Transport

Executive Director

Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking Clean Aviation Brussels (Belgium)
Grade AD14
Contract Type Temporary Staff
Salary Range €18,695 - €21,152/month
Deadline 26 June 2026

Position details

Reference
COM/2026/20120 - Executive Director CAJU
Vacancy Notice
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Last Verified
29 May 2026

Position overview

This is the official EU Careers listing for Executive Director at Clean Aviation based in Brussels (Belgium) at the AD14 grade level (Temporary Staff). The vacancy reference is COM/2026/20120 - Executive Director CAJU. The role falls under the Transport domain.

Full responsibilities, eligibility criteria, language requirements, and the selection procedure are set out in the official vacancy notice (PDF available above).

  • Grade: AD14
  • Contract type: Temporary Staff
  • Duty station: Brussels (Belgium)
  • Domain: Transport
  • Vacancy reference: COM/2026/20120 - Executive Director CAJU

Salary at this grade

Basic monthly salary at AD14 runs from €18,695 (step 1) to €21,152 (top step), giving an annual range of roughly €224,340–€253,824 before tax and allowances. Steps increase automatically every two years; the figures here are taken from the salary grid in the EU Staff Regulations.

Eligible staff posted away from their country of nationality also receive an expatriation allowance worth 16% of basic salary — around €2,991 per month at step 1 of AD14 — together with household, dependent-child, and education allowances where applicable. Take-home pay is then adjusted by the country correction coefficient for Brussels (Belgium). For a worked example see our correction coefficients guide and the EU salaries overview.

Application timeline

This vacancy was first listed on 29 May 2026, today.

The application deadline is 26 June 2026 — 27 days from today. Late applications are not accepted, so submit through the official EU Careers portal well in advance.

Last verified against the EU Careers feed on 29 May 2026.

Where to learn more

For full responsibilities, requirements, and career progression at AD14 see our AD14 grade page; for headcount, mission, and other open vacancies at Clean Aviation see the Clean Aviation institution page; for the cost of living, correction coefficient, and other postings in Brussels (Belgium) see our Brussels (Belgium) location page; for related vacancies in the Transport field browse our Transport domain page.

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Net pay at this grade

At step 1 of AD14, gross monthly basic salary on the Administrators grid is €18,695. Eligible expatriate staff add a 16% expatriation allowance on top — roughly €2,991 per month — before two automatic deductions reduce the taxable base: the joint sickness insurance scheme (JSIS, ~3.6% — €781) and the EU pension contribution (~10.3% — €2,234). EU community tax (Council Reg. 260/68) is then applied progressively; for the AD7-equivalent band the effective rate sits in the 11-13% range, which works out to about €2,241 per month here.
Brussels carries a correction coefficient of 100.0% (Article 64 of the Staff Regulations), so the net is multiplied by 1.00 to reflect the local cost of living. On those assumptions take-home pay is approximately €16,431 per month, or about €197,176 per year — before household and dependent-child allowances, which can add several hundred euros monthly for staff with families. For the exact bracket-by-bracket computation see our net-pay methodology, and our correction coefficients guide for the full duty-station table.

Career trajectory

Career progression for AD14 staff is governed by Articles 44 to 46 of the Staff Regulations (consolidated text on EUR-Lex) and Annex IB on the promotion procedure. Step increases are automatic every two years (Art. 44); grade promotion is competitive, based on the appraisal exercise (Art. 45) and the Career Development Review. For roles at Clean Aviation, progression to the next grade typically takes three to five years on merit, with two-yearly step increases in between. Article 46 governs the classification at recruitment, which sets the starting step within the grade (usually step 1 for external recruits without prior EU service, step 2 or 3 where relevant professional experience is recognised).
Mobility within the institutions is encouraged via the inter-institutional and intra-institutional vacancy publication system: temporary agents who pass the probation period and reservists from EPSO laureate lists can typically apply to internal vacancies after one year of service. Lateral moves between Directorates-General reset the seniority clock for promotion only if the new post carries a different grade.

Language profile

Beyond the formal language requirements stated in the vacancy notice, the day-to-day working languages at this employer are English and French in roughly equal measure, with German appearing in some technical files. Internal meetings and most policy drafting in Brussels run in English; French remains the preferred internal language in Luxembourg-based services and parts of DG TRADE.

Application cadence

Clean Aviation has not advertised another AD14 role with the same grade and Transport signature in the past twenty-four months — this opening has rarely been seen on the EU Careers feed and may be the first such posting in our two-year window. Applicants who pass the eligibility checks should not assume the same profile will reopen on a predictable cadence.

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Source: This job listing was sourced from the official EU Careers portal (EPSO). First published: . Salary estimate based on EU Staff Regulations.

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