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.
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