EUSPA offers two types of contracts for staff positions: temporary and contract agents. Both are  offered a contract for 5 years, renewable for another 5 years and then for an indefinite period. They serve a 9-month probationary period.

Temporary agents are classified into two function groups based on duties and responsibilities:

• Administrators function group (AD) covers twelve grades from AD 5 to AD 16 corresponding to technical, administrative, advisory, linguistic and scientific duties.
• Assistants function group (AST) covers eleven grades from AST 1 to AST 11 corresponding to executive, technical and clerical duties.

Contract agents carry out several manual or administrative tasks and may provide additional capacity in specialized fields and are classified into four function groups according to the duties and responsibilities:

• Function group I: administrative support service tasks
• Function group II: secretarial tasks and office management tasks
• Function group III: executive, drafting and accountancy and tasks
• Function group IV: administrative, advisory, and linguistic tasks

Trainees

The Agency provides university students and graduates with a unique and first-hand experience of the workings of the EUSPA, in particular, and of the EU institutions in general.

Currently, there are two types of traineeships:

• Regular paid traineeship (maximum duration twelve months) for which EUSPA publishes calls for various departments. The eligible applications are evaluated regularly. The starting date of the traineeship depends on the Agency’s needs and budget availability. 
• Short-term unpaid traineeship to complete and validate mandatory academic requirements (maximum duration of three months). 

Seconded National Experts 

Staff from Public Administrations can work at EUSPA as ‘Seconded National Experts’ (SNEs). SNEs are seconded to the Agency while remaining in the service of their national employer and continuing to be paid their national salary by their employer. They receive from the Agency a daily subsistence allowance per calendar day for the duration of their secondment.