.... Four Pirate Members of the European Parliament are looking for a reliable .... As .... you will be called upon to perform a multitude of tasks including: * ... * English language communication. We expect: * ...... * fluency in English; proficiency in German, French, Czech or other languages is an asset; * personal integrity and professional approach to the work; * willingness to work with Open Source Software and other open technologies; * enthusiasm for working in an international team; * willingness to occasional travel, especially to Brussels and Strasbourg; * full support for transparency in public affairs as well as deep respect for privacy in personal matters. We offer: * ..... * the length of contract will be 1 year with the possibility of extension; * salary is based on experience and in accordance with Parliamentary regulation; * work in the best political party with possibility to participate in a meaningful and transparent policy. Requirements for selection: The applicant will send the necessary documentation by [day of sending the advertisement + 14 days] via e-mail to jana.kolarikova@pirati.cz [include PGP key or encrypted form]. The condition for being included in the selection procedure is to send a structured CV and a cover letter containing a vision of the position. The winner's CV and cover letter may be published. Preferred starting date: After approval by the delegation in July or September 2019 as agreed. The nomination team has the right to extend the deadline. The first round is done by evaluating the CV, motivation and previous experience. The second round is realized in the form of practical verification of the required criteria. The evaluation is carried out by an evaluation committee composed of representatives of the MEPs and the Human Resources Department. Third round by personal interview. An applicant who has successfully completed the second round may be invited to the third round (interview) for other positions listed in the Group. Evaluation Criteria: * Position Requirements 40% * Knowledge of Pirate Program and Argumentation 15% * Overall impression 15% * Motivation 15% * Experience/Education 15% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Head of Office in Brussels https://pad.pirati.cz/p/HeadOfOffice_procurement_draft Administrative assistant in Brussels https://pad.pirati.cz/p/APA_procurement_draft Policy Advisor/Shadow in Brussels Patrick: https://pad.pirati.cz/p/advisor_procurement_draft Marketa: https://pad.pirati.cz/p/second_advisor_Mark%C3%A9ta Communications trainee in Brussels (future regional assistants) https://pad.pirati.cz/p/Regional_assistent_procurement_draft ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comments by Mab ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Pirates, I had a look at the new job offers you have posted and found a few things that came across as unclear, incorrect or linguistically in need of some improvement. Given that you will get the best and widest amount of applications by having correct and clear information written in correct English I thought I would compile a list of the things I noticed. Bear in mind that I am not a native English speaker, so there is bound to be some grammatical mistakes that I haven't picked up on in the texts. If you need me to look through future positions for inaccuracies before you post them feel free to let me know, and if you need any advice on the rules related to local assistants or APAs I can probably also assist you with that. Best regards, Mab Job offer: IT administrator (https://www.lmcg2.com/pd/1398383096/?rps=202) Incorrect: * The text currently states: "Length of contract: Permanent", but this is incorrect. You cannot have a contract stretching longer than until end of the mandate. * The text currently states: "Employer: Česká pirátská strana", but this is incorrect. If the position is an A.P.A.-position then the employer is the European Parliament, and if it is a local assistant position then the employer is the individual MEP(s) that signs the contract as the employer. Under no circumstances are the MEPs allowed to pay salaries to anyone who is formally (or informally) employed by the party. Unclear: * Under "we offer" you have listed "home office", but unless you want to provide them with a full office in their home what you are trying to say is probably "the possibility to work from home". This ties in to the bigger question about where the applicant will be recruited. Under "Working location" it states that the job is based in "Rue Wiertz/Wiertzstraat 60 B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium", which implies that it is an A.P.A. position. But that is not spelled out anywhere. So a clarification about which country/jurisdiction the job is placed in would probably be very helpful for people applying. Are they expected to relocate to Brussels or can they work from home and only infrequently travel to Brussels/Strasbourg for work? (be advised that neither the insurance nor indeed the work contract for A.P.A given by the parliament cover working from home). Please also bear in mind that members can only hire local assistants in the country where they were elected. * " work for Members of the best political party with possibility to participate in a meaningful and transparent policy;" makes little sense in English. But perhaps you meant something like: "a chance to work for Members of the best political party with a possibility to participate in creating a meaningful and transparent policyies; ? * The line: " The winner's CV and cover letter may be published." is unclear in multiple ways. First of all the term "winner" is not normally used in this context, secondly if you want to publish the CV and cover letter you need a legal basis for that in accordance with GDPR. I believe consent is the only one you could opt for in this case. So you might want to rephrase it to something like this: "By applying for this position you consent to have your CV and cover letter published online should you be invited to fill the position." * " work for Members of the best political party with possibility to participate in a meaningful and transparent policy;" makes little sense in English. But perhaps you meant something like: "a chance to work for Members of the best political party with a possibility to participate in creating a meaningful and transparent policyies; ? * "Preferred starting date: After approval by the delegation in September 2019 as agreed." Is the starting date in September? Will the delegation approve a starting date in September that is later? This is unclear. Linguistic errors: * First line should start "The European Pirates" and not only "European Pirates" * "passion for work with open technologies" should be replaced with " passion for working with open technologies" * " opportunity to support European policies and standards in cybersecurity area and digital environment." Should be replaced with "an opportunity to support European policies and standards in the cybersecurity area and in the digital environment." * " remuneration is based on experience and in accordance with Parliamentary regulation;" should be replaced with "remuneration is based on experience and in accordance with Parliamentary regulation;" (as it is a continuation of "we offer") Job offer: Software developer (https://www.lmcg2.com/pd/1400187283/?rps=202 ) Incorrect: * The text currently states: "Length of contract: Permanent", but this is incorrect. You cannot have a contract stretching longer than until end of the mandate. * The text currently states: "Employer: Česká pirátská strana", but this is incorrect. If the position is an A.P.A.-position then the employer is the European Parliament, and if it is a local assistant position then the employer is the individual MEP(s) that signs the contract as the employer. Under no circumstances are the MEPs allowed to pay salaries to anyone who is formally (or informally) employed by the party. Unclear: * "English language communication." What does this mean? Phrased like this it means that the Software developer should do communication work to the outside in English. If you want to underline that the working language of the position is in English then you might want to put it under "we expect" and phrase it like: "fluency in English;". If you indeed expect your Software developer to do some communication work you should probably specify what that would entail in more detail. * Under "we offer" you have listed "home office", but unless you want to provide them with a full office in their home what you are trying to say is probably "the possibility to work from home". This ties in to the bigger question about where the applicant will be recruited. Under "Working location" it states that the job is based in "Rue Wiertz/Wiertzstraat 60 B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium", which implies that it is an A.P.A. position. But that is not spelled out anywhere. So a clarification about which country/jurisdiction the job is placed in would probably be very helpful for people applying. Are they expected to relocate to Brussels or can they work from home and only infrequently travel to Brussels/Strasbourg for work? (be advised that neither the insurance nor indeed the work contract for A.P.A given by the parliament cover working from home). Please also bear in mind that members can only hire local assistants in the country where they were elected. * " work for Members of the best political party with possibility to participate in a meaningful and transparent policy;" makes little sense in English. But perhaps you meant something like: "a chance to work for Members of the best political party with a possibility to participate in creating a meaningful and transparent policyies; ? * The line: " The winner's CV and cover letter may be published." is unclear in multiple ways. First of all the term "winner" is not normally used in this context, secondly if you want to publish the CV and cover letter you need a legal basis for that in accordance with GDPR. I believe consent is the only one you could opt for in this case. So you might want to rephrase it to something like this: "By applying for this position you consent to have your CV and cover letter published online should you be invited to fill the position." * " work for Members of the best political party with possibility to participate in a meaningful and transparent policy;" makes little sense in English. But perhaps you meant something like: "a chance to work for Members of the best political party with a possibility to participate in creating a meaningful and transparent policyies; ? * "Preferred starting date: After approval by the delegation in September 2019 as agreed." Is the starting date in September? Will the delegation approve a starting date in September that might be later? This is unclear. Linguistic errors: * First line should start "The European Pirates" and not only "European Pirates" Job offer: Regional administrative assistant - Brno/Prague (https://www.lmcg2.com/pd/1400190208/?rps=202 ) Incorrect: * The text currently states: "Length of contract: Permanent", but this is incorrect. You cannot have a contract stretching longer than until end of the mandate. Note that at another place in the text you write " the length of contract will be 1 year with the possibility of extension;", if that is the case you should duplicate that period under "Length of contract". * The text currently states: "Employer: Česká pirátská strana", but this is incorrect. As this is a local assistant position the employer is the individual MEP(s) that signs the contract as the employer. Under no circumstances are the MEPs allowed to pay salaries to anyone who is formally (or informally) employed by the party. Note that the text also states: " work in the best political party with possibility to participate in a meaningful and transparent policy." This is also incorrect and should be formulated as "a chance to work for members of the best political party..." as in the other job offers above. Unclear: * "Preferred starting date: After approval by the delegation in September 2019 as agreed." Is the starting date in September? Will the delegation approve a starting date in September that might be later? This is unclear. Linguistic errors: * First line should start: "The Pirate Members of the European Parliament" and not only " Pirate Members of the European Parliament" Job offer: Communications trainee in Brussels, to qualify as local assistant in Berlin ( https://www.lmcg2.com/pd/1398380198/?rps=202 ) Incorrect: * "Length of contract: Permanent"; This is incorrect, it is 3-5 months (as stated elsewhere in the text) * "Type of employment: Employment contract"; This is very incorrect, it is a "paid internship" (as stated elsewhere in the text) * "Employer: Česká pirátská strana"; This is incorrect. As an intern in the EP the Parliament will be the Employer. Job offer: PR and marketing assistant (https://www.lmcg2.com/pd/1400192604/?rps=202 ) Incorrect: * The text currently states: "Length of contract: Permanent", but this is incorrect. You cannot have a contract stretching longer than until end of the mandate. Elsewhere it says that it is a one year contract. * The text currently states: "Employer: Česká pirátská strana", but this is incorrect. If the position is an A.P.A.-position then the employer is the European Parliament, and if it is a local assistant position then the employer is the individual MEP(s) that signs the contract as the employer. Under no circumstances are the MEPs allowed to pay salaries to anyone who is formally (or informally) employed by the party. Unclear: * . Under "Working location" it states that the job is based in "Rue Wiertz/Wiertzstraat 60 B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium", which implies that it is a job based in Brussels. But in the beginning of the text i states: "a PR and Marketing assistant in Czech Republic". So where is the job located? Job offer: European law advisor in Brussels ( https://www.lmcg2.com/pd/1400194917/?rps=202 ) Incorrect: * The text currently states: "Length of contract: Permanent", but this is incorrect. You cannot have a contract stretching longer than until end of the mandate. Elsewhere it says that it is a one year contract. * The text currently states: "Employer: Česká pirátská strana", but this is incorrect. The Employer is the European Parliament. * "work in the best political party with possibility to participate in a meaningful and transparent policy."; This is incorrect, the work are for members of the best political party, but not for the party. Unclear: * The line: " The winner's CV and cover letter may be published." is unclear in multiple ways. First of all the term "winner" is not normally used in this context, secondly if