EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency. As an intergovernmental European organisation with 30 Member States, its role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of the Organisation’s Member States, as well as other users worldwide.

EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provides data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.

The mission of the Legal Affairs Division of the Administration Department is to provide legal advice and service to the Organisation and to the EUMETSAT Delegate Bodies, composed of Member State representatives. The Head of the Legal Affairs Division also performs the role of Data Protection Officer with the support of the legal officers of the division.

Reporting to the Head of Legal Affairs Division (LAD), the Protocol and Administrative Coordinator provides administrative and coordination support to the Head of Division as described below.

Support to EUMETSAT Delegate Bodies:

• Draft minutes of meetings, in particular of Delegate Body meetings, and coordinate the related approval and publication process;

• Organise meetings of the Data Policy Group (DPG), composed of representatives of Member States, and act as meeting Secretary;

• Provide secretarial and administrative support to other EUMETSAT Delegate Body meetings;

• Coordinate and support the submission of LAD documents for Delegate Bodies;

Project Control and Procurement Management:

• Manage agreements and divisional procurement contracts (primarily contracts with external legal service providers), in coordination with EUMETSAT Project Controllers as necessary, and process the related SAP workflows;

• Prepare the divisional budget and oversee its implementation within SAP;

General administrative and legal support:

• Prepare correspondence with international and national partners and authorities;
• Provide administrative and coordination support in the area of data protection;
• Coordinate approval processes for legal documents and the signing of agreements with external partners;
• Organise external and internal meetings, often with a considerable number of participants, and provide secretarial support for such meetings;
• Set up and maintain documentation in support of the work of the division (excel sheets, overview and tracking tables etc);
• Establish and maintain the divisional filing system, both electronically and in hard copy, and train and support division members on the correct use of the documentation management system;
• Coordinate and provide other secretarial support as required (e.g. divisional travel arrangements).

• Demonstrated experience in remote sensing and processing of data from space-borne infrared instruments;
• Proven expertise on hyperspectral infrared instruments and the processing of their data, in particular Level-1 data processing, and exposure to user communities;
• Experience in developing scientific application software (both technically and in terms of project management) and working with user communities and researchers. Experience with products generated from EUMETSAT satellite data or similar data would be an advantage;
• Scientific and operational knowledge of atmospheric sounding in the infrared domain is an advantage;
• Excellent analysis, synthesis and presentation skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills and coordination capabilities; and a proven ability to apply these to the interactions within a team and between teams.