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Dataset: Available job opportunities in the EU institutions
Source row ID: 20141
Contract type: Seconded national expert (SNE)
Institution: (EIOPA) European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Domain: Consumer protection, Budget and Finances, Communication, Cybersecurity, Data Intelligence and Technology, Economics, Finance and Statistics, European Policy, Human Resources, Inter-Institutional Relations, Law
Deadline: 01/01/2029 12:00

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Official vacancy notice
SECONDED NATIONAL EXPERT VACANCIES

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is an independent European Union Authority established on 1 January 2011 by Regulation (EU) No. 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010.

EIOPA is at the heart of insurance and occupational pensions in the EU.

Our mission is to contribute to a sound, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision of insurance and occupational pensions sectors in Europe, and to promote transparency, simplicity and fairness in the market for consumer financial products or services across the internal market for the benefit of EU citizens. Through our activities we help protect insurance policyholders, pension scheme members, customers and consumers and other beneficiaries. We furthermore play a key role in supporting the stability of the financial system, transparency of financial markets and products, and we contribute to strengthening coordination among financial supervisors at the international level.

EIOPA is part of the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) which includes the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).

Further information on EIOPA is available on EIOPA’s website:

As an European Union Authority, EIOPA is committed to fostering an inclusive and dynamic working environment, providing equal opportunities to all its employees and applicants. EIOPA is committed to ensuring gender equality and to preventing discrimination on any grounds. EIOPA actively welcomes applications from all qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds, across all abilities, without any distinction on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, marital status or family situation or sexual orientation.

Job Purpose

SECONDED NATIONAL EXPERT

EIOPA would like to engage staff for Seconded National Expert (SNE) positions and is constantly searching for a variety of profiles. The aim of this vacancy notice is to establish a pool of interested candidates for secondment positions linked to current and future workstreams.

Applicants should specify in their application documents for which area they apply. Applicants may apply for several profiles.

Job Profiles

Core Business Areas

1.1 Consumer Protection

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following activities:

Ensuring that issues identified during engagements with national supervisors are documented, prioritised and appropriately followed up;

Assisting in advising EIOPA’s and the Joint Committee’s decision-making bodies in the field of conduct of business policy such as developing reports and Level 3 convergence measures on the IDD such as Q&As, Guidelines and work on sustainability issues, and assisting in the future IDD Review by the European Commission and Level 2 work on the COM’s Retail Investment Strategy;

Within own areas of expertise, contributing to technical advice and legal/policy analysis for internal stakeholders and national supervisory authorities;

Working with team members on qualitative and quantitative analysis including using existing data and data from ad hoc surveys to identify conduct risk analysis, report on consumer trends and assess national and cross-border markets and their supervision from a conduct perspective;

Contributing to thematic reviews, aimed at gathering specific data on identified consumer protection/conduct issues and measures for resolving these;

Working with team members conducting workshops and roundtables with NCAs and external stakeholders to build a common supervisory culture and identification of conduct risks;

Contributing to the review of and development of standards, guidelines, supervisory statements, recommendations, Chapter of the Supervisory Handbook, and warnings as relevant;

Drafting/contributing to reports to EIOPA Senior Management and Board of Supervisors on main findings and recommendations, and the preparation of periodic reports on EIOPA activities and consumer trends;

Assisting in performing product oversight activities in relation to PEPPs products and other products within EIOPA’s purview as relevant;

Actively contributing and managing the supervisory platform of cooperation, including, if relevant, participating to joint on-site inspections performed along with home and host NCAs;

Liaising with internal and external stakeholders (EIOPA staff members, EIOPA Working Groups and Steering Committees, national competent authorities, industry and consumers);

Participating in different European and international fora;

Any other tasks as required.

1.2 Consumer Protection – Digital Innovation

Contribute to the implementation of EIOPA’s Digitalisation related activities such as work on Artificial Intelligence, Open Insurance, Decentralised Finance, Mixed-Activity Groups, Open data related issues, etc.;

Contribute to EIOPA’s work on monitoring technology driven financial innovation (digital finance) and identify areas where a regulatory and supervisory response might be needed.

1.3 Supervisory Convergence

Planning and further promoting supervisory convergence through appropriate initiatives and use of relevant tools, such as the supervisory review process, the handbooks for the insurance supervision under Solvency II and supervision of the IORPs sector, peer reviews (including the bi-annual plan), guidelines, supervisory statements, opinions and other;

Developing, maintaining and improving draft Implementing Technical Standards in the area of supervisory reporting and public disclosure under Solvency II, and guidelines, guidance and answers to questions on the regulatory framework to promote convergent supervisory practices and consistent application of union law on the same area;

Providing support to the project groups created under the remit of the Supervisory Steering Committee addressing priorities identified in the annual Supervisory Convergence Plan;

Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal (e.g. facilitating exchange of supervisory practices, best practices or emerging issues) and external stakeholder

Provide training on supervisory convergence;

1.4 Oversight (internal models, oversight)

For the internal models profile: Participating in projects to assess and enhance the quality and consistency of the implementation of internal models and related areas across the European Union;

For the oversight expert profile: Participating in projects to assess and enhance the quality and consistency of supervision across the European Union.

For both:

Contributing to the review of standards, guidelines and recommendations;

Providing support to the policy and supervisory convergence cycle addressing different areas in the field of insurance supervision ensuring reflection of oversight findings in the regulatory work;

Drafting/contribute to reports to EIOPA Senior Management and Board of Supervisors on main findings and recommendations;

Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders;

1.5 Oversight – Digital Operational Resilience (Non-CTPP)

Contribute to the implementation Digital Operational Resilience Act in EIOPA, including supporting the Oversight Forum – Policy and Supervisory Convergence, EU-SCICF, cyber incident reporting and embedding digital operational into OVS aregular activities, among other tasks.

1.6 Risks, Financial stability and Information (Financial Stability, Risk Assessment, Studies & Statistics, Crisis Prevention, Data Analysis and Processes)

Analysing market developments, information and data on insurance and occupational pensions using various quantitative techniques;

Analysing risks in the insurance and occupational pension sectors and proposing appropriate pre-emptive responses and recommendations in a timely and effective manner;

Developing and implementing new analytical tools to support financial stability analysis and assessment;

Liaising with relevant national supervisors and industry, as well as representing EIOPA at the ESRB and other international fora;

Providing data and quantitative analysis to support all EIOPA’s business areas.

Preparion and publishing the SII technical information (Risk free rate).

For financial stability: Developing and implementing stress testing exercises in cooperation with the national supervisors and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB); contribute to financial stability reports and/or other internal and external documents;

For crisis prevention: Contributing to the development of EIOPA’s policy position and framework on recovery and resolution in insurance as well as on Insurance Guarantee Schemes;

For Studies & Statistics: Contributing to specific research and studies in the area of risk analysis and financial stability; participate in the production and publication of insurance and pensions statistics;

For Risk Assessments: Carry out risk assessments on topical issues, preparing and publishing the Risk Dashboards for the IORP and insurance sectors;

For Data Analysis and Processes - Data analyists/scientists: Providing data, data expertise and contributing to quantitative analysis with EIOPA’s business areas; Developing and maintaining data processes, to improve automation and efficiency of data analytics solutions and contributing to the development of business intelligence and other analytical capabilities including machine learning and AI; Contribute to data strategy and governance;

For Data Analysis and Processes - Risk Free Rate: Ensure the appropriateness of EIOPA’s Risk Free Rate (RFR) methodology and carry out the monitoring tasks and regular updates related to the methodology; Contribute to the monthly production of the Solvency II technical information, such as the risk-free interest rate term structures and its associated components of volatility adjustment and fundamental spread, index for equity symmetric adjustment.

1.7 Legal affairs (core business [re/insurance, occupational pensions, consumer protection, breach of union law etc.])

Ensuring legal soundness and quality of EIOPA’s instruments and decisions;

Preparing legal advice on sectoral legislations and on oversight related issues;

Assisting in revising internal procedures on mediation and breach of union law;

Monitoring developments in relevant EU legislation;

Carrying out legal research and analysis of case law, in particular of the European Court of Justice;

1.8 Policy (insurance, pensions, international issues, sustainable finance, impact assessment)

Analysing and proposing changes to regulation in the insurance and pensions areas;

Analysing data and qualitative information as basis for developing and formulating insurance and pensions policy;

Contributing to and taking over responsibilities regarding the work of the Policy and Supervisory Convergence Department in the context of the review of Solvency II, sustainable finance (particularly on the topics of insurance protection gap and climate-related risks), the review of IORP II particularly defined contribution pensions; international issues, including the Insurance Capital Standard (ICS);

Drafting papers for the Board of Supervisors and Standing Committees and supporting the Department’s engagement with stakeholders;

Corporate Affairs and Support Areas (Law, HR, IT, Finance, Communications)

2.1 Legal affairs (institutional matters [EU Staff Regulations, ethics, personal data protection, access to documents, whistleblowing])

Ensuring legal soundness and quality of EIOPA’s instruments and decisions,

Preparing legal advice on relevant legal framework, including EU Staff Regulatio