Recruitment Notice

European Border and Coast Guard Officer

standing corps - intermediate level

Temporary staff, AST4 RCT-2021-00071

Estimated starting date: Second quarter 2022 (up to 200 engagements)

Place of employment: Warsaw, Poland
(with rotational deployments to external borders of EU Member States, Schengen area and/or to third countries)

Required level of personal security clearance: CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL

Closing date for applications 26 August 2021 at 12:00 h1 (midday), Warsaw local time

Who we are looking for

Frontex is looking for talented men and women, with significant previous law enforcement experience, ready to
become a member of its standing corps team sharing European core values and prepared to find their purpose
and place in protecting the European Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice.
In the second quarter of 2022 we wish to recruit up to 200 new cadets2 whom we will train in the following
6 months to become the European Border and Coast Guard Officers at intermediate level. The Officers, wearing
a uniform and carrying a service weapon, will be performing border and coast guarding functions as members of
deployed teams at the EU external borders (activities such as verifying persons’ identity and nationality, allowing
or refusing entry into the EU and patrolling between border crossing points).
This job is for you if you are:
□ a highly motivated EU citizen with previous law enforcement experience, with very good communication
skills in English,
□ physically well prepared for the requirements of the job and mentally fit and resilient,
□ a team player ready to respect the chain of command and who is committed to the values of
Professionalism, Respectfulness, Cooperation and Accountability, open for professional development.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We will strive to ensure gender and geographical balance
of the recruited staff to the widest possible extent.
Apply early if you want to have higher chances that your application is processed for the first approximately 200
engagements in the second quarter of 2022. For this group of planned engagements, we will be able to process
in time only the first up to 1,200 received and eligible applications (processing to start in late 2021). All the
other received applications (up to the published deadline) will be processed by Frontex later in 2022.

Who we are
We are the EU Agency supporting EU Member States and promoting, coordinating, and developing European
border management in line with the EU fundamental rights charter. Watch this video to learn more about what
we do and how we do it.
We are developing Europe’s first uniformed service – European standing corps who are assisting Member States
and contribute to ensuring safe, secure and well-functioning external borders of the EU and of the Schengen
area.

Am I eligible to apply?
1. I possess a level of post-secondary education attested by a diploma and at least nine (9) years of proven full-
time professional experience acquired after the respective diploma was awarded;

1 Date of publication: 16 August 2021. The deadline may be extended if required.

2 Pending adoption of EU budget for 2022.

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2. I possess a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to post-secondary education, and
appropriate3 professional experience of at least twelve (12) years.

Only qualifications that have been awarded in EU Member States or that are subject to the equivalence
certificates issued by the authorities in EU Member States shall be taken into consideration. Only the required
education will be considered.

Any given period of studies or professional experience may be counted only once. In order to be calculated as
eligible, years of studies or professional experience to be taken into account shall not overlap with other
periods of studies or professional experience, e.g. if the candidate had a fulltime job and did freelance
consultancy work in the evenings and weekends, the days spent on the latter will not be added to the period).
In case of part-time work, the professional experience will be calculated pro-rata in line with the workload
stated by the candidate. Compulsory military service or equivalent civilian service accomplished after achieving
the minimum qualification shall be taken into consideration as professional experience if the official
documentation is provided.

Any candidate must also meet all the following requirements on the closing date for applications:

 Be a citizen of a Member State of the European Union or of a Schengen Associated country4 and enjoy
full rights as its citizen;

 Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the laws of that country of citizenship concerning military
service;

 Produce evidence of a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union and of
satisfactory knowledge of another language of the European Union. As the working language of Frontex
is English, candidates will need to prove their very good linguistic skills in English.

What tasks should I expect to perform when hired?

European Border and Coast Guard Officers are the frontline of the European standing corps, dealing upfront and
hands-on with routine and challenging situations at the EU and Schengen external borders. The main duties and
responsibilities are to:

 Perform basic and intermediate level border and migration management tasks, such as: border checks,
border surveillance including border patrols, screening, fingerprinting and registration of migrants,
gathering information, document, identity, and vehicle checks, preventing and combating cross-border
crime;
 Perform return-related tasks at all stages of the return process as a member of a team in more complex
situations;
 Operate the Agency’s own technical equipment;
 Use European Union databases related to border checks and surveillance;
 Identify and provide support to children, vulnerable groups, and persons in need of international
protection;
 Assist in the coordination of logistics and manage the supply chain in operational activities.
 Support team leaders in coordinating teams’ activities and tasks as required.

Some of these main tasks may require the use of force and weapons in accordance with the national law of the
host Member State, in the presence of border or coast guards of the host Member State. Such use shall comply
with the principles of necessity, proportionality, and precaution.

What are the selection criteria?

Suitability of candidates will be assessed against the following criteria in different steps of the recruitment
procedure (order of tests or assessments is subject to changes aiming at ensuring efficient processing of a large
number of applications). The recruitment procedure will be very competitive. Candidates who do not meet any
of the essential professional or personal competencies (or who will not pass the respective test) will be excluded
from further assessments.

3At least three years of experience acquired within the scope of public uniformed service (including law enforcement, military, fireman and
other security-related public services).
4 Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, or Switzerland.

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Results of tests (assessing the same competencies in the same manner) taken by a candidate within last 9 months
in another recruitment procedure with Frontex will be considered as valid for the purpose of assessment of the
competencies within this recruitment procedure and candidates will not be required to retake those test again.

Essential professional competencies:

1. Three (3) years of prior relevant work experience in the law enforcement sector (e.g. police, customs,
border and/or coast guard), emergency services, civilian crisis management, peacekeeping, military or
equivalent (uniformed) public service;
2. Very good knowledge of English language - at least at the level of B2 as defined in the Common European
Framework of Reference for languages5;
3. Proficiency in using standard ICT software and equipment (such as smartphone, handling of e-mail,
word processing and spreadsheet processing applications);
4. Be physically and psychologically fit, resilient, and able to keep/improve such fitness to undergo and
pass specific physical, psychological, and medical tests and subsequent professional training. Among
others:
a) You should be able to swim for at least 100 m under four minutes using any stroke or combination
of strokes, without stopping, without any assistance and without allowing your feet to touch the
bottom of the pool at any time. A certificate or diploma6 will be requested to this regard;
b) You should be able to perform required number of push-ups and sit-ups (details are described in
Annex II). You should continue keeping (or improving) your physical fitness until the end of the
recruitment and selection procedure as there will be specific demanding eliminatory tests carried
out in Warsaw for selected candidates;
c) You should not be diagnosed with or treated for illnesses or psychological disorders which impair
your ability for independent judgment and in general would not allow you to safely perform the
duties of a European Border and Coast Guard Officer (including necessary and proportionate use
of force and weapons);
5. Possession of a valid driving license of at least category B for manual transmission issued by the
competent authority of an EU Member State/Schengen Associated Country.

Essential personal competencies:

6. Ethics and Integrity: You should respect rules and procedures and base your conduct on the principles
of fairness, objectivity, and equal treatment. You should be able to maintain independence in serving
the public interest and be impartial. You should respect European public service and Frontex values
and recognise collective and individual contributions and accomplishments. You shall fully identify
yourself with Frontex zero-tolerance policy in view of use of narcotics or of other illegal substances by
its staff and candidates;
7. Professionalism: You should be committed to the mission and values of Frontex and produce quality
results in an efficient and effective way. You should accept responsibility and accountability for
proposals, decisions, and actions. You should be pro-active, strive for continuous personal and
professional improvement and development and identify and realise opportunities for innovation;
8. Valuing Diversity: You should show respect for people from different backgrounds, appreciate
differences and learn from diversity. You should be committed to diversity and equality such as equality
of gender, sexual orientation, racial and ethnical origin, age, disability, culture, religion, and political
belief. You should understand multi-cultural frameworks and the dynamics of cross-cultural relations
and opportunities;
9. Working with others: You should constructively and effectively cooperate and collaborate within the
immediate team, across Frontex as well as with external stakeholders to accomplish common goals and
objectives;
10. Ability to perform well under stress, properly interacting in English in a multicultural environment.
11. High level of motivation to join European standing corps, undergo the 6 months’ training, and pursue
the career of a European Border and Coast Guard Officer.

Advantageous criteria:
The following criteria will be treated as advantageous during the recruitment process:
12. Experience of working or studying in a multicultural/international environment for at least one year;

5 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - self assessment grid.

6 Issued by a certified swimming instructor/referee/teacher/swimming school (or a certified lifeguard).

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 13. Certified knowledge of English language at a level higher than B2 based on the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages;
14. Certified knowledge of a third EU language at B2 or higher level based on the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages;
15. Certified knowledge of one or more non-EU languages such as (but not limited to) Arabic, Kurdish
(including three dialects: Northern Kurdish - Kurmanji, Central Kurdish - Sorani and Southern Kurdish -
Pehlewani), Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Somali and Tigrinya, Russian;
16. Experience of at least 1 year in one or more of the following tasks:
o Surveillance (e.g. operational media monitoring, aerial o Information and intelligence handling;
surveillance, satellite imagery etc.);
o Operational data analysis; o Patrolling;
o Interviewing; o Search and rescue;
o Checks on persons; o Document and identity checks;
o Vehicle inspections; o Inspection of goods;
o Prevention and detection of cross-border crime, including o (use of) executive powers.
support of related investigative activities;
17. Possession of a valid permit, licence, or authorization to carry and use firearm issued in accordance with
Member State’s national law;
18. Possession of a valid license, authorization or certificate to coach/train or test/assess candidates or
personnel in any of the law enforcement competencies (e.g. licensed instructor).

Additionally, before being engaged you shall:

 Produce the appropriate character references as your suitability for the performance of your duties
(a criminal record certificate or equivalent certificate, not older than six months) and a declaration in
relation to interests that might be considered prejudicial to your independence;
 Be in possession or submit to Frontex documents required to obtaining respective personal security
clearance at the level of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL;
 Be physically fit to perform your duties7 and pass psychological assessment, physical aptitude tests, and
pre-employment medical check-up (for more information see ANNEX II).

Recruited newcomers are expected to agree to receive recommended (and certified) vaccinations within the
provision of preventive occupational safety measures and of public health.

Will I be trained?
Frontex will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and competencies you will need to contribute to Frontex
mission of ensuring, together with the EU Member States, secure, safe, and well-functioning external borders.

Your training will be a full-time extensive basic border and coast guard training including familiarisation in the
field, having a duration of about 6 months. It will take place in one or more training institutions across EU
Member States/Schengen Associated countries.

The training is fully organised and run by Frontex. The programme for the firstly engaged group of candidates is
envisaged to take place mostly in the second half of 2022. The working language is English, all elements of the
training programme, such as the training material, lectures, and tests will be conducted in English.

The training will provide you with the necessary theoretical and practical competencies, including in relation to
violence prevention and justified, measured use of force, that will enable you to enforce the provisions of the
Schengen Borders Code, with full respect of fundamental rights and EU and Frontex values in all your actions.

The candidates' contract of employment will be confirmed only after successfully passing the training
assessments by the end of probationary period. Details of the assessments will be provided at the beginning of
the training. After your basic training, you will follow specialised training and, as part of your personal
development and fostering a career within the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps, you may receive
additional training which may cover, among other areas:

• Border checks;

7Before engagement, the successful candidate will be medically examined by the authorised medical service to fulfil the requirement of
Article 13 of Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 10), as recently amended.

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• Border surveillance;
• Coast Guard function activities;
• Countering different types of cross-border crime;
• Return-related activities.

Where may I expect to be deployed? Is there any shift work expected?

European Border and Coast Guard Officers will be deployed on a rotational principle throughout their career.
Deployment to operational areas could result in being stationed at the external borders of the European Union
or in third countries, border-crossing points, in Frontex headquarters in Warsaw, on a maritime surveillance
vessel or on an aircraft. The deployments may take several weeks up to about one year. You should not expect
to be deployed only to areas/locations of your personal preference.

European Border and Coast Guard Officers may be required to work in shifts (various patterns can be applied,
e.g. 24/7, 2 shifts 12 hours each, 3 shifts 8 hours each). This may include working at night and often in
challenging and harsh weather conditions. Subject to operational needs, they may also be requested to remain
on stand-by and called to perform operational tasks should such a need occur at a short notice.

Frontex and Fundamental Rights

Frontex considers respect for the protection of Fundamental Rights to be an unconditional and essential
component of effective integrated border management. Frontex strictly adheres to the Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms, as well as relevant international law. For more information about Fundamental Rights in Frontex visit
the link here.

Will my contract have a probationary period?

A contract of employment will be offered for a period of five years, with a probationary period of nine months.
At the latest one month before the expiry of the probationary period a report will be prepared on the ability of
the newcomer to perform the duties pertaining to the post and on efficiency and conduct in the service.

A mid-term review may be provided to assess progress and suitability of newcomers to perform the duties. It
will be assessed by specific tests in view of the objectives covered by the specific and mandatory European
Border and Coast Guard Officers’ training programme (as described in point 6 above). Upon completion, various
modules of the programme will be assessed by exams. Acquired knowledge, skills, responsibility, autonomy, and
attitude will be assessed against the requirements of the European Border and Coast Guard Officers’ training
programme. Fundamental Rights competences are horizontally integrated in all chapters throughout the entire
programme.

During the training, there will be also aptitude tests which will be used to assess your ability to perform duties
with executive powers.

Failure to successfully complete the European Border and Coast Guard Officers’ training programme may result
in unsuccessful completion of the probationary period and a dismissal.

What we offer
Frontex is based in Warsaw, Poland.
We offer a five-year contract of employment to the selected candidates with a probationary period of nine
months. The contract may be renewed only once. There is no possibility for an indefinite contract.
Basic net (payable) salary at the temporary staff AST4 level starts from 11,026 PLN (2,469 EUR) up to 11,444 PLN
(2,562 EUR), depending of the years of relevant professional experience. The basic salary may be supplemented
with household and expatriation allowances or other allowances depending on your personal situation8. The
remuneration of the staff members, the correction coefficient applicable for Poland and the exchange rate are
updated annually before the end of each year, with retroactive effect from 1 July.
The gross amounts for shift allowance are from 432 EUR up to 972 EUR per month and for standby duty the
allowance is 2 EUR per hour during weekday and 4 EUR per hour during weekends/public holidays.
Staff pays an EU tax at source and deductions are also made for medical insurance, pension, and unemployment
insurance. EU remuneration is exempt from all national taxes.
Our package of benefits also includes: Sickness and medical insurance, a competitive EU pension scheme,
package of special leaves, reimbursement for sports and fitness club memberships, Warsaw public transport

8 In line with the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities.

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 card, language classes, and an assistance from the expatriate services team. Find out more about benefits at
Frontex by following this link.
An accredited European School9 will operate in Warsaw as of September 2021 to allow dependent children of
all Frontex statutory staff (including Polish nationals) to attend a (tuition-free) European-type multilingual
education. The school is opening gradually, and the complete education cycle (from Nursery to Secondary level
finishing with the European Baccalaureate exam) will be available in September 2024.
Moreover, the headquarters agreement with the Polish authorities is effective as of 1 November 2017. Under
this agreement the Polish authorities may provide the following main benefits to Frontex expatriate staff10:
(a) in case the appropriate education level is not available yet for a child in the accredited European School
in Warsaw - reimbursement of tuition cost of each dependent child attending a fee-paying school (up to
and including secondary school) on Polish territory up to a limit of 35,000 PLN per school year;
(b) reimbursement of VAT on purchases of main household effects to assist a newcomer to settle in Warsaw;
(c) reimbursement of VAT on a purchase of a private car (this entitlement is renewable after 36 months).

How can I apply?

Apply early if you want to have higher chances that your application is processed for first engagements in the
second quarter of 2022. For this group of planned engagements, we will be able to process in time only the first
1,200 received applications.

All other received applications (up to the published deadline) will be processed by Frontex later in 2022.

1. Please read very carefully all instructions in ANNEX III.

2. Download the Frontex Application Form under this link, save it to your PC and when you have completed
and verified the document upload it here.

3. Apply as early as possible! Candidates are strongly recommended not to wait until the last day to submit
their applications.

Equal opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and we accept applications without discrimination on any grounds, such
as gender, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any
other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation.

General Information
 For information about the selection procedure, appeal procedures and data protection please refer to
ANNEX I.

 Detailed information about the components of psychological assessment, physical aptitude tests, and
pre-employment medical check-up can be found in ANNEX II.

 ANNEX III includes all information related to the application procedure.

9 More detail on the European Schools system available here About the Accredited European Schools (eursc.eu).
10 Staff of non-Polish nationality and non-permanent residents of Poland.

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 ANNEX I

Recruitment procedure
Important Note: This recruitment procedure is expected to attract substantial number of applications. Once
the number of eligible applications exceeds 1,200, the processing of applications may be divided in batches
(following the order of their submission). We recommend that you apply as early as possible. Each candidate
will have an equal chance to be considered for a placement on a list of candidates (following the procedure
described below). However, only the applications submitted within the first batch may be considered for
an engagement in the second quarter of 2022. The recruitment procedure will be conducted in English and
will include the following steps (processing of applications will start in late 2021):

1. Grouping applications into batches of 1,200 eligible applications (according to the order of their
submission). Each batch will be processed as described below. While processing the applications,
Frontex may assess/score certain selection criteria jointly, and some criteria may be assessed/scored
in two or more steps of the recruitment procedure. Order of tests or assessments may change in order
to ensure efficient processing of large number of applications. Candidates who do not meet any of the
essential professional or personal competencies (or who will not pass respective tests) will be excluded
from further assessments.

2. Applications submitted within the deadline will be assessed with regards to general eligibility
requirements as described in point 3 of the Recruitment Notice based on declarations made by
candidates. Only the first application submitted by a candidate will be considered as valid (do not send
incomplete applications). In case you encounter technical challenges because of unavailability of
Frontex’ application online portal, you need to send without delay an email to
AST4StandingCorps@frontex.europa.eu including proof of the reported technical issue (full-screen
screenshot) and your completed application.

3. Applications which are deemed eligible will be processed to a next phase including:

 an online English language test (threshold set up at B2 level in accordance with the selection
criteria). The English language test will be conducted with the support of an external contractor.
You will need a computer or smart device (tablet or phone) connected to the Internet with
functional front-facing camera, headphones (for the Listening exam), and microphone (for the
Speaking exam). The test will be recorded by your camera/microphone during its entire duration
(you must ensure that you will have suitable conditions to take the test);

 online test(s)1;

 submission of evidence of meeting the selection criteria 4.a) and 4.b)2, 5, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18 as
described in point 5 of the Recruitment Notice.

Note: Results of tests (assessing the same competencies in the same manner) taken by a candidate within
last 9 months in another recruitment procedure with Frontex will be considered as valid for the purpose
of assessment of the competencies within this recruitment procedure and candidates will not be required
to retake those tests again.

Outcomes of these assessments will be considered by appointed Selection Committee(s).

4. The Selection Committee(s), also using the outcomes of previous tests, will examine the competencies
of the candidates. The applications will be ranked according to merits displayed by the candidates in
order of points received.

5. The Selection Committee(s) will carry out an online interview with up to 700 top-scoring candidates.
In exceptional circumstances, an additional interview with another relevant manager may be arranged
before the Executive Director takes the final decision on establishment of list of candidates. Inclusion
in the list of candidates does not guarantee an employment offer from Frontex.

Pre-engagement (selection) procedure aimed to fill up to 200 new posts of new European Border and Coast
Guard Officers at intermediate level:

1 Aimed to test namely competencies No 3, 6, 7 and 8.

2 Candidates will be requested to record a short video displaying their ability to perform the required number of sit-ups and push-ups.

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 The most suitable candidates will be invited for online psychological assessment, for physical aptitude
tests in Warsaw, and for pre-employment medical check-up in Warsaw (more details in ANNEX II).
Only candidates that have successfully passed all these examinations will be considered for a possible
engagement.
 The selected candidate(s) will be required to make a declaration of commitment to act independently
in EU interests and to make a declaration in relation to interests that might be considered prejudicial
to his/her independence.

The work and deliberations of the Selection Committee are strictly confidential and any direct or indirect
contact of a candidate with its members in view of the recruitment procedure is absolutely forbidden.

Candidates may be requested to present, at any stage of the recruitment, documents which will support the
information contained in their application form such as originals of their diploma(s) or certificates, evidence
of professional experience clearly indicating the starting, finishing dates and scope of work and workload.
Failure to provide such an evidence may lead to disqualification of the respective part of the application.
Frontex requires appointed candidates to undergo a vetting procedure to be executed by respective National
Security Authority of the candidates’ state of citizenship to obtain a personnel security clearance. The level
of the latter depends on the specific post/position. The required level of clearance is specified on the title
page of the Recruitment Notice. Candidates who currently hold a valid personnel security clearance at the
above-mentioned level (or higher) may not need to obtain a new one, pending confirmation from their
respective National Security Authority. The National Security Authority of the candidate shall provide Frontex,
with an opinion or a personnel security clearance in accordance with relevant national legislation. In case
selected candidates do not currently hold a valid security clearance at the above-mentioned level, Frontex
will request such from the National Security Authority of the candidates’ state of citizenship. In case of a
failure to obtain the required personnel security clearance or if the National Security Agency issues a negative
opinion at the above-mentioned level after the signature of the contract of employment Frontex has the right
to terminate the contract of employment.

As an active member of the standing corps, recruited newcomers are expected to agree to receive
recommended (and certified) vaccinations within the provision of preventive occupational safety measures
and of public health.

 Communication
Any questions regarding the content of this Recruitment Notice or the procedure should be sent to
AST4StandingCorps@frontex.europa.eu. In all correspondence you must state your name and your e-mail
address as given in your Application Form.

 Personal Data Protection

Candidates' personal data shall be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the
processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement
of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC. The respective privacy
statement can be accessed here.

 Appeal procedures and request for feedback

Each candidate may request a feedback on assessment of his or her application by writing to
AST4StandingCorps@frontex.europa.eu. Please note that the Selection Committee is only authorised to
assesses the information provided in the application form (during the screening phase) or your performance
during the interview and/or test (we must disregard any other opinions such as reference letters or your past
declared achievements). We may not provide you with any personal data related to other candidates.

If a candidate considers that he/she has been adversely affected by a particular decision related to the
recruitment procedure, he/she can lodge a complaint under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials
of the European Union and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, laid down by
Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC No 259/68)3, mentioning the reference number of the recruitment
procedure, at the following address:

3OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22
October 2013, OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 15.

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The complaint must be lodged within three months. The time limit for initiating this type of procedure starts
to run from the time the candidate is notified of the act adversely affecting him/her.

Candidates also have a possibility to complain to the European Ombudsman.

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ANNEX II
Components of psychological assessment, physical aptitude tests, and pre-
employment medical check-up for European Border and Coast Guard Officers
(selection notice RCT-2021-00071)
Psychological Assessment
Online tests (complemented by an interview with a psychologist) may cover:
a. reasoning ability (abstract, verbal, and numerical reasoning ability),
b. personal traits,
c. situational judgment,
d. decision-making skills.

Physical aptitude tests

1. Below criteria will be checked throughout the recruitment procedure:
 Strength
 Endurance

Examination standards for candidates - European Border and Coast Guard Officers

Minimum standards
Unit of
No. Motoric Exercise Age group
measurement Male Female

up to 30 years 35 20

31 – 35 years 33 17
number of
1 STRENGTH Push-ups 36 – 40 years 31 14
repetitions
41 – 45 years 29 11

above 45 years 27 8

up to 30 years 40 37
Sit-ups 31 – 35 years 38 35
with arms number of
2 STRENGTH 36 – 40 years 35 32
behind neck repetitions
(in one minute) 41 – 45 years 33 30

above 45 years 30 27

up to 30 years 10.1 9.1

Multistage 20-m 31 – 35 years 9.1 8.1

Shuttle Run level/number
3 ENDURANCE 36 – 40 years 8.1 7.1
Test (Beep of sections
Test)4 41 – 45 years 7.1 6.1

above 45 years 6.1 5.1

Before starting physical aptitude testing in Warsaw, each candidate must present the medical certificate
stating lack of the obstacle to undergo physical exercise issued by general practitioner (can be obtained in
any medical centre).

2. A Tecumseh test assessing cardiovascular fitness will be carried out in Warsaw using a 20 cm high stepper
with the metronome tuned to a dull 92 fluctuations per minute – the candidate will perform ascending

4Beep Test version Léger and Lambert (1982) - the test involves running back and forth between two points 20 meters apart. Each run must
be synchronised with a pre-recorded audio track which plays beeps (hence the name ‘beep test’) at regular intervals.

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and descending the stepper at 24 steps per minute for a period of 3 minutes5. Once the test is completed,
the heart rate is measured:

The assessment of results of the Tecumseh test will be based on the table below:

Age 20 – 29 30 - 39 40 +
heart rate - males < 85 < 86 < 88
heart rate - females < 93 < 95 < 97

Pre-employment medical check-up (in Warsaw)

During this stage of the recruitment procedure, candidates’ fitness for service as a future European Border
and Coast Guard Officer be determined by the specialised medical service.

Frontex applies zero-tolerance policy in view of use of narcotics or of other illegal substances by its staff and
candidates.

Screenings and tests may include the below examinations:

a) Anamnesis;
b) Clinical examination;
c) Anthropometry;
d) Blood pressure and pulse;
e) Hearing functions;
f) Lung function and audiogram;
g) Laboratory tests:
o Urine analysis;
o Blood: Sedimentation rate, Urea, Uric acid, Creatinine, Glycaemia, Cholesterol, Triglyceride,
HDL/LDL, Bilirubin, GGT, SGOT (ASAT), SGPT (ALAT), Seric protein > 45 years, Electrophoresis >
45 years, Cellognost sigma, Calcium, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis C, PSA man > 45 years,
TSH, CRP, Haematology (with formula and platelets), Iron, Ferritin, Transferrin - if Hemogl. Man
< 13.0 – woman < 12,5, TPHA – if sigma +, Alkaline phosphatise, Faecal Occult blood test > 45
years.
h) Vision test – exhaustive ophthalmology tests;
i) Chest X-ray;
j) Resting electrocardiogram;
k) Toxic urinary (to check possible existence of traces of amphetamine, cocaine, methamphetamine,
opiates, cannabis or of other illegal substances);
l) Consultation with psychiatrist.

5Before the test, the candidate must warm up for 10 minutes. All values are written down and fitness test result is issued with the use of
a special conversion factor.

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 RCT-2021-00071

ANNEX III
Application Procedure
Frontex Application Form is to be downloaded (as a dynamic PDF form) from Frontex website under the link
provided next to the Reference Number of the post/position. This digital application form is specifically
created only for this recruitment procedure (and shall not be reused for another procedure).

The Frontex Application Form must:

 Be opened in a PDF reader in a MS Windows equipped computer – the recommended version of the PDF
reader is Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (version 2021.001.20155. You may download a free version here:
https://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/).
 Not be manipulated or altered. The form is digitally signed and protected against any manipulation or
changes. Therefore, candidates shall not try to manipulate and/or alter it – in such a case the digital
signature will disappear, and the application form will become invalid for subsequent processing
resulting in an automatic rejection of such submission.
 Be completed in English. Fields, where you may enter your input, are highlighted in light blue colour.
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) indicate a required input. You should be concise, the space for your
input is limited by the size of the text boxes.
 Be saved and named as follows: ‘SURNAME_RCT-2021-00071.

 Be submitted to Frontex – after saving - by uploading it to this URL link:

https://microsite.frontex.europa.eu/en/recruitments/RCT-2021-00071

 In case you have technical issues with filling/saving/uploading your electronic application form, you
may write to us (in advance of the closing date for submission of applications) at
AST4StandingCorps@frontex.europa.eu.
In case you submit more than one application for this procedure, Frontex will only assess the first one and will
automatically disregard all your other applications.
If at any stage of the recruitment procedure it is established that any of the requested information provided
by a candidate is false or misleading, the applicant in question will be disqualified.
Candidates considered for engagement will be requested to supply documentary evidence in support of the
statements made in the application. Do not, however, attach any supporting or supplementary documentation
with your application until you have been asked to do so by Frontex.
Incomplete applications, applications uploaded after the deadline, sent by e-mail or applications using
inappropriate or altered/manipulated application forms will be automatically disregarded by the system and
will not be processed further.
Due to high volume of recruitment procedures handled by Frontex, the period between the closing date for
the submission of applications and tests/interviews may take significant amount of time - processing of
applications for test/interviews will start in late 2021.

The closing date (and time) for the submission of applications is provided on the title page of the
Recruitment Notice.

Please keep a copy of the automatically generated submission code that proves that you have
submitted/uploaded your application to Frontex.

Candidates are strongly recommended not to wait until the last day to submit their applications.

Frontex cannot be held responsible for any last-minute malfunction due to an overload of the system or
for other technical issues candidates may eventually encounter in the very last moment before the
deadline.

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