Dept of Foreign Affairs - EEAS Junior Professionals in Delegation

hopefullegal

Hey guys,

Anyone apply for this: http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/jed/index_en.htm/

Had to submit to DFA last Friday week. Heard nothing back yet.

Cheers

Rock of Gibraltar

Yeah I did, went for the Commission side though. Got the Commission lists today and they're only taking 20 people, I had originally thought they were going to take one per member state.
I wonder how many people applied seeing as it wasn't massively advertised.

ADFHJLNP

Hey,

I applied for the EEAS. Only 2 per MS is pretty low. I imagine the competition is still tough, notwithstanding the apparent lack of advertising.

Good luck!

ERRE

Hi guys ,
I put the list of the country but I Could not found the Name of the EU Delegation/traineeship position for EEAS , i just found the list of EUROPEAN COMMISSION !

thank you very much i appreciate

Rock of Gibraltar

ERRE wrote: »

Hi guys ,
I put the list of the country but I Could not found the Name of the EU Delegation/traineeship position for EEAS , i just found the list of EUROPEAN COMMISSION !

thank you very much i appreciate

What do you mean? all the lists, Commission and EEAS, are contained in documents listed on the right of this page
http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/jed/index_en.htm

I got a rejection email from the DFA, haven't gotten feedback yet though they claim there was a high number of high caliber candidates.

ERRE

I mean that at point 7. of the application form there is a "Preference Order" where I suppose i had to list the list of 3 country i wish and then next to it you have "Name of the EU Delegation/traineeship position", where i could find the name of those positions? All I see is the attachment of first and second list of delegations either EEAS or Commision.

Thank you

ADFHJLNP

EEAS deadline was before The Commission deadline. Therefore even if you could find the EEAS list, it would be futile.

Rock of Gibraltar

Yeah the DFA deadline for both has long passed.

Did anyone here get a call back? Is there an interview stage or did they just send your application onto the EEAS/Commission?

I'd love to know what their pre-selection criteria matrix is like.

ADFHJLNP

Im from UK, so its the DFID for me. I haven't heard anything yet. From memory I believe they send a list off to The Commission, then they send a smaller list to the delegations, then they make the final choice.

ERRE

Yes I understand now , do we have to consider for the preferance order both 1 and 2 list of Commission position ? I think they will resond after the deadline.
Thanks again guys !

Rock of Gibraltar

ADFHJLNP wrote: »

Im from UK, so its the DFID for me. I haven't heard anything yet. From memory I believe they send a list off to The Commission, then they send a smaller list to the delegations, then they make the final choice.

Do you happen to have a link to the DFID page on this handy? I was looking through their site recently but couldn't find it.

As far as I know list 1 are positions definitely available and list 2 are ones which may become active if the funding is secured. In my application I listed 2 from the first list and 1 from the second.

ADFHJLNP

The timescale is the same for all MS I believe. I am going by the timescale listed under "Steps & Indicative Timelines for the 1st selection round
" @ http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/jed/index_en.htm

ADFHJLNP

I find it odd that the DFA rejected you, because in "Steps & Indicative Timelines for the 1st selection round
" @ http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/jed/index_en.htm it says

Selection of preselected candidates (Delegations/EEAS/COM) = mid-November 2012
Communication of results to candidates & MS = December 2012
Traineeship Offers sent to validated candidates (EEAS) = December 2012

I interpret this to mean that in December one will be rejected or accepted.

Rock of Gibraltar

ADFHJLNP wrote: »

The timescale is the same for all MS I believe. I am going by the timescale listed under "Steps & Indicative Timelines for the 1st selection round
" @ http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/jed/index_en.htm

Ah right I see, the Irish Dept. for Foreign Affairs set a separate deadline for Irish applicants on the 7th of September. I've no idea why, seems a bit silly.

http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=85801

That's the DFA application site.

Rock of Gibraltar

ADFHJLNP wrote: »

I find it odd that the DFA rejected you, because in "Steps & Indicative Timelines for the 1st selection round
" @ http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/jed/index_en.htm it says

Selection of preselected candidates (Delegations/EEAS/COM) = mid-November 2012
Communication of results to candidates & MS = December 2012
Traineeship Offers sent to validated candidates (EEAS) = December 2012

I interpret this to mean that in December one will be rejected or accepted.

Yes exactly what I thought, it seems the DFA have established some other application criteria that isn't specified by the EEAS/Commission and aren't passing on all Irish applications. I don't understand their logic.