JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title: Secretary Domain: Support Staff

Where: Unit GROW.G.l – Responsible Business Conduct”, Brussels Function Group: FG II Contract Type: 3b

Express your interest until: 23/12/2025 – 12.00 (Brussels time)

WE ARE

The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) works to make the Single Market a reality, helping our businesses and citizens to take full advantage of a huge market of more than 400 million people.

Directorate GROW.G develops and manages policies to promote responsible business behavior, the digitalization of the single market, and implements the control on foreign subsidies framework. As part of DG GROW’s wider mission, Directorate G is aiming to uphold the integrity of the EU single market, support sustainable economic growth, and enhance the overall competitiveness of EU businesses.

Unit GROW.G 1 aims to help build a business-friendly regulatory environment in the EU’s single market, making it easy and rewarding for businesses to start, scale, and operate responsibly. We serve as the hub in GROW for all work related to corporate responsibility, sustainability, and the promotion of innovative startups and scale-ups. We are also in charge of the Regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market.

We are a dynamic and collaborative team that values mutual support, open communication and well-being at work. We encourage continuous learning, creativity, innovation and open feedback, and support professional growth for all team members.

WE PROPOSE

Unit GROW G1 offers a friendly and multidisciplinary working environment with motivated colleagues. If you are interested in administrative and coordination tasks, and eager to contribute to our work in ethic business and innovative business, this position is for you.

Join our dynamic and innovative team, and take advantage of opportunities for personal growth, where you can demonstrate initiative and a proactive attitude through a variety of responsibilities. In this role, you will play a central part in the day-to-day functioning of the unit, assisting in the coordination and oversight of administrative processes, supporting HR related tasks, and ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the unit. Standard core-time/flexi-time arrangements apply, and we are open to flexible working arrangement tailored to your individual needs.

WE LOOK FOR

We are looking for a motivated and service-minded colleague with a strong problem-solving attitude, and with excellent communication and organisational skills. The ideal candidate will have a sense of initiative, be a strong team player and be able to prioritise the activities of the unit. A good command of English is required. Prior experience in administrative roles and knowledge of French or other EU languages would be an asset.

The job involves:

• Providing administrative support to ensure seamless coordination, efficient monitoring and timely follow-up of unit workflows.
• Coordinating and overseeing key administrative processes such as the Commission decision-making process (DECIDE procedures), parliamentary questions and briefings.
• Supporting the head of unit, in particular coordinating her agenda.
• Managing the Functional Mailbox ensuring effective dispatching of tasks to desk officers.
• Organising and optimising information management and document management within the unit.
• Supporting HR activities like recruitment and onboarding assistance, in close collaboration with the Directorate HR assistant.
• Supporting members of the unit with the missions’ process.

HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST?

With a view to guaranteeing equal access to all, the Commission recruits from an open database of spontaneous applications. The present call for interests aims at helping the recruiters to identify potentially interested candidates within this database.

In practice, to express your interest, please follow the subsequent two steps:

1. If you are not registered yet in the open EPSO database, please do so at the following address: CAST Permanent. Please select under selection procedures for contract agent the CAST permanent profile that best suits your education and experience.
2. You should send your documents in a single pdf in the following order:
3. your CV 2. completed application form.

Please send these documents by the publication deadline to [email protected] indicating the call for interest reference EC/2025/GR0W/504352 in the subject.

No applications will be accepted after the publication deadline.