JOB DESCRIPTION

CINEA/2025/TA/AD7/30 Head of Sector Operational Budget

Organisation details

The European Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Executive Agency (CINEA) has been established by the European Commission to support the European Commission to boost green growth and clean industry in Europe through high-quality programme management that supports European beneficiaries to achieve ground-breaking results for a cleaner and more sustainable future. CINEA manages EU funding for projects in the areas of transport, energy, climate action, environment, maritime, fisheries and aquaculture.

The main programmes managed are:

The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF);
Horizon Europe: the EU’s Research and Innovation programme for which CINEA manages the areas of transport and energy;
The Innovation Fund;
LIFE Programme;
European Maritime, Aquaculture and Fisheries Fund;
The EU Renewable Energy Mechanism;
The Public Sector Loan Facility of the Just Transition Mechanism.

The budget managed by CINEA in 2021-2027 period is ca. € 65 billion

CINEA is based in Brussels with a multinational team of 600 persons. The number of staff is expected to grow further over the coming years and the purpose of this publication is therefore to set up a reserve list, which will be used to cover the growing needs of the Agency. The reserve list may also be used by other Executive Agencies.

More info on: https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/index_en, X (https://twitter.com/cinea_eu), Linkedin and our YouTube channel.

Position description
Country Belgium
Location Brussels
Publication start date 22/12/2025
Publication end date 16/01/2026 (noon)
Profile Management – Head of Sector
Position title Head of Sector Operational Budget
Contract Temporary Agent
Grade AD7
Working Environment
The Agency fosters a culture of employee empowerment and engagement, emphasising collaboration, respect, integrity, trust, equality, diversity, and inclusion. The Agency and its staff are committed to a number of core values including innovation, client focus, excellence, well being, care, work-life balance, sustainability and working together.

Mission description
The jobholder will join the Operational Finance Unit A03 of CINEA, which provides support for all programmes delegated to the Agency related to the European Green Deal. More specifically, the unit:
Ensures the overall coordination for the preparation, implementation and monitoring of the operational budget;
Ensures, in close collaboration with the operational and horizontal units, the sound financial management of grant agreements and procurement contracts, in close cooperation with CINEA’s operational departments and Commission Services;
Delivers a professional customer service to all internal and external stakeholders.

The Head of Sector Operational Budget will, under the direct supervision of the Head of Unit, coordinate the activities and team of five persons. Importantly, the jobholder will advise and support the Head of Unit in defining and reaching the unit’s overall objectives in relation to the operational budget managed by the Agency. This sector also integrates the activities of the SUMMA’s Local Authorisation Manager and the Single Point of Contact for the eGrants/eProcurement tools, thereby ensuring appropriate sub-delegation structure for the responsible authorising officers.

Main functions and duties of the Head of Sector:
Be responsible for the proper functioning of the sector, including staff management and motivation, priority setting and sound financial management.
Be responsible for all the aspects related to the sound management of the operational budget, notably the planning, preparation, validation, implementation, monitoring, transfers and reporting, in close collaboration with the operational units and the Commission Services, as well as in compliance with the financial, budgetary and administrative rules, procedures and processes.
Ensure that adequate control systems are in place to produce reliable, timely and accurate reporting on all operational budget matters.
Monitor, in partnership with CINEA’s accounting and reporting teams, the quality of accounting/financial data (in SUMMA, eGrants) and follow up on necessary corrections.
Ensure qualitative and timely drafting as well as updates of processes and procedures in connection with operational budget management.
Oversee the processing of specific types of financial transactions (mainly fund reservations, multi-annual instalments for CEF2 and InnovFund, FDI extensions).
Contribute to the various reports (e.g. Annual Work Programmes, Annual Activity Reports, CINEA’s Steering Committees, Mid-Term Reviews) and contribute to replies to discharge authorities and auditing bodies (e.g. IAS, ECA).
Represent the sector/unit/Agency with internal/external stakeholders, ensuring effective communication on all aspects related to the operational budget/activities of the sector (as needed).

Salary range >94K
Interview period – from 01/03/2026
Interview period – to 31/03/2026

Appointment and conditions of employment
The jobholder will be recruited as temporary agent, in function group AD7, pursuant to Article 2f of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities (CEOS). The salaries of temporary agents are subject to a community tax deducted at source. They are exempt from national tax. The European institutions have their own social security and pension scheme. The basic monthly salary, before any deductions or allowances (e.g. child allowance, school allowance, expatriate allowance), applicable from 1 July 2025 for grade AD7, first step is €7 876,27.

The initial contract will be for a duration of 2 years and may be renewed for one additional year. The contract may be renewed again, and in this case it shall be concluded for an indefinite period.

The place of employment will be Brussels where the Agency has its activities.

The contract is concluded for an indefinite period subject to the conditions set out in Article 7 of Decision SC (2017) 6760. Therefore, without prejudice to the second paragraph of Article 7 of the employment contract, the contract will automatically expire if the Agency’s lifetime is not extended.

For a complete description of the job and tasks, eligibility criteria, selection criteria, application procedure, selection procedure, conditions of employment, equal opportunities policy, data protection policy, request of review policy, please consult the vacancy notice text attached.

QuestionVacancy notice
VN_Head_of_Sector_Operational_Budget.pdf

Data protection:
The purpose of processing of the data submitted by candidates is to manage the applications in view of a possible pre-selection and recruitment at the CINEA. The personal information requested from candidates will be processed in line with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. Candidates are invited to carefully read the relevant Data Protection Notice available on the dedicated page of CINEA’s website: https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/about-us/job-opportunities_en