Head of Section, responsible for servers, desktops and web services

Reference no.: AP10-23

Grade: A4, according to the scales of the Co-ordinated Organisations

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 33 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:

The person selected will be the Head of the Servers and Desktops Section. In this capacity, the successful candidate will manage a team of nine analysts/consultants and co-ordinate the work of the Section, covering the following technical areas:

Qualifications:

A university education to degree standard or equivalent is required, coupled with at least 10 years of relevant professional experience. A broad comprehension of principles and practices of computing technologies is expected. The successful candidate should have experience in system administration and supporting users, preferably in a heterogeneous environment. Experience in or knowledge of some of the following technologies would be a distinct advantage: Unix systems, Linux, Windows systems, Active Directory, LDAP, VMware or other virtualisation systems.

Applicants should be experienced in leading teams and should possess a theoretical understanding of project management as well as practical experience of it. Experience of dealing with sales personnel, technical staff and managers from vendors of IT equipment and software would be advantageous.

Applicants should possess good analytical and interpersonal skills. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, are essential.

Staff members are normally recruited from among the nationals of the following Member and Co-operating States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.

Remuneration:

For Grade A4: within the range of £5,440.69 to £7,211.69 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 is made from the basic salary for the Pension Scheme and for Partial Invalidity (currently 8.8% , rising to 10.8% from 01.01.2011 for the Pension Scheme and 0.2% for Partial Invalidity). A further 1.46% of basic salary and related allowances is currently deducted for the ECMWF Supplementary Health Insurance Scheme.

Starting date: 1 February 2011, or as soon as possible thereafter.

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 23 November 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.