Budget Unit

The Directorate-General for Security and Safety’s (DG SAFE) mission is to ensure the safety of people and property within the European Parliament, in all three workplaces, including fire, panic and first aid prevention. It shall endeavor to minimise the existing level of security risk in order to provide a safe and serene working environment for the services of the Institution and its Members while allowing the European Parliament to maintain the openness and transparency that characterise it.

The Budget Unit is responsible for managing DG SAFE's overall budget. In this respect, and in compliance with the Financial Regulation, it provides support and advice on public procurement and budgetary management to the authorising officer by delegation and to the operational units, and ensures the ex-ante verification of all budgetary and procurement acts.

The unit is made up of two departments - Budget and Public Procurement - which are respectively responsible for planning, coordinating, managing, implementing and monitoring budgetary and tendering procedures, as well as ensuring the archiving of all original documents.

It also monitors the DG's metrics, Minimum Standards of Internal Control and Risk Register, and contributes to the drafting of numerous reports.

Carry out tasks defined by the supervisor and assist the team members in their work, especially:

• Contribute to the site dedicated to the Budget unit on the intranet;
• Improve and simplify the workflows within the Budget unit;
• Support in drafting various documents such as guidelines or checklists for the unit;
• Help with the presentation of the Budget unit in specific workshops;
• Update and improve relevant Excel tables necessary for the monitoring of budgetary expenses;
• Help with the archiving of financial and procurement files in conformity with the data protection rules;
• Attend meetings, including meetings of Parliamentary committees, and take minutes;
• Participate as observer in ongoing tender procedures;
• Answer inquiries.

The Budget Unit is looking for a motivated person, interested in European politics and the work of the European Parliament, with:

• A university degree in business, finance, accounting, management and administration or closely related disciplines;
• Experienced in the use of Microsoft Office and its applications, in particular MS Excel;
• Good with numbers, able to pay attention to detail and make mathematical calculations;
• Highly competent in researching information and writing reports;
• Willing to work in a multicultural environment.