Job opportunities

Our staff are mainly officials recruited via the reserve lists from general competitions organised by the European Personnel Selection Office                     (EPSO). In certain circumstances, however, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) may also engage temporary or contract staff.

To be eligible for one of these posts at the ECA, you must be a citizen of one of the European Union Member States, but it is important to check the specific eligibility conditions for each vacancy before applying.

Applications must be drafted in English or French and submitted via in the online form provided for each vacancy advertised.  Job vacancies are available in the other official languages of the European Union in PDF format in the detail section of each vacancy.

Should you require further information about our recruitment procedures or your own application, or if you have a technical problem, please contact us by completing this form          

Your message may be sent to us in any of the official languages of the EU and a reply will be sent in the same language.

Please also consult the following links:

• Working at the European Court of Auditors

• ASPIRE programme

• Specific privacy statement for employment vacancies

• EU Careers website               where you can search the database of available job opportunities for permanent and temporary positions, including contract agent posts, traineeships and secondments in EU Institutions and Agencies.

• Traineeships

• Staff Regulations of Officials and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union                              

Reserve lists:

• Reserve list - Call for expressions of interest – Auditors in the fields of (i) mathematics and statistics - (ii) data science, digital audit, data and network analysis, data and text mining, process automation and process mining (Temporary staff - grade AD 5 - AD 9)

• Reserve list ECA/2017/7 - Lawyer experienced in European law (extended until 31 December 2021)

• Reserve list ECA/2017/13 - Assistant to the Head of Security (extended until 31 December 2020)

• Reserve list for Maltese translator – Temporary agent (extended until 31 December 2020)

• Reserve list for Spanish translator – Temporary agent (extended until 31 December 2021)

• Reserve list for Danish translator – Temporary agent (extended until 31 December 2020)

• Reserve list - Call for expressions of interest Auditors – Junior Professionals Programme (Temporary staff AD 5) (extended until 31 December 2021​) 

• Reserve list - Call for expressions of interest – Temporary agent – “Weapons and firing specialist” – Security Team (AST3) (extended until 31 December 2021​)

• Reserve list - Call for expressions of interest - Senior Media and Editorial advisor (Temporary staff - grade AD13/14)

• Reserve list - Call for expressions of interest - Medical controller (Contract of special adviser)

• Reserve list – Officer responsible for health and safety at work (AD6-AD7)

• Reserve list - Call for expressions of interest - Security guards FG I

• Reserve list ECA-2020-6 – Data protection Officer (AD9-AD12)​