Legal Officer

The Legal Officer duties include:

General legal advice and legal acts

• Draft legally sound decisions for adoption by the Executive Director as well as other relevant acts;
• Provide legal advice on various requests (MoUs, implementing rules, staff regulations, etc.);
• Ensure compliance with European Union and the Chips JU’s rules and regulations;
• Contribute to the production of manuals, guidance, internal procedures.

Operational activities

• Prepare and implement the Chips JU’s programme and actions from a legal perspective, for both Horizon Europe and Digital Europe Programmes;
• Provide advice to the Programme Officers in any legal question in relation to the signature and implementation of the Grant Agreement during the entire project lifecycle;
• Provide advice to Programme Officers in relation to the Chips for Europe Initiative Part of the work programme, including operational procurement, financial support to third parties or other specific actions, acting as drafter and legal initiator of certain documents, when applicable.

Governance

• Collaborate with the governance team for the smooth functioning of the Governing Board and Public Authorities Board, organise meetings and written procedures, preparing decisions, etc;
• Prepare and follow-up Administrative Agreements with the National Funding Authorities;
• Collaborate to the preparation of the work programme and other key documents.

Public procurement

• Together with the procurement officer, advise staff members on procurement rules when they want to purchase goods or services.

Litigation

• Contribute to defend the interests of the JU in any type of legal action or litigation;
• Contribute to find solutions to avoid litigation.

Document management

• Act as a Document Management Officer and ensure compliance with document management standards of the European Commission.

Networking

• Collaborate with the other units of the JU in order to achieve the objectives and program of the Chips JU and assist the Executive Director and Heads of Unit in any legal issues;
• Establish strong relations with legal networks and relevant DGs and liaise with the legal officers of other JUs for common procurements and other back-office arrangements.