Seconded national expert (SNE) - Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (Ljubljana)

About this position

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Are you eligible?

Check these requirements from the notice before investing time in an application:

• Education: Completed university studies of at least three years, attested by a diploma
• Experience: At least three years of professional experience relevant for the advertised profiles
• Languages: English (C2), Another Community language (B2)
• Key skills: Excellent written and oral communication skills, Ability to work as part of team and under pressure, Qualification and work experience as advertised in each different profile
• Eligibility: Must be employed by a national, regional or local public administration or an Intergovernmental Organisation (IGO). Must have worked for employer on permanent or contract basis for at least 12 months before secondment. SNE shall remain in service of that employer throughout secondment period.

Selection process

The notice describes the following selection steps:

• Applications evaluated on a regular basis
• Position offered according to Agency needs and budgetary availability

Contract and working arrangements

Working arrangements: Located in Ljubljana (Slovenia).

Hiring unit: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).

Position details

Reference

​ACER/SNE/2017/OC

Vacancy Notice

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Last Verified

24 July 2026

Position overview

This is the official EU Careers listing for Seconded national expert (SNE) at ACER based in Ljubljana (Seconded National Expert). The vacancy reference is ​ACER/SNE/2017/OC. The role falls under the European Policy domain.

Ref. Ares(2021)7862389 - 20/12/2021

Call for Expression of Interest (no deadline)

for Seconded National Experts (SNE) in the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy

Regulators (ACER)

REFERENCE: ACER/SNE/2017/OC

1. WE ARE

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (hereinafter referred to as “the

Agency”) is a European Union (“EU”) body, legally established by Regulation (EC) No.

713/2009 and operational since 2011. The Agency is central to the liberalisation of t he EU's

electricity and natural gas markets.

The purpose of the Agency is to assist National Regulatory Authorities (“NRAs”) in exercising,

at Union level, the regulatory tasks that they performed in the Member States and, where

necessary, to coordinate t heir action.

In this respect, the Agency:

a) Complements and coordinates the work of NRAs;

b) Participates in the development of European network rules;

c) Takes, under certain conditions, binding individual decisions on terms and conditions for

access and operational security for cross border infrastructure, on cross -border cost

allocation for Projects of Common Interest and on terms and conditions or method ologies

for the implementation of network codes;

d) Gives advice on electricity and natural gas related issues to the European institutions;

e) Monitors the internal markets in electricity and natural gas and reports on its findings;

f) Monitors trading in whole sale energy products to detect and deter market abuse and ensure

the integrity and transparency of EU wholesale energy markets.

The main areas on which the Agency’s activities focus are:

▪ supporting European market integration: this is mainly done through the development of

common network and market rules as well as through the coordination of regional

initiatives which are concrete efforts from market participants to work towards greater

integration,

▪ advising the EU Institutions on trans -European energy infrastructure issues: the Agency

issues opinions on ten -year network development plans, to ensure that these are in line with

priorities set at EU level, and on the draft lists of Projects of Common Interest, ▪ energy market monitoring: the Agency has a general mission in terms of market monitoring

at the EU level and has, since the end of 2011, a very specific responsibility when it comes

to the oversight of wholesale energy trading.

ACER currently employs more than 130 staff (statutory and non -statu tory) and has an approved

annual budget of € 23.642.735 in 2021. ACER’s internal structure comprises five Departments:

Electricity, Infrastructure Gas and Retail, Market Surveillance and Cond uct, Market

Information and Transparency, and Corporate Services. In addition, ACER comprises the

Strategy Delivery and Communications Team (including the Brussels Liaison Office), the

Legal Services Team, the Data Excellence cluster and the IT Strategy an d Planning cluster

(including the IT -Project Management Office). Please find the Agency’s organisation chart at

this link .

The Agency is located in Ljubljana (Slovenia).

2. WE PROPOSE

The Agency may offer positions to experienced and highly -motivated Seconded National

Experts (SNE), who will work together with the Agency’s staff.

Secondments at the Agency are governed by ACER decision AB No. 02/2011 of 3 March 2011,

laying down the rules on the secondment of national experts to the Agency for the Cooperation

of Energy Regulators . This decision is available on the Agency’s website .

A national expert on secondment remains in the service of their employer. Secondment is not

equivalent to employment, nor does it lead to employment by the Agency

The positions of SNEs available in the Agency are set according to the profiles in Annex I.

3. QUALIFICATIONS

A. Eligibility Criteria

The candidate should meet the following essential criteria:

1. To be employed by a national, regional or local public administrati on 1 or an

Intergovernmental Organisation (IGO) ;2

2. To have a level of edu cation which corresponds to completed university studies of at least

three years, attested by a diploma;

3. To have at least three years of professional experience, relevant for the profiles as

advertised;

4. To have worked for their employer on permanent or contract basis for at least 12 months

before their secondment; the SNE shall remain in the service of that employer throughout

the period of secondment.

> 1Public administration means all State administrative services, at central, federal and regional level, comprising ministries, > government and parliament services, the courts, central banks, and the administrative services of local authorities, as well as > th e decentralised administrative services of the State and of such authorities. For the same purpose, public administration als o > includes the regulatory authorities referred to in Article 35 of Directive 2009/72/EC and Article 39 of Directive 2009/73/EC. > 2The Director of ACER may, on a case -by -case basis, authorise the secondment of an SNE from an employer other than a > State public administration or an IGO, according to Article 2.3 of the decision AB No. 02/2011 of 3 March 2011.

B. Selection Criteria

5. Qualification and work expe rience as advertised in each different profile;

6. Excellent written and oral communication skills;

7. Ability to work as part of team and under pressure.

C. Knowledge of languages

SNEs must produce evidence of a thorough knowledge of English language (preferably C2

level 3) and a satisfactory knowledge (level B2) of another Community language to the extent

necessary for the performance of his/her duties 4.

4. SELECTION PROCEDURE

Interested candidates may apply for any of the profiles advertised in Annex I. The applications

received will be evaluated on a regular basis.

A position as SNE may be offered according to the needs of the Agency and the budgetary

availability: the second ment will be effected by an exchange of letters between the Director of

ACER and the SNE’s employer.

5. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

The Agency applies an equal opportunities policy and accepts and treats applications without

distinction on grounds of sex, rac e, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language,

religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property,

birth, disability, age or sexual orientation.

6. CONDITIONS OF SECONDMENT

SNEs remain in th e service of their employer and, therefore, their salary will continue to be paid

by the employer during the period of the secondment. SNEs shall be entitled, throughout the

period of secondment, to a daily subsistence allowance and a monthly subsistence a llowance,

according to the distance between their place of origin and the place of secondment, and as

regulated in Chapter III of ACER decision AB No. 02/2011 of 3 March 2011.

7. DATA PROTECTION

The applications for SNEs shall not be returned to the ap plicants and shall be kept on file by the

Agency.

The Agency will ensure that applicants' personal data are processed in accordance wit h

> 3According to the Common E uropean Framework of Reference for Languages, available at > https://www.coe.int/en/web/common -european -framework -reference -languages/ > 4The languages of the EU are: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, > Irish, Germ an, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, > Slovene, Spanish, and Swedish.

Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December

2000 on the protection of in dividuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the

Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data.

8. APPLICATION PROCEDURE

For applications to be valid, Applicants must submit:

• A detailed curriculum vitae in Euro pean CV format, in English;

• A letter of motivation (one -page maximum) in English explaining in which positions they

> acquired their knowledge and professional experience;

• A duly filled -in declaration of honour, which shall include the confirmation of support by the

> seconding administration.

Applications shall be s ent in English and by email to the following functional mailbox:

selection [email protected] , quoting the reference of this call for expression of interest in the

subject of the message.

In order to facilitate the selection process, all communication to applicants concerning this

vacancy will be in English.

This call for expression of interest is open -ended, there is no deadline for applications.

If at any stage in the procedure it is es tablished that any of the information that an applicant has

provided is incorrect, the applicant in question will be disqualified .Annex I – ACER/SNE/2017/OC

PROFILE A - REMIT Policy, transaction and fundamental data reporting

(a) Contribution to the preparation of ACER’s guidance on REMIT Policy matters and/or on the

reporting of wholesale energy products and fundamental data through the Agency’s REMIT

Information System;

(b) Contribution to the assessment and the preparation of recommendations to the European

Commission on the delegated and implementing acts under REMIT, the assessment and preparation

of guidance on the application of REMIT to National Regulatory Authoritie s (NRAs) according to

Article 16(1) of REMIT, the preparation of annual reports to the European

Commission according to Article 7(3) of REMIT and to other legal and/or policy issues related to

REMIT;

(c) Communication and interaction with NRAs and with the following stakeholders: Registered

Reporting Mechanisms, organised market places, association of energy market participants,

ENTSO -G, ENTSO -E, GIE and any other reporting party;

(d) Responsibility

Application timeline

This vacancy was first listed on 21 March 2026, 127 days ago.

No closing date is published in the source feed for this position. EU vacancies typically remain open for four to eight weeks; check the official vacancy notice for the cut-off date and time.

Last verified against the EU Careers feed on 24 July 2026 (2 days ago).

Where to learn more

For headcount, mission, and other open vacancies at ACER see the ACER institution page; for the cost of living, correction coefficient, and other postings in Ljubljana see our Ljubljana location page; for related vacancies in the European Policy field browse our European Policy domain page.

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