Vacancy Notice N° e124/2007
Competition open to Ukrainian-speaking Secretarial Assistants (Grade B1/B2)
Registry of the European Court of Human Rights


Closing date: 10 December 2007
Location : Strasbourg

Job mission

Under the authority of the Registrar of the Court and a Head of a Legal Division, the post-holder will provide a variety of secretarial support, in compliance with general guidelines and priorities and with a concern for quality, efficiency and accuracy.

Key activities

The post-holder performs the following activities:
·         processes judgments, minutes, decisions and other documents of the Court in the official language (English or French) in which the post-holder is more competent;
·         drafts and formats standard correspondence in one of the official languages and in Ukrainian; prepares correspondence according to the appropriate instructions;
·         uses applications database;
·         answers telephone requests for information;
·         handles and files mail and documents;
·         looks after files, lists, databases and statistics related to the cases;
·         receives and guides visitors and applicants.

Eligibility Requirements

Employee Core Values

Competencies

·         Professional and technical competencies:
o        full-time secretarial college course diploma (or equivalent);
o        professional expertise: two years’ experience of secretarial duties;
o        ICT skills: can use proficiently current office applications and databases;
o        planning and work organisation;
o        information seeking.
·         Interpersonal skills: service orientation, team-work and co-operation.
·         Communication and linguistic skills: listening and communication skills; very good knowledge of one official language of the Council of Europe (English or French) and of Ukrainian, in oral and written communication; knowledge of the other official language of the Council of Europe.
·         Personal attitudes: initiative and responsibility, result orientation and sense of continuous improvement, concern for quality, efficiency and accuracy, adaptability, self-management and development, organisational alignment.
·         Personal values: integrity, loyalty and conscience, discretion, independence and confidence, respect for diversity.

Additional information

Applications must be made in English or French using the Council of Europe on-line application system by 10 December 2007 at the latest (midnight French time). By connecting to our website www.coe-recruitment.com you can consult the detailed vacancy notice and create and submit your on-line application. 
The successful candidate will be appointed on a fixed-term contract. For the moment, this position is limited until 31 December 2008.
The first two years of employment will constitute a probationary period and the total length of employment may not exceed five years (see Article 20 of Appendix II – Regulations on appointments – to the Staff Regulations).
 
The appointed candidate must be a national of a Council of Europe member State. In accordance with the Staff Regulations of the Council of Europe, staff shall retire on reaching the age of 65 years.
On the basis of this competition, a reserve list will be drawn up of successful candidates who may be offered employment during the period of validity of the list (two years, this period may be extended). The names of applicants placed on the reserve list will be forwarded to the respective member States’ Permanent Representation to the Council of Europe, as well as to the applicants placed on the reserve list.
Under its equal opportunities policy, the Council of Europe is aiming to achieve parity in the number of women and men employed in each category and grade. In the event of equal merit, preference will therefore be given to the applicant belonging to the under-represented sex (male candidates in the present case).
Applications from all suitably qualified candidates are welcome, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief or sexual orientation.