Language Services Assistant

**Deadline for Applications**:

- 16/07/2025 (minuit heure de La Haye)

**Organizational Unit**:

- Language Services Unit, Integrated Services Division, Office of the Prosecutor

**Duty Station**:

- The Hague - NL

**Type of Appointment**:

- GTA Post

**Post Number**:

- T-3144

**Minimum Net Annual Salary**:

- €47,072.00

**Contract Duration**:

- To be determined

Important:
Applicants will be responsible for any expenses incurred in relation to: visa, travel to and from, and relocation to and from the duty station, in the event of an employment offer.

A staff member in the General Service category who has been locally recruited shall not be eligible for the entitlements and/or benefits exclusively applicable to internationally recruited staff.

**Organisational Context**

The Integrated Services Division (ISD) within the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) centralizes the specialized support functions that provide cross-cutting support to the Office. The Division is headed by a Director who is responsible for managing the reliable and cost-effective delivery of integrated services and ensuring that the OTP is adequately supported through all relevant service functions, technologies and equipment, and that appropriate services are available to allow the implementation of the Office’s mandate. The services include information knowledge and evidence management, forensic science, language services, tracking and information fusion. The Division works to develop new approaches and strategies that promote the use of modern tools and advanced technology as mechanisms to strengthen the effectiveness of the Office.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Handle the administrative processes in the translation, transcription and/or interpretation work areas;
- Handle the administrative processes in recruiting, inducting and hiring language staff and experts;
- Create and maintain the required contact and request databases and files, and extract and compile statistics for reports and projections;
- Provide the unit’s translators/interpreters/coordinators with research, IT and other support as required;
- Perform other duties as required.

**Essential Qualifications**
- Education:_

Diploma of secondary education.
- Experience:_

A minimum of six (6) years of administrative experience, preferably in an international organization environment, is required. An advanced or a first-level university degree may be considered as a substitute for two years’ working experience only to determine eligibility.
- Knowledge, skills and abilities:_
- Excellent interpersonal, administrative and IT skills (e.g. Microsoft 365, Relativity, etc.);
- Planning and organisational skills and an eye for detail;
- Flexibility and an ability to work under pressure with mínimal supervision;
- Ability to work in a confidential environment in a non-discriminatory manner with respect for diversity;
- Knowledge of languages:_

Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court, French or English is required. Working knowledge of the other is desirable. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Chinese, Russian Arabic, Spanish) or languages related to any of the cases before the Court would be considered an asset.

**ICC Core Competencies**
- Dedication to the mission and values_
- Acts consistently in accordance with the mission and values of the Organisation;
- Maintains confidentiality, acts with integrity and shows respect for diversity;
- Shows commitment to the organisation;
- Presents a positive image of the organisation during external discussions.
- Professionalism_
- Applies professional and technical expertise;
- Keeps abreast of organisational issues;
- Produces workable solutions to a range of problems;
- Teamwork_
- Listens, consults and communicates proactively;
- Handles disagreements with tact and diplomacy;
- Recognises and rewards the contribution of others;
- Learning and developing_
- Identifies development strategies needed to achieve work and career goals and makes use of developmental or

training opportunities;
- Learns from successes and failures;
- Seeks feedback and gives feedback to others to increase organisational effectiveness;
- Seeks opportunities for improvement of work;
- Has an open mind and contributes to innovation.
- Handling uncertain situations_
- Adapts to changing circumstances;
- Deals with ambiguity, making positive use of the opportunities it presents;
- Plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances;
- Manages time effectively.
- Interaction_
- Expresses opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly;
- Handles contacts with diplomacy and tact;
- Communicates in a transparent and open way with internal and external contacts while complying with

confidentiality requirements.
- Realising objectives_
- Accepts and tackles demanding goals with enthusiasm;
- Keeps to agreements with others;
- Focuses on client needs;
- Takes respons