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Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- SPD and CAAR
- Arbitration of resources (budget and FTEs)
- Portfolio Management tools and methods
- MMRR & MIMPR
- Enterprise Architect function
- Ensure strategic evolution of Agency’s human capital
- Competency Management
- Recruitment
- Learning and Development
- Effectives and supportive administrative processes for staff management
Sub-structures:
- Portfolio Management Team (TL: K. Favyts)
- Human Capital Team (TL a.i.: N. Namavar)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Manage the proceedings of MB, EB, 4th RPSG
- Manage the relations with other EU institutions, ECA, IAS etc.
- Manage the communication function at ERA (media relations, website, social media, and corporate events)
- Manage the NSA and NRB network
- Manage international work, in line with the priorities and contractual arrangements agreed with EC
Sub-structures:
- Inter-institutional and international relations Team (TL: T. Willems)
- Communication Team (TL a.i.: F. Rotoli)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Budget management
- Support to AODs for the financial management
- Centralised pool of financial assistants - financial initiation and verification (subsidy and F&C)
- Procurement
- Centralised financial management for the grants and contribution agreements
- Procurement and contract management
- Current building facilities management
- New building project
Sub-structures:
- Budget, Finance and Procurement Team (TL: S. Ciocardel)
- Facilities management and ERA new building Team (TL: E. Tramacere)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Agency’s IT infrastructure
- Service desk support
- Deployment and maintenance of professional mobile devices and laptops for staff
- Technical implementation and operational maintenance of all the Agency’s data systems (Registers, OSS, ISS, etc.)
Sub-structures:
- Administrative IT Team (TL a.i.: P. Vasilopoulou)
- Operational IT Team (TL a.i.: P. Vasilopoulou)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Deliver the Agency's ambition in the field of making rail more interoperable and cost-effective in the EU
Sub-structures:
- Fixed Installations & Rolling Stock Unit (HoU: O. Piron)
- ERTMS Unit (HoU: J. De Bosschere)
- Operational Harmonisation Unit
- Vehicle Authorisation Unit (HoU: I. Mendez)
- Coordination with ERJU (Coordinator: N.T. Tournier)
- Coordination on Rail Cybersecurity
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- FIRST TSI Maintenance and development
- Change Control Management
- Cleaning-up of National Technical rules
- Link to standards, technical support
- NoBo monitoring
Sub-structures:
- TSI Maintenance and Evolution Team (TL a.i.: O. Piron)
- Technical Rules & Conformity Assessment Team (TL a.i.: O. Piron)
- NoBo Monitoring Team (TL a.i.: L. Trinca)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- ERTMS System Authority
- CCS TSI Change Control Management (CCM)
- Steering of ERTMS deployment, closer involvement with EC, ERTMS coordinator and TEN-T coordinators
- FRMCS
- Harmonised engineering and operational rules for ERTMS
- Standardised procurement specs for trackside and onboard
- Streamlined compatibility testing requirements
- ERTMS Trackside Approvals
Sub-structures:
- ETCS/ATO Team (TL a.i.: J. De Bosschere)
- Radio Team (TL a.i.: J. De Bosschere)
- CCS/ERTMS Team (TL a.i.: J. De Bosschere)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- TSI OPE
- System Authority for Telematics
- Policy lead for EVR and RINF
- Cleaning-up of NSR and national operational rules
- Digitalisation of operational communications and language tools
- Dangerous Goods
- Support to Capacity Regulation
Sub-structures:
- TSI OPE Team (TL a.i.: A. D'Agostino)
- Telematics Team (TL: A. D'Agostino)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Issuing of Vehicle Authorisations
- Governance of VA
- Support to Applicants and Cooperation with NSAs for VA
- Policy lead for ERATV, ERADIS, for IOP Data and OSS for the VA
- Focus on ERTMS Onboard assessments for significant retrofitting work
- Development of Vehicle Registration process
- Maintenance of the PAVA and any other reference documents
Sub-structures:
- VA Programme Management Team (TL: O. Rebollo)
- Issuing VA Team (TL a.i.: O. Rebollo)
- VA ERTMS Onboard Team (TL a.i.: O. Rebollo)
- VA Systems Team (TL a.i.: O. Rebollo)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Agency's liaison with the ERJU
- Seamless and timely integration of Agency needs into the ERJU streams of work
- Mature and timely ERJU outputs into the ERA cycle of regulation preparation, including assistance on feasibility and deployment
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Coordination on Rail Cybersecurity matters across the Agency
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Deliver the Agency's ambition in the field of strengthening safety maturity for rail in the EU, in line with the roles and responsibilities envisaged by the Safety Directive
Sub-structures:
- Safety Methods Unit (HoU: B. Accou)
- Safety Monitoring and Maturity Unit (HoU a.i.: P. Guido)
- Safety Certification Unit (HoU a.i.: I. Mendez)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Maintenance, development and improvements of all the CSMs (EC revision mandate to ERA)
- CSM ASLP
- Specify, implement and maintain the occurrence reporting system
- Provide support for the use of the information sharing system
- Analyse safety data
- Manage GoA
- Support work of NIBs
- Develop and support principles and methods on SMS and related safety management topics
- Maintenance development and guidance for all CSMs
Sub-structures:
- Information Sharing Systems Team (TL a.i.: B. Accou)
- Safety Analysis Team (TL a.i.: B. Accou)
- SMS Principles Team (TL a.i.: B. Accou)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Risk-based monitoring of NSAs
- NSA performance review
- Strenghtening of maturity for ECMs, AsBos, support to NIB peer review
- Art. 35 Monitoring
- Organise capacity building for MS authorities
Sub-structures:
- NSA Monitoring Team (TL a.i.: M. Greco)
- Support for Assessment & Certif Bodies Team (TL: JM. Dechamps)
- Capacity Building & Support Team (TL: M. Greco)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Issuing of Single Safety Certificates
- Planning, Management and Reporting for Agency projects relating to SSC
- Support to Applicants and cooperation with NSAs for SSC
- Capture evolving user needs in relation to OSS for SSC
- Maintenance of the PASSC and any other reference documents
Sub-structures:
- Issuing SSC Team (TL a.i.: M. Schittekatte)
- Safety Certification Systems Team (TL: M. Schittekatte)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Ensure the coordination of cross-cutting, transversal topics
- Strengthened ambition on ERA Academy
- Anchoring the work for the emerging streams (Task Forces)
- Internal, transversal and external advisory services for topics under Agency's remit
Sub-structures:
- ERA Academy Unit (HoU: A. Gigantino)
- Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Unit (HoU: Vacant)
- JNS, MiMob and Resilience Task Force (HoU: Vacant)
- HSR & Cross-border Task Force (HoU: Vacant)
- Authority Tasks Streamlining Task Force (HoU: Vacant)
- Coordination with NSAs (Coordinator: M. Van Der Heijde)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Training and capacity building for Safety, Interoperability and ERTMS (incl. FRMCS)
Sub-structures:
- Safety Academy Team (TL a.i.: G. Rolina)
- Interoperability & ERTMS Academy Team (TL a.i.: A. Gigantino)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Ex ante and ex post evaluations
- Rail data quality and analytics
- Agency Report on Railway Safety and Interoperability, any other policy analyses and reports
Sub-structures:
- Data Analytics Team (TL a.i.: T. Holvad)
- Economic Evaluation Team (TL: T. Holvad)
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Integration of existing military standards into TSI
- Harmonisation of operational, safety and technical rules for military transport and the removal of persisting obstacles at the borders
- Authorisation tasks related to dual-use vehicles
- Adaptation of existing registers and tools
- JNS
- Rail adaptation to climate change
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Technical advisory services on ERA areas of expertise to EC
- Support to the HSR plan implementation
- Cooperation with TEN-T corridor coordinators
- Link to CEF and national plans
Expected scope of work (non-exhaustive):
- Improvements and streamlining in line with the recommendation(s) by the VA streamlining Task Force (4th RPSG)
- Feeding any external streamlining initiatives (e.g. omnibus)
- Rethink a more meaningful approach for the ERTMS Trackside approval, based on the learning curve and the ERTMS deployment needs at EU level
- Further automation, leaning and efficiency gains for the Authority Tasks
- Coordinating the relations and cooperation with the NSAs
- NSA network coordination
Expected scope of work:
- Legal advice for the Agency's decisions and relevant documents
Expected scope of work:
- Centralised mission and meetings management
- Centralised ARES support
- Maintenance of the Integrated Management System (IMS), process mapping and streamlining, SAP implementation, process efficiency
Expected scope of work:
- Implementation of cybersecurity action plans
- Implementation of information security measures
- TL will be the LCO and Security Authority at ERA
Expected scope of work:
- Advisory role to ED on Compliance with GDPR
Expected scope of work:
- BoA Registrar functions in line with the Agency's governance rules
Expected scope of work:
- Accounting tasks as per the Financial Regulation
- Legality and regularity of the Agency's annual accounts