European Ombudsman’s Office: Three Legal Officers – 31 October 2014

The Office of the European Ombudsman is seeking applicants for three vacancies for the role of Legal Officer.

The nature of the tasks include:

• Analysing complaints submitted to the European Ombudsman and handling inquiries conducted by the Ombudsman;
• Proposing and dealing with inquiries conducted on the European Ombudsman's own initiative;
• Drafting and proposing notes and decisions for the European Ombudsman's signature, as well as other official documents relating to her inquiries and correspondence with citizens;
• Drafting information for the public in an accessible and easily understandable way;
• Contributing to the drafting of the European Ombudsman's annual report;
• Assisting the European Ombudsman in the preparation of her external activities, representing the institution at certain public events, translating texts and checking translations;

An application form is available from the Ombudsman’s website. Only applications using this form will be accepted. These applications have to be sent by e-mail to career@ombudsman.europa.eu by 31 October 2014 at the latest.

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