Information Systems Assistant
Vor 5 Tagen
This position is located in the Language Support Unit, Multilingual Technology Section, Languages Service, Division of Conference Management, Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, Geneva. The incumbent reports to the Chief of Unit.
**Responsibilities**:
Within delegated authority, the Information Systems Assistant will be responsible for the following duties:
- Drafts correspondence and communications, including work plan revisions and other related issues, as well as prepares unit contributions for a variety of periodic reports.
- Keeps abreast of developments in the field; performs benchmarking and proposes new acquisitions.
- Provides ongoing and specialized training to end-users on standard and language specific systems, including word processing techniques, CAT tools and other software and databases, including but not limited to machine translation systems.
- Provides guidance to new/junior staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Competencies
PROFESSIONALISM:
TEAMWORK:
Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.
CLIENT ORIENTATION:
Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.
TECHNOLOGICAL AWARENESS:
Education
High school diploma or equivalent.
Job - Specific Qualification
Having passed the International Computer Drivers License (ICDL) or the European Computer Driver's License (ECDL) is desirable.
Work Experience
At least seven (7) years of experience in information systems analysis and programming, systems administration and maintenance, software development, technical writing or related area is required.
Proven experience as an advance MS Word user in building Macros and VBAs (Visual Basic for Application) for the creation and design of online/interactive models in MS Office is desirable.
Experience with documents processing systems, Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) tools, as well as experience in technical writing and providing training is desirable.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English or French is required. Knowledge of Arabic is desirable.
Assessment
Special Notice
- Subsequent to the initial temporary appointment, new and successive temporary appointments may be granted for service in the same office or in a different office any number of times, for any duration, provided that the length of service does not exceed the period of 364 calendar days.
- For more details on the administration of temporary appointments please refer to ST/AI/2010/4/Rev.1.
United Nations Considerations
Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.
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No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.
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