Vacancy notice - Senior Labour Mobility Officer - European Labour Authority (Bratislava)

European Labour AuthorityELABratislava, Slovakia
Contract TypeOther
Deadline27 November 2026

About this position

The summary below is published by European Labour Authority on the official vacancy notice. Our own analysis — salary realism, comparable openings, career trajectory, language profile — follows further down the page.

Publish date

30 October 2026

Submission deadline

27 November 2026 12:00 Europe/Bratislava

Reference

ELA/AD/2026/13

Position

Temporary Agent AD7

Location

Bratislava, Slovakia

Description

The Authority is launching a vacancy notice with a view to establishing a reserve list of Temporary Agents for the position of Senior Labour Mobility Officer.

Vacancy notice - Senior Labour Mobility Officer - ELA/AD/2026/13

English (248.14 KB - PDF)

Contract and working arrangements

Hiring unit: European Labour Authority.

Position details

Reference
ELA/AD/2026/13
Last Verified
30 October 2026

Position overview

This is the official EU Careers listing for Vacancy notice - Senior Labour Mobility Officer at ELA based in Bratislava (Other). The vacancy reference is ELA/AD/2026/13.

Publish date

30 October 2026

Submission deadline

27 November 2026 12:00 Europe/Bratislava

Reference

ELA/AD/2026/13

Position

Temporary Agent AD7

Location

Bratislava, Slovakia

Description

The Authority is launching a vacancy notice with a view to establishing a reserve list of Temporary Agents for the position of Senior Labour Mobility Officer.

Vacancy notice - Senior Labour Mobility Officer - ELA/AD/2026/13

English (248.14 KB - PDF)

Application timeline

This vacancy was first listed on 30 October 2026, today.

The application deadline is 27 November 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 30 October 2026.

Where to learn more

For headcount, mission, and other open vacancies at ELA see the ELA institution page; for the cost of living, correction coefficient, and other postings in Bratislava see our Bratislava location page.

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Career trajectory

Career progression for this grade 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 ELA, 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

ELA has not advertised another comparable role with the same grade and subject 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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