Contract TypeJoint Call For Expressionof Interest (Hadea Leader)
Salary Range€3,476 - €3,932/month
Position details
Reference
EA-III-2023-10
Last Verified
29 May 2026
Position overview
This is the official EU Careers listing for Project Officer at REA based in Brussels, Belgium at the FGIII grade level (Joint Call For Expressionof Interest (Hadea Leader)). The vacancy reference is EA-III-2023-10.
Full responsibilities, eligibility criteria, language requirements, and the selection procedure are set out in the official vacancy notice.
Grade: FGIII
Contract type: Joint Call For Expressionof Interest (Hadea Leader)
Duty station: Brussels, Belgium
Vacancy reference: EA-III-2023-10
Salary at this grade
Basic monthly salary at FGIII runs from €3,476 (step 1) to €3,932 (top step), giving an annual range of roughly €41,712–€47,184 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 €556 per month at step 1 of FGIII — 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 28 May 2026, today.
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 29 May 2026.
Where to learn more
For full responsibilities, requirements, and career progression at FGIII see our FGIII grade page; for headcount, mission, and other open vacancies at REA see the REA institution page; for the cost of living, correction coefficient, and other postings in Brussels, Belgium see our Brussels, Belgium location page.
At step 1 of FGIII, gross monthly basic salary on the Contract Agents grid is €3,476. Eligible expatriate staff add a 16% expatriation allowance on top — roughly €556 per month — before two automatic deductions reduce the taxable base: the joint sickness insurance scheme (JSIS, ~3.6% — €145) and the EU pension contribution (~10.3% — €415). 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 €417 per month here.
For Brussels, Belgium 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 €3,055 per month, or about €36,657 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 REA (and the wider Commission and agencies family) has filled several adjacent roles at the same FGIII grade level. The most recent comparable vacancies, with their actual application windows:
Financial Officer at REA — published 2026-05-28, closed rolling
Financial Officer at REA — published 2026-05-28, closed rolling
Legal Officer and Financial Officer at REA — published 2026-05-28, closed rolling
Financial Officer at REA — published 2026-05-28, closed rolling
Document Management Agent - Deputy DMO,Deputy RCO (Registry Control Officer) and Mission Manager at REA — published 2026-05-28, closed rolling
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 FGIII openings, other vacancies at REA.
Career trajectory
Career progression for FGIII 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 REA, reclassification within FG III typically follows three to five years of seniority plus a positive appraisal cycle. 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 23 comparable openings with the same grade and subject area signature have been advertised by REA or related EU bodies — 23 of them in the last twelve months alone. That cadence (roughly 11.5 per year) suggests a candidate who narrowly misses this competition can reasonably expect a similar profile to reopen within six to nine months.