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17 March 2003
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Geneva
Vacancy Notice No. 486
The Secretariat of the WTO is seeking to fill a position of Economic Affairs Officer in the
Trade Policies Review Division.  Applications from men and women are equally welcome.  Serving
staff members who are interested are also invited to apply.
TITLE AND GRADE: Economic Affairs Officer – Grade 7STARTING SALARY: Approximately Swiss francs 84,300 net p.a.OTHER CONDITIONS: In accordance with WTO Staff Regulations and Staff Rules and
WTO Pension Plan Regulations.A package of expatriate benefits is available to staff recruited
internationally.
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Fixed-term for tw o years with possibility of extension.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS: Under the supervision of a senior professional of the Division,
the incumbent will be involved in  all the steps required for the
preparation of WTO Trade Policy Reviews.  Specific duties will
include:
a) Research and analysis of economic and trade-related
policies of WTO Members;
b) participation in official missions;
c) drafting of texts and preparation of statistics;
d) servicing meetings of the Trade Policy Review Body
and finalization of documents for publication;
e) other relevant work of the Division, including the
preparation of briefing notes on the economic and tradepolicies of individual WTO Members for the Director-
General and senior management.
REQUIRED
QUALIFICATIONS:An advanced university degree in economics, including relevant
studies in international trade, and a demonstrated ability to carryout policy-oriented research.  Up to five years of professional
experience in dealing with trade-related policy issues.  Ability to
organize research materials, to write and communicate clearly,
to meet deadlines, to work under constant time pressure, and to
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LANGUAGES: Excellent knowledge of English, including an ability to write
accurately, concisely and quickly;  and to communicate in an
articulate and persuasive manner.  Good knowledge of
additional languages, especially French or Spanish, is also
required.
APPLICATIONS1: Please use the online application form which may be
downloaded from the WTO website – www.wto.org - under
"vacancies".  If you are unable to download the applicationform, please send an e-mail or fax to the Human Resources
Section requesting the form.  A completed form may also be
submitted to the following address:
Director, Administration and General Services Division
(Human Resources Section)
WTO
Centre William Rappard
154, rue de Lausanne1211 Geneva 21
Switzerland
E-mail:  humanresources@wto.org           Fax:  +41-22-739 5772
Please do not send your application via multiple routes.  It is not
necessary to follow your application up with copies of
qualifications, previous employment contracts, entire
publications, etc.
Candidates must  indicate clearly in section 15 of the application
form the Vacancy Notice No. 486.
Applications will not be acknowledged.  Only applicants
possessing the required qualifications will be taken intoconsideration.  Only the successful candidate will be notified of
the outcome of the competition.
Candidates are kindly requested to refrain from enquiring about
progress of their application.
CLOSING DATE OF THIS
VACANCY NOTICE:12 May 2003
No applications will be considered after this date.
                                                     
1 Only applications from nationals of WTO Members will be accepted.
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