Risk Assessment and Investigation Unit

The Directorate General for Security and Safety (DG SAFE) ensures safety and security of the persons, buildings and assets within the European Parliament’s premises. In addition, it commits to provide high quality security services by developing modern working methods, digitalised processes and using state-of-the-art technologies and equipment.

The Directorate for Technologies and Information aims to provide technological and information solutions to be used in the field of security for Members and parliamentary services and to contribute to improving security and working conditions in Parliament buildings and during activities carried out by parliamentary committees and delegations outside the workplace.

The Risk Assessment and Investigations Unit of DG SAFE monitors the overall security environment and provides advice and analysis to Parliament's political and administrative authorities. In particular, it is responsible for the ongoing assessment of risks related to the safety of the institution’s persons and assets. It produces security risk analysis, develops and maintains plans and procedures to ensure service continuity in the event of an incident. Furthermore, the Unit provides a specialised service on security and safety investigations.

Our missions are among others:

• Contribute to the consolidation of security management according to risks and develop assessments of security risks in the field of buildings, procedures, protection of people and events;
• Provide a specialised investigation service to carry out high-level investigations and audits in the fields of security and safety;
• Analyse, assess and consolidate the risks associated with the organization of European Parliament events and activities.

Operational tasks

• Tasks within the framework of Risk Assessment, help with the elaboration of risk analyses and their statistics;
• Support the implementation of the project on OSINT (open-source intelligence);
• Ensure the research, exploitation and monitoring of issues related to the security of the European Parliament on open sources (OSINT);
• Produce occasional or thematic analyses relating to events and threats specific to the European Parliament;
• Assist in the development and preparation of various events;
• Work on the elements of threat analysis of "circumstantial attacks" (low-tech attacks);
• Maintain the database and excel files;
• OSINT alerts - general and specific.

Administrative tasks

• Help to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the working entity in administrative and material terms, by filtering and relaying upward and downward information;
• Participate to elaboration and implementation of the guidelines on archiving;
• Attend project meetings, participate in demo presentations, take minutes;
• Help with the ongoing projects;
• Support the unit’s activities, daily work assistance and follow-up;
• Assist in the development of computer software solutions to support the above-mentioned activities.

We are looking for a dynamic person who is interested in risk analysis, security threats, investigations, risk prevention and mitigation measures and who is involved in a variety of tasks and challenges related to Security. A high level of French and English is required for daily work. Any other European Union language is an advantage.

Other skills required are:

• Ability to collect, analyse and process data;
• Writing skills;
• Knowledge of open source research principles and processes (OSINT);
• Computer programming (SQL, Java, Python) and database management skills;
• Sense of initiative;
• Very good knowledge of computer tools.

The European Parliament is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We welcome all candidates, regardless of their geographical, racial or ethnic origin, political or religious beliefs, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, civil status, or family situation.