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          8 March 2006 
 
 
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
 
WTO  
 
Geneva  
 
Vacancy Notice No. 565  
 
 
 The Secretariat of the WTO is seeking to fill the position of English Text Processing Operator I  in 
the English Unit of the Text Processing Section in the Language Services and Documentation Division.  
Serving staff members interested in this position ar e also invited to apply.  The WTO is an Equal 
Opportunities Employer.  
TITLE AND GRADE: English Text Processing Operator I – Grade 3
1 
STARTING SALARY:  Approximately  Swiss francs 61,000 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, with possibility of extension. 
GENERAL FUNCTIONS: Under the supervision of the English Coordinator, the incumbent 
will carry out the following tasks: 
 (a)  typing documents using personal computers including: copy 
typing, transcribing from digital and analogue recordings, preparation of basic tables, basic document formatting, 
correspondence and finalization (incorporating translator’s 
and reviser’s and other corrections into text); 
 (b)  reading documents being checked by others; 
 (c)  any other tasks as assigned. 
REQUIRED 
QUALIFICATIONS: Completion of secondary school and/ or secretarial or equivalent 
commercial school; passage of the Text Processing Operator I 
qualifications test (typing at 50 words per minute, typing from 
dictation and entering corrections electronically from a heavily hand-corrected document – all with defined minimum standards); a good 
knowledge of Microsoft WORD; at least two years experience in the occupational area in order to be familiar with the processing of 
correspondence and documents; ability to operate Dictaphones and 
digital dictation machines.  
LANGUAGES: The work  requires an excellent knowle dge of English and some 
knowledge of a second working language.  
 
 
                                                     
 
1 The post may be offered at a lower grade if the sele cted candidate does not fully meet all of the required 
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APPLICATIONS:
2 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 application form, please send an e-mail or fax to the Human Resources Division requesting the form.  A 
completed form may also be submitted to the following address: 
 Director, Human Resources Division 
WTO Centre William Rappard 154, rue de Lausanne 
1211 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. 565. 
 Applications will not be acknowle dged.  Only applicants possessing 
the required qualifications will be take n into consideration.  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: 19 April 2006 
No applications will be considered after this date. 
The WTO is a non smoking environment. 
 
                                                      
2 Only applications from nationals of WTO Members will be accepted. 
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