Trade Expert (Trade in Services), CEFTA Secretariat

Applicant Information

Surname *

First Name *

Contact Details

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Phone Number

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Academic Qualifications / Certificates

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University	Qualification Awarded	Year	Subjects Studied

Employment History

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Employer	Position Held	Duties Performed	Duration	From	To

Total years of professional experience? *

Language Skills

Common European Framework: A1/A2 Basic, B1/B2 Independent, C1/C2 Proficient.

Language	Understanding	Speaking	Writing

Eligibility Confirmation — Qualifications

Per the Vacancy Notice, a Bachelor's degree in a field relevant to this position (trade, economics, law, international relations, political science, or a closely related discipline) is required. Please confirm below.

Eligibility Confirmation — Working Language

Per the Vacancy Notice, written and spoken English at C1 level (Common European Framework of Reference) is required. Please confirm below.

Part A — Required professional experience

Your responses to the questions in this section substantiate the professional experience required by the Vacancy Notice. All three criteria must be positively addressed and adequately substantiated for the candidate to satisfy the required professional-experience criteria.

Question 1 — Minimum experience

Do you possess a minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in international trade policy, trade in services, EU internal-market regulation, sectoral services regulation, or other closely related fields?

Yes No

If Yes, please substantiate below. Referring to your Employment History, indicate the employer(s), position(s) and duration, and describe the specific experience that meets this requirement. Do not duplicate your CV — focus on the angle that substantiates the requirement. Maximum 300 words across all entries.

Employer	Position Held	Duration of relevant experience (Years & Months)	Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Additional notes (if needed)

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Question 2 — Application of international frameworks

Do you have demonstrated ability to analyse EU or international regulatory frameworks and translate them into practical policy, cooperation or implementation measures?

Yes No

If Yes, please substantiate below. Referring to your Employment History, indicate the employer(s), position(s) and duration, and describe the specific frameworks analysed and the practical measures produced. Maximum 300 words across all entries.

Employer	Position Held	Duration of relevant experience (Years & Months)	Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Additional notes (if needed)

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Question 3 — Relevant professional experience

Do you have demonstrated professional experience in one or more of the following areas:
(1) policy or regulatory analysis;
(2) preparation of legal, policy or technical documents;
(3) stakeholder consultation;
(4) implementation and monitoring of work programmes;
(5) management of technical-assistance activities?

Yes No

At least one area must be positively answered and adequately substantiated. Broader coverage across several areas may be considered positively by the Selection Committee in its overall assessment but is not an additional eligibility requirement. In your substantiation, list which areas apply and describe the specific work for each. Maximum 300 words across all entries.

Employer	Position Held	Duration of relevant experience (Years & Months)	Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Additional notes (if needed)

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Part B — Preferred experience and assets

The following questions capture specialised experience and assets that are considered positively in the evaluation, in line with the Vacancy Notice. Together with your responses in Part A, they inform the Selection Committee's overall assessment.

Question 4 — Sectoral experience in services

Do you have professional experience in one or more of the following services sectors:
- financial services (including insurance and MTPL);
- audiovisual services;
- electronic commerce and information society services (e.g. online-platform regulation, electronic trust services, parcel delivery, unjustified geo-blocking, telecommunications regulation);
- transport services?

Yes No

Considered positively in the evaluation; not an eligibility criterion. In your substantiation, list which sector(s) apply and describe the specific work for each. Maximum 300 words across all entries.

Employer	Position Held	Duration of relevant experience (Years & Months)	Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Additional notes (if needed)

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Question 5 — Additional assets

Do you have prior experience in one or more of the following:
- CEFTA, another Regional Trade Agreement, or a regulatory-integration framework involving alignment with EU rules;
- managing complex deliverables, consultancy contracts, multi-stakeholder technical processes, or donor-funded technical-assistance projects?

Yes No

Considered positively in the evaluation; not an eligibility criterion. In your substantiation, list which of the above apply and describe the specific work for each. Maximum 300 words across all entries.

Employer	Position Held	Duration of relevant experience (Years & Months)	Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Additional notes (if needed)

0 / 300 words

Motivation

Please explain your motivation for the position, including how your professional trajectory and interests connect with the mandate of the CEFTA Secretariat and this specific role. *

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Availability

When would you be available to take up the position, if offered? *

Recruitment Process Information

This application form will be used by the Selection Committee as part of the screening stage of the recruitment process and may also be used in subsequent stages, including interviews.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Canvassing or lobbying in any form whatsoever will automatically disqualify an applicant.

Transparency on Evaluation Process

Applications are assessed using a structured, weighted competency-based scoring matrix aligned with the published eligibility and evaluation criteria for the position.

To ensure consistency and fairness, certain elements of the screening process are supported by structured rule-based processing tools.

Full human oversight is maintained at every stage of the recruitment process. All eligibility determinations, scoring decisions, and final outcomes are reviewed and decided by the Selection Committee (three voting members per position).

No automated decision-making is applied to candidates without human validation.

This recruitment process is designed to comply with applicable European Union legal frameworks, including the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, as applicable to employment-related systems.

Data Protection Notice

Personal data submitted as part of this application will be processed exclusively for the purpose of recruitment to the CEFTA Secretariat position for which you are applying. Access to personal data is restricted to authorised personnel involved in this recruitment process. Selection Committees will have access only to candidates applying for their respective position.

The CEFTA Secretariat acts as Data Controller for the purposes of this recruitment process. Generations RPO acts as Data Processor and processes personal data solely on behalf of and under the instructions of the CEFTA Secretariat.

Personal data collected in the context of this recruitment process, including data relating to unsuccessful candidates, will be retained for as long as necessary in order to comply with retention obligations applicable to the CEFTA Secretariat under agreements with the European Commission. This involves that your data will be retained until 2034, after which it will be securely deleted unless longer retention is required by law.

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