The United Nations Office at Geneva is looking for candidates of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish mother tongue for short-term contracts.

Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Unit, the incumbent:


• Using a word processor, types, from cassettes or sound files recorded by translators or substantive divisions, or from direct dictation, draft text including tables, graphics, equations and so forth; the original text may on occasion be used for guidance;
• Types semi-final and final versions of earlier drafts and previously typed text, often heavily corrected, from a variety of sources;
• Prints out and re-reads the text, entering corrections on screen;
• Creates tables, following detailed instructions;
• Transcribes recordings made in meeting rooms (discussions, speeches, testimony etc.).

Applicant’s profile

• Secondary education or its equivalent technical or commercial school
• Very good knowledge of the respective mother tongue, and a working knowledge of another official United Nations language
• Three years’ secretarial experience and very good knowledge of text processing software.

Appointment against this post is on a local basis.

Suitable applicants will be required to sit the United Nations secretarial test (typing speed of at least 50 wpm; correction of manuscript; audio typing) and the UN Administrative Support Assessment Test (ASAT).

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application on the official P.11 form.

Applications should be sent by email to: TPSSec@unog.ch specifying the language in which they wish to sit the secretarial test.