Contract Type Other Contracts
Deadline 8 June 2026
Position details
- Reference
- C/2026/2617
- Vacancy Notice
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- Last Verified
- 18 May 2026
Position overview
This is the official EU Careers listing for Board of Appeal at EIOPA based in Paris (France), Frankfurt (Germany) (Other Contracts). The vacancy reference is C/2026/2617. The role falls under the Economics, Finance And Statistics domain.
Key facts on file for this position: contract type Other Contracts; duty station Paris (France), Frankfurt (Germany); domain Economics, Finance And Statistics. Full responsibilities, eligibility criteria, language requirements, and the selection procedure are set out in the official vacancy notice (PDF available above).
Application timeline
This vacancy was first listed on 8 May 2026, 10 days ago.
The application deadline is 8 June 2026 — 19 days from today. Late applications are not accepted, so submit through the official EU Careers portal well in advance.
Last verified against the EU Careers feed on 18 May 2026.
Where to learn more
For headcount, mission, and other open vacancies at EIOPA see the EIOPA institution page; for the cost of living, correction coefficient, and other postings in Paris (France), Frankfurt (Germany) see our Paris (France), Frankfurt (Germany) location page; for related vacancies in the Economics, Finance And Statistics field browse our Economics, Finance And Statistics domain page.
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Career trajectory
Career progression for this grade staff is governed by Articles 44 to 46 of the Staff Regulations (consolidated text on
EUR-Lex) and Annex IB on the promotion procedure. Step increases are automatic every two years (Art. 44); grade promotion is competitive, based on the appraisal exercise (Art. 45) and the Career Development Review. For roles at EIOPA, progression to the next grade typically takes three to five years on merit, with two-yearly step increases in between. Article 46 governs the classification at recruitment, which sets the starting step within the grade (usually step 1 for external recruits without prior EU service, step 2 or 3 where relevant professional experience is recognised).
Mobility within the institutions is encouraged via the inter-institutional and intra-institutional vacancy publication system: temporary agents who pass the probation period and reservists from EPSO laureate lists can typically apply to internal vacancies after one year of service. Lateral moves between Directorates-General reset the seniority clock for promotion only if the new post carries a different grade.
Language profile
Beyond the formal language requirements stated in the vacancy notice, the day-to-day working languages at this employer are English and French in roughly equal measure, with German appearing in some technical files. Internal meetings and most policy drafting in Brussels run in English; French remains the preferred internal language in Luxembourg-based services and parts of DG TRADE.
Application cadence
EIOPA has not advertised another comparable role with the same grade and Economics, Finance And Statistics signature in the past twenty-four months — this opening has rarely been seen on the EU Careers feed and may be the first such posting in our two-year window. Applicants who pass the eligibility checks should not assume the same profile will reopen on a predictable cadence.
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