INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS for SECONDED PERSONNEL

(financed under the EC ENPI programme)

General points:
• All international seconded personnel of the EU Border Assistance Mission to Republic of
Moldova and Ukraine (“the Mission”) should be EU citizens.
• Posts should be filled by active civil servants: border police/guard officials from relevant
national or European-level public administrations.
• All international personnel of the Mission will receive a Monthly Living Allowance
(MLA) from the Mission’s budget, to cover the costs for accommodation, meals, etc. This
allowance will be € 3,300 per month. In addition, the budget will also cover medical
insurance for Mission personnel, as well as travel expenditure (economy class) including
one return trip home every twelve months, unless home leave travel is provided by their
national administration.
• Mission personnel may, depending on operational requirements and work schedules, be
expected to also work in night shifts and during weekends. As a rule, they will be expected
to work 40 hours per week, however with the equivalent of two days off per week, and 2.5
working days of leave for every month in the Mission. There may be cases when personnel
is required to work extra hours or on official holidays, then personnel will be provided with
compensatory time off (CTO).
• “Field” personnel of the Mission (tactical level) should be seconded by their national
administration, which will continue paying their national salaries throughout this
assignment.
• The initial secondment will be offered for a period until 30 November 2020 and can be
further extended subject to individual performance, operational needs and funding
availability, but for no longer than three years, should the Mission mandate be further
extended. In case of outstanding performance, specific knowledge and experience of a
seconded expert, the Mission can approach the EU MS requesting for prolongation of
secondment beyond the three years’ term.
• Seconded personnel should ensure the validity of their national passports and apply
directly to the Ukrainian consulates for the necessary working visas prior to commencing
duties for the Mission, if applicable. Such working visas are a requirement for obtaining the
status according to Art. 37 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (for
holders of ordinary or service passports) or according to Art. 31 of the 1961 Vienna
Convention on Diplomatic Relations (for holders of diplomatic passports). Upon arrival,
they will be temporarily included in the diplomatic lists of the Delegation of the European
Union to Ukraine or in the diplomatic list of the Delegation of the European Union to the
Republic of Moldova as personnel of the EU Border Assistance Mission, and receive a
“service (accreditation) card” certifying this status for the duration of this assignment. A list
of the Mission personnel will be circulated to the Moldovan and Ukrainian authorities.
• Personnel will be expected to make their own accommodation arrangements while in
Republic of Moldova or Ukraine. The project support personnel will, however, to the extent
possible, provide initial support/advice to the Mission personnel.
• Job descriptions provided hereunder are indicative and may be further revised with
regard to operational requirements.
• Applications for seconded posts should be sent, together with a detailed Curriculum vitae
in English language (see Annex IV_Curriculum vitae template) and Selection criteria form
in Word format (indicating no more than two preferred job profiles) through the relevant
national administrations of the EU Member States directly to EU Border Assistance
Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM) by e-mail to secondment@eubam.org with
reference “Application for a seconded post in EUBAM”.
• The applicants are required to accurately complete their CVs, starting with their present
position, and list in REVERSE ORDER all employments they have held disclosing all
relevant information as regards their specific skills, job duties, achievements and
changes of positions within the employment terms with their corresponding
services/agencies.
• All seconded experts upon arriving to EUBAM HQ in Odesa, Ukraine will be offered an
induction training programme on various issues related to their entitlements, EUBAM
structure and its activities. Part of this programme will be English written test that all
seconded experts will have to undertake. Fluency in English is an absolute requirement for
all seconded experts, as English is the working language at EUBAM.

Applications for seconded posts should be received: not later than 10 April 2020 (23:59 Odesa
time).

All personnel will have to acknowledge EUBAM’s Standards of Conduct and Standard
Administrative Procedures for seconded experts, which will apply for the entire duration of their
assignments.