The Contracts Department is part of the Directorate of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness. It is responsible for defining contracting (procurement and partnership) policies, supporting the implementation of the Agency’s industrial policy through ESA’s contractual activities and execution all procurement actions by the applicable ESA framework, in close cooperation with the initiators/project managers.

In particular, the Department is in charge of:

• defining and ensuring the coherent implementation of the Agency’s contracting policies, methods and procedures in coordination with the Legal Department, including the designing of contractual tools towards accelerated procurement process and commercialisation
• defining and maintaining the necessary processes including defining IT system requirements in support of the optimal implementation of the Agency’s contracting activities, in coordination with the Information Technology Department preparing and implementing the contractual aspects of all contracting activities for ESA and Third Parties (in particular EU delegated programmes) including contract negotiations and management
• implementing the Agency’s industrial policy through its contracting activities in close coordination with the Industrial Policy and Audits Department and initiating Directorates
• acting as the focal point for contacts with the ESA Industrial Ombudsperson
• coordinating procurement policies with Member States and external bodies
• defining, establishing and implementing a coherent contractual approach for manpower support contracts for all ESA establishments, in cooperation with the Human Resources Department and user Directorates
• implementing in close cooperation with the relevant Directorates, proposal preparation and contractual aspects of third-party activities concerning the sale or loan of equipment, satellite systems, products and services to third parties.

The internship will be in the Mission Operations & Ground Segment Engineering Contracts Service (CIC-COM) which is part of the Operations and Ground Segment Contracts Division (CIC-CO).

Candidates interested are encouraged to visit the ESA website: http://www.esa.int.