Grade AST6
Contract Type Temp Agent
Salary Range €6,961 - €7,876/month
Deadline 31 May 2026
Position details
- Reference
- ENISA-TA-AST6-2026-06
- Last Verified
- 27 May 2026
Position overview
This is the official EU Careers listing for HR Coordinator at ENISA based in Athens, Greece at the AST6 grade level (Temp Agent). The vacancy reference is ENISA-TA-AST6-2026-06.
Key facts on file for this position: grade AST6; contract type Temp Agent; duty station Athens, Greece. Full responsibilities, eligibility criteria, language requirements, and the selection procedure are set out in the official vacancy notice.
Salary at this grade
Basic monthly salary at AST6 runs from €6,961 (step 1) to €7,876 (top step), giving an annual range of roughly €83,532–€94,512 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 €1,114 per month at step 1 of AST6 — together with household, dependent-child, and education allowances where applicable. Take-home pay is then adjusted by the country correction coefficient for Athens, Greece. For a worked example see our correction coefficients guide and the EU salaries overview.
Application timeline
This vacancy was first listed on 27 May 2026, today.
The application deadline is 31 May 2026 — 3 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 27 May 2026.
Where to learn more
For full responsibilities, requirements, and career progression at AST6 see our AST6 grade page; for headcount, mission, and other open vacancies at ENISA see the ENISA institution page; for the cost of living, correction coefficient, and other postings in Athens, Greece see our Athens, Greece location page.
New to EU careers? Our beginner's guide walks through entry routes, EPSO competitions, and what to prepare. For application logistics see application tips and EPSO competitions.
Net pay at this grade
At step 1 of AST6, gross monthly basic salary on the Assistants grid is €6,961. Eligible expatriate staff add a 16% expatriation allowance on top — roughly €1,114 per month — before two automatic deductions reduce the taxable base: the joint sickness insurance scheme (JSIS, ~3.6% — €291) and the EU pension contribution (~10.3% — €832). 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 €834 per month here.
For Athens, Greece we apply the Brussels-equivalent coefficient (100%) as a default — the official coefficient may differ, see the methodology guide for the most recent table. On those assumptions take-home pay is approximately €6,118 per month, or about €73,420 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.
Comparable recent roles
In the last twenty-four months ENISA (and the wider Commission and agencies family) has filled several adjacent roles at the same AST6 grade level. The most recent comparable vacancies, with their actual application windows:
- ICT & Security Coordinator at ENISA — published 2026-05-27, closed 2026-06-08
- ICT Security Team Leader at ENISA — published 2026-05-07, closed 2026-06-08
- Human Resources Coordinator at ENISA — published 2026-04-27, closed 2026-05-31
Pattern recognition matters here — recruiters at the same Directorate-General often re-advertise nearly identical profiles every six to nine months, so candidates who miss one window can typically position for the next one. Browse the live catalog:
all AST6 openings,
other vacancies at ENISA.
Career trajectory
Career progression for AST6 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 ENISA, AST grades progress one level every three to five years on merit; AD reclassification via a CAST or internal competition is the longer-term route. 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
Across the past twenty-four months 3 comparable openings with the same grade and subject area signature have been advertised by ENISA or related EU bodies — 3 of them in the last twelve months alone. That cadence (roughly 1.5 per year) suggests a candidate who narrowly misses this competition can reasonably expect a similar profile to reopen within six to nine months.
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