Location: Various
Deadline: Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Description
Contract Duration: Variable length
Entry on duty date is to be determined.
A roster of suitable candidates will be established for this particular post as a result of this selection process forboth fixed-term established and general temporary assistance posts.Duties & ResponsibilitiesField Interpreters work for the Court Interpretation and Translation Section of the Registry or the LanguageServices Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor.
The successful candidates will be expected to:
(a) provide consecutive interpretation on field missions or in support of operations at Headquarters;
(b) prepare thoroughly for the above assignments;
(c) observe established terminology and in-house usage, and identify new terminology;
(d) carry out sight translation duties whilst on mission, where necessary;
(e) take part in refresher training sessions with a view to refining his/her interpreting skills; and
(f) perform other language services as required by the heads of the two language services of the Court.
Essential QualificationsSuccessful candidates must:
(a) possess the ability to work as part of a team,
(b) demonstrate flexibility, initiative and willingness to learnnew skills;
(c) possess a knowledge of relevant computer software including word-processing programs; and
(d)be available, at times, on short notice;
and would preferably though not necessarily possess:
(a) a degree in interpretation, translation, linguistics or law or in any other relevant subject matter
(b) have relevant experience in interpretation on a formal basis, preferably in an international organisation.
KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES
Mother tongue proficiency in Songhay, Tamasheq, or Bambara and excellent French and/or English is required. Aworking knowledge of one of the other official languages of the Court is desirable.
General Information
The selected candidate will be subject to a Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) process in accordance withICC policy. The PSC process will include but will not be limited to, verification of the information provided inthe personal history form and a criminal record check;-Applicants may check the status of vacancies on ICC E-Recruitment web-site;
Post to be filled preferably by a national of a State Party to the ICC Statute, or of a State which hassigned and is engaged in the ratification process or which is engaged in the accession process, but nationalsfrom non-state parties may also be considered;
In accordance with the Rome Statute, the ICC aims to achieve fair representation of women and men forall positions, representation of the principal legal systems of the world for legal positions, and equitablegeographical representation for positions in the professional category;
Applications from female candidates are particularly encouraged;
Personnel recruited at the General Service level are not entitled to all of the benefits granted tointernationally-recruited staff;
The Court reserves the right not to make any appointment to the vacancy, to make an appointment at alower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description.
The International Criminal Court is a member organization of the Inter-Organization Mobility Accord and isinterested in secondment of staff from organizations of the United Nations Common System.
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