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26 August 2003
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Geneva
Vacancy Notice No. 502
The Secretariat of the WTO is seeking to fill the position of French Unit Coordinator in the Text
Processing Section of the Language Services and Documentation Division.  A pplications from men and
women are equally welcome.  Serving staff members interested in this position are also invited to apply.
TITLE AND GRADE: French Unit Coordinator – Grade 71
STARTING SALARY: Approximately  Swiss francs 85,000.- 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  contract for two years, w ith possibility of extension.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS: Under the supervision of the Chief of the Text Processing Section,
the incumbent will carry out the following tasks:
(a) Receiving work from translators, Translations Operations
and Documents Control and establishing priorities in
agreement with Documents Control.
(b) Distributing work, including organizing document
regrouping, taking into consideration agreed priorities,
difficulty, size, work already in process and availability andcapabilities of staff.  Providing instructions on the
requirements of each job and identifying work to be
completed off premises.
(c) Rearranging assignments and priorities as required due to
changes in the schedule of meetings, arrival of more urgentwork and other factors.
(d) Monitoring the production of work to ensure the delivery of
high quality documents, both substantively and
electronically, within established deadlines and approving
the dispatch of finished documents to Documents Control.
(e) Operating the section’s Document Management System.
(f) Contributing to the establishment of a WTO on-line manual
on text processing rules and standards. Proposing
modifications in methods of work, equipment and text
processing rules and standards and keeping abreast of new
or revised text processing methods and software packages.
(g) Providing administrative oversight of the Unit, including
certifying overtime taken and maintaining leave and
overtime records, gathering the contributions of Unit staff
                                                     
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for their performance evaluation reports, preparing
comments on these and providing guidance to staff.
Advising on the suitability of candidates for temporary and
regular positions.
REQUIRED
QUALIFICATIONS:Completion of secondary school and/or secretarial or equivalent
commercial school.  Passage of the Text Processing Operator Iqualifications test.  Specialized training and proven expertise in
document formatting, regrouping and quality control.  Excellent
knowledge of Microsoft WORD.
A minimum of twelve years of experience in the occupational area.
LANGUAGES: The work requires an excellent knowledge of French as well as
proficiency in a second working language and some knowledge of a
third working language.
APPLICATIONS:
2Please 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 application form, please send an e-mailor 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. 502
Applications will not be acknowledged.  Only applicants possessing
the required qualifications will be taken into consideration.  Only thesuccessful 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:14 October 2003
No applications will be considered after this date.
                                                     
2 Only applications from nationals of WTO Members will be accepted.
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