GradeAD8
Salary Range€8,911 - €10,083/month
Deadline10 September 2026
Position details
- Reference
- RCT-2026-00020
- Last Verified
- 6 August 2026
Position overview
This is the official EU Careers listing for Senior Project Manager (AD8) at Frontex based in Warsaw at the AD8 grade level. The vacancy reference is RCT-2026-00020.
Full responsibilities, eligibility criteria, language requirements, and the selection procedure are set out in the official vacancy notice.
- Grade: AD8
- Duty station: Warsaw
- Vacancy reference: RCT-2026-00020
Salary at this grade
Basic monthly salary at AD8 runs from €8,911 (step 1) to €10,083 (top step), giving an annual range of roughly €106,932 to €120,996 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 €1,426 per month at step 1 of AD8) together with household, dependent-child, and education allowances where applicable. Take-home pay is then adjusted by the country correction coefficient for Warsaw. For a worked example see our correction coefficients guide and the EU salaries overview.
Application timeline
This vacancy was first listed on 30 July 2026, 6 days ago.
The application deadline is 10 September 2026, 34 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 6 August 2026.
Net pay at this grade
At step 1 of AD8, gross monthly basic salary on the Administrators grid is €8,911. Eligible expatriate staff add a 16% expatriation allowance on top (roughly €1,426 per month) before two automatic deductions reduce the taxable base: the joint sickness insurance scheme (JSIS, ~3.6%, €372) and the EU pension contribution (~10.3%, €1,065). EU community tax (Council Reg. 260/68) is then applied progressively; for the AD7-equivalent band the effective rate sits in the 11 to 13% range, which works out to about €1,068 per month here.
Warsaw carries a correction coefficient of 75.0% (Article 64 of the Staff Regulations), so the net is multiplied by 0.75 to reflect the local cost of living. On those assumptions take-home pay is approximately €5,874 per month, or about €70,491 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 Frontex (and the wider Commission and agencies family) has filled several adjacent roles at the same AD8 grade level. The most recent comparable vacancies, with their actual application windows:
- Senior Project Officer at Frontex (published 2026-07-30, closed 2026-09-10)
- Head of Sector Return Facilities (AD8) at Frontex (published 2026-07-15, closed 2026-08-17)
- Head of Return Facilities Sector at Frontex (published 2026-07-15, closed 2026-08-17)
- Senior Innovation Officer (AD8) at Frontex (published 2026-07-03, closed 2026-08-21)
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 AD8 openings,
other vacancies at Frontex.
Career trajectory
Career progression for AD8 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 Frontex, AD9 within three to four years on merit is the most common next move; AD11 (head-of-unit territory) usually comes by year nine to ten. 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 as the operational language. JHA agencies (Frontex, Europol, eu-LISA, EUAA) operate almost entirely in English given their member-state-facing operational mission; a second language is welcome but rarely a daily requirement.
Application cadence
Across the past twenty-four months 4 comparable openings with the same grade and subject area signature have been advertised by Frontex or related EU bodies, 4 of them in the last twelve months alone. That cadence (roughly 2.0 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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