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WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
 
WTO 
 
Geneva
 
 
Vacancy Notice No. 522  
  The Secretariat of the WTO is seeking to fill a position of Finance Clerk in the Finance and Accounts Section of the Administra tion and General Services Division.  Applications from men and 
women are equally welcome.  Serving staff members inte rested in this position are also invited to apply. 
 
TITLE AND GRADE: Finance Clerk – Grade 4
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 STARTING SALARY: Approximately Swiss francs 66,100 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 general supe rvision of the Chief of the Finance and 
Accounts Section, the incumbent will perform the following specific duties: 
 
(a) entering accounting data into th e computerized system and 
processing of various types of payments and receipts; 
 (b) preparation and typing of acc ounting vouchers, examination 
of invoices and other claims as to correctness, authority and coding; 
 
(c) preparing routine correspondence and typing financial 
reports; 
 (d) performing, as required, clerical and other accounting tasks 
falling within the general f unctions of this Section. 
 REQUIRED    Completed secondary educ ation and/or comparable commercial 
QUALIFICATIONS: school and/or experience in book-keeping;  three to four years of 
relevant job experience;  ability to type and to operate calculating and 
accounting machines;  good knowledge of Oracle, Excel and Word.  
The incumbent must be orderly and able to work with precision and 
accuracy. 
 
                                                     
 
1The position may be offered at a lower grade if the se lected candidate does not fully meet all the required 
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LANGUAGES: An excellent knowledge of eith er English or French and a good basic 
knowledge of the other language.  Knowledge of Spanish would be 
an asset. 
 
APPLICATIONS2: 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 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 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. 522. 
 Applications will not be acknowledge d.  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: 17 June 2004 
VACANCY NOTICE No applications will be considered after this date 
 
                                                     
 
2Only applications from nationals of WTO Members will be accepted. 
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