Bilingual French/English Secretary/Assistant

Ideally, interviews for this post will be held in Reading, UK on 13-14 October 2010

Reference no.: AP10-19

Location:

ECMWF Headquarters at Shinfield Park, near Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Environment:

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an international organisation supported by 32 States*. Its prime objectives are the operational production of analyses, medium-range forecasts of weather and ocean waves and seasonal forecasts, as well as scientific and technical research directed to the improvement of these forecasts. ECMWF operates a large computing facility including supercomputers, data archiving systems and networks. For details see:

www.ecmwf.int

The post is located in the Administration Department of ECMWF and forms an integrated part of a small team providing secretarial and clerical support to the various Sections within the Department.  The main duties of this post are:

• To assist the ECMWF Translator in the preparation and completion of documents in French
• To provide secretarial and administrative assistance to the Project Officer, the Head of Finance and the Senior Contract Officer/Legal Adviser

Qualifications:

Good standard of secondary education and a secretarial qualification, together with some experience in work of a similar nature. Experience in word-processing (MS-Word or similar) is essential, together with the willingness to learn new programmes. Competency in MS-Excel, Adobe, web publishing software and MS-Powerpoint and knowledge of a translation software such as Trados or Wordfast would be advantageous. The selected candidate should be able to work under pressure, adapt to changing work requirements and be able to integrate into a small team of international staff.

As this person will primarily be assigned to the Translator for French, the successful candidate should preferably be of French mother tongue and have an excellent command of written French. Fluency in English is also essential and some knowledge of German would be desirable.

Remuneration:

B3: £2,401.99 to £3,194.99 basic salary per month net of tax. 

In principle, a staff member will be engaged at the lowest step of the grade of the post for which he or she is selected.

A deduction will be made from the basic salary for the Pension Scheme and for Partial Invalidity (currently 8.8% for the Pension Scheme and rising to 10.8% with effect from 1 January 2011 and 0.2% for Partial Invalidity).  A further 1.46% of basic salary and related allowances is currently deducted for the Centre’s Supplementary Health Insurance Scheme.

Starting date: As soon as possible.

Length of contract: Maximum of 4 years for initial contract, with the possibility of renewal.

Applications: Application forms in word format can be downloaded from here (162kb) and completed on-line. If you download, you may (if near to the closing date) e-mail the completed form only back to ECMWF at jobs@ecmwf.int. Please note, however, that you must still send your full application form together with all the attachments to ECMWF by post. Under no circumstances should you e-mail your attachments.

Closing date: Completed applications for this post must reach the Personnel Section of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts not later than 3 September 2010.

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* The ECMWF Member States are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

The ECMWF Co-operating States are Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.