❓ Did you know you can start an EU career without waiting for a multi-year EPSO competition to conclude?
🇪🇺 Many candidates assume that passing an open competition (concours) is the only gateway into an EU institution. However, it’s better not to put all eggs in the EPSO basket.
⚡ Decentralised EU agencies and many Brussels EU institutions also recruit candidates directly, shortening the entire selection and onboarding timeline to just two to four months.
🏛️ All EU institutions across the EU territory offer the exact same benefits: allowances, European School access or Education allowance, and health insurance coverage as Brussels-based EU institutions jobs. Of course, salaries and allowances are adjusted by the ‘Correction coefficient’.
🔄 While “permanent” status remains reserved for EU institutions officials (fonctionnaires), EU agency contracts frequently become indefinite, granting very similar long-term stability and career progression.
💬 Read below and let me know in a comment if any of the vacancies was a ❤️ match for you! 👇
CONTRACT AGENTS
🇳🇱 LEGAL ASSISTANT | CONTRACT AGENT FG IV | EUROPOL
⏰ Deadline: 16 September | Place of employment: The Hague 🇳🇱
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 3922
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 5800
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 4634
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 6608
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/Civitta/5aee1702-ddc6-4fae-8dd3-47c21ff8b75e
🇵🇹 SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | CONTRACT AGENT FG III | EUDA
⏰ Deadline: 18 September | Place of employment: Lisbon 🇵🇹
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 2,680
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 4,370
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 3,310
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 5,090
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
Apply: https://agencies-network.europa.eu/scientific-development-officer_en
🇳🇱 SENIOR AGENT – CORPORATE COMPLIANCE | CONTRACT AGENT FG IV | EUROPOL
Deadline: 18 September | Place of employment: The Hague 🇳🇱
🏡Single local: ~EUR 3922
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 5800
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 4634
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 6608
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
🔗Apply: https://www.europol.europa.eu/work-with-us/careers/open-vacancies/vacancy/1082
🇵🇹 SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | CONTRACT AGENT FG III | EUDA
⏰ Deadline: 18 September | Place of employment: Lisbon 🇵🇹
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 2,680
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 4,370
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 3,310
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 5,090
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
Apply: https://agencies-network.europa.eu/scientific-development-officer_en
🇲🇹 OPERATIONS OFFICER | CONTRACT AGENT FG IV | EUAA
Deadline: 23 September | Place of employment: Valletta 🇲🇹
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 3,452
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 4,618
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 4,124
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 5,348
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
🔗Apply: https://careers.euaa.europa.eu/
🇩🇪 EXPERT ON INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS | CONTRACT AGENT FG IV | EIOPA
⏰ Deadline: 28 September | Place of employment: Frankfurt am Main 🇩🇪
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 3604
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 5332
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 4260
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 6075
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
Apply: https://eiopa.gestmax.eu/70/1/expert-on-institutional-relations-external
🇮🇹 AUDIO-VISUAL SOLUTIONS SPECIALIST | CONTRACT AGENT FG III | EUI
⏰ Deadline: 7 October | Place of employment: Florence 🇮🇹
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 2586
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 3862
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 3024
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 4410
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
Apply: https://agencies-network.europa.eu/audio-visual-solutions-specialist_en
ASSISTANTS
🇳🇱 FINANCIAL COORDINATOR | ASSISTANT AST 3 | EMA
Deadline: 15 September | Place of employment: Amsterdam 🇳🇱
🙋♂️🏡 Single local: ~EUR 4,537
👨👩👧👦🏡 Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 6,055
🙋♂️✈️ Single expat: ~EUR 5,408
👨👩👧👦✈️ Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 7,031
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
🔗Apply: https://careers.ema.europa.eu/search/
🇧🇪 ASSISTANT IN RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | ASSISTANT AST 3 | COR
Deadline: 17 September | Place of employment: Brussels 🇧🇪
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 4,008
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 5,349
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 4,777
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 6,211
Indefinite contract possibility: ⛔ (6-year limit)
🔗Apply: https://www.cor.europa.eu/en/about/work-us/jobs/assistant-records-and-information-management
🇧🇪 SECRETARY TO THE DIRECTOR | TEMPORARY AGENT AST/SC 1 | EC
⏰ Deadline: 24 September | Place of employment: Brussels 🇧🇪
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 2735
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 4243
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 3209
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 4805
Indefinite contract possibility: ⛔
Apply: https://eu-careers.europa.eu/en/job-opportunities/secretary-director/hr-com-2026-1908
🇪🇸 PROCUREMENT OFFICER | ASSISTANT AST 3 | EU-OSHA
Deadline: 24 September | Place of employment: Bilbao 🇪🇸
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 3,703
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 4,942
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 4,414
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 5,739
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
🔗Apply: https://euosha.gestmax.eu/837/1/procurement-officer-ast3
ADMINISTRATORS
🇮🇹 DIGITAL SPECIALIST | ADMINISTRATOR AD 8 | ETF
⏰ Deadline: 14 September | Place of employment: Turin 🇮🇹
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 5,725
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 7,250
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 6,680
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 8,700
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
Apply: https://www.etf.europa.eu/en/about/working-with-us/vacancies/digital-specialist
🇱🇺 IT PROJECT OFFICER | TEMPORARY AGENT AD 5 | EC
⏰ Deadline: 15 September | Place of employment: Luxembourg 🇱🇺
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 5035
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 6982
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 5937
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 7965
Indefinite contract possibility: ⛔
Apply: https://eu-careers.europa.eu/en/job-opportunities/it-project-officer/ener-com-2026-746
🇲🇹 HEAD OF CORPORATE SECURITY UNIT | TEMPORARY AGENT AD 10 | EUAA
⏰ Deadline: 25 September | Place of employment: Valletta 🇲🇹
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 7207
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 9062
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 8725
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 10728
Indefinite contract possibility: ✅
Apply: https://www.euaa.europa.eu/careers/vacancies
🇧🇪 PROJECT OFFICER FOR EXPERIMENTATION | ADMINISTRATOR AD 8 | EDA
Deadline: 6 October | Place of employment: Brussels 🇧🇪
🙋♂️🏡Single local: ~EUR 6,782
👨👩👧👦🏡Local w. 2 kids: ~EUR 8,634
🙋♂️✈️Single expat: ~EUR 8,241
👨👩👧👦✈️Expat w. 2 kids: ~EUR 10,188
Indefinite contract possibility: ⛔ 👉🔗Apply: https://vacancies.eda.europa.eu/vacanciesnotice/1111
