Deputy Secretary General/head of Eib Group Permanent Representative’s Office in Brussels/belgium

The **EIB**, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Secretariat General Directorate (SG),**located in the EIB Permanent Representative’s Office in Brussels/Belgium, a **Deputy Secretary General/Head of EIB Group Permanent Representative’s Office*.**

**This is a full-time temporary position at grade 9 in**Brussels/Belgium.**

**The appointment is for a term of 5 years.**
- _internal benchmark Directorate Head_

**_Assessment centres are anticipated for the second half of June 2025._
- Panel interviews are anticipated for July 2025._

**Purpose**:
**The newly created position will support the Secretary General in leading the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group’s Permanent Representative’s Office in Brussels as well as the leadership, management, coordination and supervision of the departments relating to economic analysis and EIB Group strategy.**You will be based in Brussels but will be expected to split your working time between Brussels and Luxembourg.**The scope of the role may evolve over time.**:
**You will manage staff within your own hierarchical structure, providing leadership, strategic coordination and operational alignment and ensuring continuous high-level representation of the EIB Group in Brussels, in particular fostering a continuous and timely communication flow with other EU Institutions and good alignment and impact of the EIB Group’s strategies and activities as financial arm of the European Union.**You will be responsible for developing and implementing plans and strategies contributing to the EIB achieving its strategic priorities, providing direction and setting priorities for your team, fostering synergies and efficiency gains as well as identifying and achieving enhanced synergies and strategic alignment between the Departments responsible for economic analysis and EIB Group Strategy.**:
**Specific Post Environment**:
The Secretariat General is responsible for a wide range of activities and processes related to the core decision making and strategy definition within the EIB Group and related processes, including:

- Implementing and monitoring the decision-making processes in the EIB Group, and proposing, when relevant, changes in the governance policy;
- Defining corporate and institutional strategy at EU and national levels, and providing the background economic analysis to support it (including the Group Operational Plan).
- Providing economic analysis;
- Reporting on the EIB Group’s corporate responsibility activities and managing relationships with NGOs;
- Promoting the EIB’s brand, image, priorities and activities to the public through media relations, events and publications.
- Coordinating and developing relations with EU institutions, international and development financing agencies and NGOs. It is also responsible for the local EIB Group offices inside the EU, relations towards all stakeholders and civil society.

The Secretariat General comprises two pillars, each headed by a Deputy Secretary General at Director General level with their own clearly defined remit.

One pillar, the **Stakeholder, Corporate and Governance** Pillar, focuses on serving the needs of EIB’s key stakeholders - shareholders, governing and control bodies and civil society. This Pillar comprises three departments:

- the Shareholder Relations and Institutional Matters Department;
- the Regulation, Governance and Corporate Responsibilities Department; and
- the EIB Institute.

The second pillar, which will be led by the successful applicant, is the **Economics and Strategy Pillar,** which comprises three areas:

- the EIB Permanent Representative’s Office in Brussels
- the Group Strategy Department; and
- the Economics Department.

The Economics Department focuses on economic research, analysis and reporting. The Group Strategy Department’s key responsibilities relate to developing the EIB Group Operational Plan, developing and coordinating the implementation of institutional and operational strategic initiatives across the EIB Group’s Services including the coordination of efficiency-enhancing projects.

The EIB Permanent Representative’s Office in Brussels focusses on maintaining and enhancing high-level representation between the EIB Group and stakeholders in Brussels, most specifically EU institutions, bodies and agencies, fostering strong relationships with stakeholders and partners, facilitating alignment of the EIB Group and the EU’s key strategic priorities and maintaining excellent communication between the EIB Group and the European Commission.

**Accountabilities**:

- Lead, motivate, develop and manage staff in your own area of responsibility through the senior and middle management team, ensuring that all staff has adequate competencies, training opportunities, technical resources and technical and personal skills to achieve their objectives.
- Develop and formulate strategic orientations for the EIB Group, based on close interaction with relevant internal and external s