CELEX: C2001/074A/01
Language: en
Date: 2001-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Notice of vacancy — CJ 01/01 — Director of Translation

7.3.2001          EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                  C 74 A/1
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                                                            (Notices)
                                            COURT OF JUSTICE
                            OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            NOTICE OF VACANCY — CJ 01/01
                                                       (2001/C 74 A/01)
         The post of Director of Translation (career bracket A 2) at the Court of Justice of the European
         Communities in Luxembourg will soon fall vacant. It will be filled in accordance with Article 29(2) of the
         Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities.
         DESCRIPTION OF THE POST
         The Translation Directorate is at present faced with a very substantial increase in its staff, whose numbers
         are likely to continue to rise in the years to come. The number of lawyer-linguist posts attached to this
         department (about 300, the total staff of the department being 450) has risen by more than two-thirds
         over the last seven years and it is envisaged that it will increase substantially in the coming years, in
         particular because of the enlargement of the European Union by nine new Member States. The Director
         of Translation must therefore have the ability to direct a very large and rapidly growing unit. He will need
         to have a very good sense of organisation and the ability to bring about structural changes in the
         department. In this respect, he will have to be able to make, with a view to the forthcoming accessions,
         proposals relating to the organisation of the Directorate. He will also need to have a good sense of human
         relations enabling him to persuade and motivate his collaborators, to take an active interest in and
         coordinate the activities of the 11 Heads of the Language Divisions of the Directorate and to cooperate
         effectively with the other Directors of the Institution.
         In addition, in order to cope with the ever-increasing workload, which mere increases in staff will not
         suffice to absorb, every effort must be made to improve still further the high level of productivity already
         attained by the department. This will entail in particular a better organisation and generalised use of new
         technology. The Director of Translation will therefore have to show a great interest in information
         technology and be capable of mastering the computing tools and applications available at the Court. He
         will be permanently concerned to improve and harmonise working methods within the Directorate.
         Furthermore, the reforms that will be carried out for the better organisation and modernisation of the
         department must be accompanied by an unfailing concern to adapt to the needs of judicial work and to
         maintain the high quality of translations. The person appointed to the post will therefore need to have a
         thorough knowledge of the problems of translating legal texts and be capable, in the performance of his
         tasks, of taking account of the way in which the Court is organised and functions.
         Finally, in view of the context in which he will be working, the Director of Translation must have
         completed a full course of legal studies, evidenced by a degree or diploma of university level, have a
         thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the Community, a very good knowledge of
         another official language and a satisfactory knowledge of a third official language. For reasons relating to
         the service, he must have a good knowledge of French.
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         SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
         Candidates for this post are invited to send their application in writing to the Registrar of the Court of
         Justice, Plateau du Kirchberg, L-2925 Luxembourg, by 6 April 2001 at the latest. The application must be
         accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae and any other relevant documents. Candidates must also
         attach to their application a document of five pages at the most setting out their plan for running the
         department and indicating what, in their opinion, qualifies them for the post to be filled.