Vacancy notice – Job title: Policy Officer – PNT

EEAS Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium

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Vacancy notice – Job title: Policy Officer – PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing)/ Space Threat Response Duty Officer Contract Agent FGIV EEAS Headquarters – Job No 426066

16.09.2026 Expiring soon

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Deadline for sending application: 07/10/2026 at 12.00 noon (CET).

WE ARE

The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the European Union’s diplomatic service. Since 2011, the EEAS carries out the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) to promote peace, prosperity, security, and the interests of the EU across the globe. It brings together European civil servants, diplomats from EU Member States, national experts and local staff worldwide.

The EEAS supports the High Representative in the exercise of her mandate to steer the Union’s CFSP, including the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), to represent the EU on issues relating to the CFSP and to chair the Foreign Affairs Council. It also supports her as Vice-President of the Commission with regard to her responsibilities within the Commission, including the coordination of other aspects of the EU’s external action. The EEAS works in close cooperation with the EU Member States, the General Secretariat of the Council, the services of the Commission and the Secretariat General of the European Parliament.

The EEAS Headquarters are in Brussels. It is also responsible for the management of the network of 145 Union Delegations and Offices worldwide. These Diplomatic Representations play a vital role in representing the EU in the country where they are based, in promoting the values and interests of the EU, and in building networks and partnerships. They are responsible for all policy areas of the relationship between the EU and the host country/organisation.

The Division "Space” (Secdefpol.5) of the EEAS assists the Special Envoy for Space (SES) to support the space activities of the EEAS in their operational, diplomatic and policy dimensions.

The SES and Secdefpol.5 Division assist the HR and the EEAS Secretary General (SG) in their operational tasks:

• Firstly, in protecting the security and essential interests of the Union and its Member States by averting threats to security or mitigating serious harm to the essential interests of the Union or Member States related to the components of the Union Space Programme.
• Secondly, in ensuring the operational direction of the EU Satellite Centre (SatCen) on behalf of the HR, and acting as Tasking Authority.
• Furthermore, the SES and the Secdefpol.5 Division contribute to the development and implementation of the Strategic Compass through the development of the Space Strategy for Security and Defence and expert advice on security aspects of the EU space components of the EU space programme.
• They also develop and coordinate EU positions regarding space safety, security and sustainability in multilateral fora (mainly the UN) as well as contribute to international dialogues, along with the Commission, on aspects related to security in and from space.

WE PROPOSE

The position of Policy Officer – PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) / Space Threat Response Duty Officer contract agent FGIV as per Article 3b of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (hereafter, the “CEOS”).

The Policy Officer – PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) / Space Threat Response Duty Officer contributes to the development and implementation of EU policies related to secure positioning, navigation and timing services, including Galileo and the Public Regulated Service (PRS) in the framework of the EU Space Programme and the EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence. The postholder monitors political, security and technological developments affecting space-based PNT capabilities and supports coordination with EU institutions, Member States, agencies and international partners.

In addition to policy responsibilities, the postholder will serve as a Space Threat Response Duty Officer within the framework of the EU Space Threat Response Architecture. The Duty Officer will participate in a 24/7 on-call duty system and act as the first point of contact for the notification, monitoring and initial assessment of space-related threats, incidents and crises affecting the European Union, its Member States or EU space assets and services.

Subject to having passed the CAST exam, the successful candidate will be offered a contract agent position (Function group IV), as per Article 3b of the CEOS, on the basis of a contract with an initial duration of one year. This contract may be successively renewed up to a maximum duration of six years, subject to the maximum duration of engagement by the EEAS allowed under successive limited duration contracts of different types.

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