-site discussions with a broad range of governmental and non-governmental interlocutors;
- analyses the replies to GRECO evaluation questionnaires and examines relevant international legal instruments and national legislations;
- provides support to evaluation teams;
- assists the GRECO Secretariat in conducting evaluation visits, draws up draft evaluation reports and assists GRECO during report adoption procedures;
- contributes to GRECO’s compliance procedure, in particular drawing up and updating of compliance reports and assists rapporteurs and GRECO during the adoption procedure of compliance reports, addenda and other follow-up thereto;
- prepares information documents, summaries and studies, in particular for the attention of evaluation teams, GRECO and the Executive Secretary;
- contributes to the visibility of the GRECO process internally and externally and ensures appropriate information to those concerned;
- contributes actively to the performance of other specific tasks of the Secretariat.

Please note that the seconded official may be required to perform other duties not listed in the call for candidates.

Qualifications:
University degree in law.

Experience:
At least 3 years of professional experience in the legal field, including anti-corruption issues.

Language requirements:
Very good knowledge of one of the official languages (English or French) and good knowledge of the other. Knowledge of other European languages would be an advantage.

Nationality:
Nationality of one of the 47 Council of Europe member states or of the non-member States parties to the Enlarged Agreement on the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).

Council of Europe staff members adhere to the values Professionalism, Integrity and Respect.

Essential:
› Professional and technical expertise
- Thorough knowledge of the domestic legal system of the country of origin; ability to work on other European legal systems; good knowledge of criminal and public international law.
› Drafting skills
› Planning and work organisation
› Concern for quality
› Teamwork and co-operation
› Negotiation
› Adaptability
› Creativity and innovation

Desirable:
› Service orientation
› Relationship building

For more information, please refer to the Competency Framework of the Council of Europe.

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