Vacant Permanent Assistant Director – System Operation Position

Notice no. 1944 from the Cyprus Transmission System Operator concerns one permanent Assistant Director – System Operation position, open to first appointment and promotion. The salary scale is Α14(ii): €57,077, €59,535, €61,993, €64,451, €66,909, €69,367, €71,825, €74,283 and €76,741, plus general increases approved by legislation and a cost-of-living allowance at the rate approved by the Government from time to time.

Duties include ensuring safe operation of the Transmission System; setting network protection policy; maintaining equipment, protection-setting and operational-data records; obtaining user data; and planning and reviewing maintenance work. The role also covers operational planning and studies for transmission and generation, ancillary services, engineer training, fault analysis and incident reports, development criteria and emergency plans. The postholder prepares demand and renewable-generation forecasts, schedules and monitors generation operation and maintenance, studies capacity adequacy and development, contributes to renewable-energy management and new-project approvals, cooperates on the balancing market, applies and reviews rules, updates the website, takes part in auctions, contracts and budgets, and performs other related duties.

Applicants need a university degree or equivalent qualification in Electrical Engineering, registration with ETEK in Electrical Engineering, a valid First-Class Electrical Engineer Certificate of Competency from the Electrical Service, and at least ten years of relevant experience. They also need very good knowledge of conditions in Cyprus and the EU in the electricity sector, Cyprus’s economy and the relevant law regulating the Electricity Market; good knowledge of the TSOC’s mission and operations; integrity, confidentiality, organisational and administrative ability, initiative, sound judgment and ability to supervise junior staff; and very good Greek plus English, French or German. Under Regulation 13 of the Cyprus Transmission System Operator (Staff Terms of Service) Regulations of 2022, applicants must be at least 17. As a rule, applicants must be citizens of Cyprus or another EU member state; exceptionally, the TSOC Extended Special Committee may appoint a person who is not a citizen of the Republic or an EU member state on a fixed-term contract or permanently, if that person has previously worked in the public service under contract for at least four years. A citizen of the Republic must have completed military service or been lawfully exempted. Applicants must not have a conviction for a serious offence involving dishonesty or moral turpitude, or a prison sentence for any offence, or have been dismissed or had their service terminated for a disciplinary offence by the services and bodies specified in the Regulation. Medical fitness must be certified by a doctor appointed by the Competent Committee.