Project Officer Coordinated Annual Review On

The European Defence Agency was established on 12 July 2004, and is governed by Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1835 defining the statute, seat and operational rules of the European Defence Agency. The Agency has its headquarters in Brussels.

The main task of EDA is to support the Council and the Member States in their effort to improve the Union's defence capabilities in the field of crisis management and to sustain the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) as it currently stands and as it develops in the future.

The Agency is structured into four directorates. The Corporate Services Directorate (CSD) and three operational directorates: Industry, Synergies and Enablers (ISE); Capability, Armament & Planning (CAP); Research, Technology and Innovation (RTI).

**2. THE AGENCY'S WAY OF WORKING**

The Agency is an “outward-facing” organisation, constantly interacting with its shareholders, the participating Member States, as well as with a wide range of stakeholders. It works in an integrated way, with multi-disciplinary teams representing all of the Agency’s functional areas, to realise its objectives. Its business processes are flexible and oriented towards achieving results. Staff at all levels need to demonstrate the corresponding qualities of commitment, flexibility, innovation, and team-working; to work effectively with shareholders and stakeholder groups, formal and informal; and to operate without the need for detailed direction.

**3. THE CAPABILITY, ARMAMENT AND PLANNING DIRECTORATE (CAP)**

The Capability, Armament & Planning Directorate (CAP) identifies and proposes collaborative opportunities in support of EU capability development priorities. The Directorate is responsible for planning and conducting capability development based on analysis of military requirements conducted together with Member States within the Capability Development Plan (CDP).

The Directorate coordinates in-house the implementation of the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD), establishing a regularly updated overview of the European defence capability landscape, in coordination with the European External Action Service (EEAS), including the EU Military Staff (EUMS).

The CAP Directorate implements EDA’s secretariat functions to the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), together with the EEAS, including the EU Military Staff. Within the PESCO secretariat, the Directorate coordinates EDA’s assessment of PESCO project proposals from the capability perspective, as well as the National Implementation Plans of PESCO participating Member States and supports PESCO project implementation.

Based on coordinating the results of CDP, CARD and PESCO, the Directorate plans and prepares capability development activities and projects tailored to Member States’ needs. These activities span from advice and roadmaps to collaborative capability development projects, including the support to Member States upstream of the European Defence Fund.

The CAP Directorate comprises six Units with the following key areas of activity:

- Air Domain Unit: Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, Air-to-Air Refuelling, Airlift
- Cooperation Planning Unit: CDP, CARD, Defence Data
- Land and Logistics Unit: Land platforms, Counter-IED, Personnel Recovery, Military Mobility, Logistics, Medical Support
- Information Superiority Unit: Communication & Information Systems, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, Space, Cyber Defence
- Maritime Unit: Maritime Surveillance, Mine Counter Measures, naval training, harbour protection
- PESCO Unit: PESCO secretariat, assessment and support to project development

**4. DUTIES**

The Project Officer CARD will contribute to the continued development of the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD). The job holder will interact with other EDA Directorates for the benefit of the CARD.

Under the supervision of the Head of Unit Cooperation Planning, the jobholder will be responsible for/contribute to the following activities:

- conduct and coordinate EDA activities in the realm of the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD), in particular
- preparation of bilateral dialogues with Member States;
- contribution to CARD Aggregated Analysis and CARD Report.
- propose and contribute further development/improvement of CARD initiatives;
- liaise with EDA counterparts as required to conduct CARD activities;
- ensure consistency between CARD and other EDA activities, in particular in relation to EUCLID and PESCO environment, the Capability Development Plan (CDP) and the implementation of the EU capability development priorities, as well as the defence data analysis work strand;
- identify, follow and develop collaborative opportunities on Defence to be considered in the CARD framework;
- ensure coherence and consistency with relevant NATO activities; in particular the NATO defence planning process (NDPP) and Defence Investment Pledge (DIP) initiative;
- monitor and develop the introduction of hybrid warfare context in