EFTA Secretariat

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is an intergovernmental organisation working for the promotion of free trade and economic integration to the benefit of its four Member States Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. The EFTA Secretariat provides services to the EFTA States and has offices in Geneva, Brussels, and Luxemburg. The Headquarters in Geneva services the EFTA Council and supplies services for policy development, negotiations and implementation of free trade and cooperation agreements with countries outside the European Union. The Brussels office supports the management of the EEA Agreement and assists the Member States in the elaboration of input to EU decision making. EFTA’s Luxembourg office contributes to the development of the European Statistical system. EFTA has established preferential trade relations – primarily in the form of free trade agreements and joint declarations on cooperation – with more than 40 countries and territories outside the EU and is continuing to develop this worldwide network. Regular travels are part of the role.

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Officer - Intellectual property and legal issues - TRD VA 18

The advertised position is placed in the Trade Relations Division of the EFTA Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, consisting of a tightly knit team of 12 staff members. The Division provides comprehensive services to Member States related to the exploration, negotiation, administration, and modernisation of EFTA’s preferential trade relations.

The successful candidate will have substantive, analytical and organisational responsibilities in support of EFTA’s engagement with partner countries outside the European Union. Her/his specific area of responsibility will centre on issues pertaining to the area of legal and institutional issues including dispute settlement, trade remedies and competition in EFTA free trade agreements as well as the legal review of agreements concluded or modernised. The position will also extend to a range of other trade policy questions, e.g. the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) or other fields covered by EFTA’s comprehensive free trade agreements and country desk responsibilities (coordination of EFTA’s preferential trade relations with several partner countries). Depending on the candidate’s profile the position offered may also involve work related to EFTA’s internal policy on data protection.

More about this position: https://jobs.efta.int/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=564&p_web_page_id=576537

Auglýsing birt8. janúar 2025

Umsóknarfrestur31. janúar 2025

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