23509 | OTP

Special Notice:

A Short-Term Appointment is used to recruit staff to meet short-term needs. The duration of this assignment is provided above. The maximum duration of a short-term appointment including extensions shall not exceed 12 months.

A Short-Term Appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal and shall not be converted to any other type of appointment.

Due to the short-term nature of the assignment, the ICC reserves the right to make an appointment at one grade lower than that stated in the vacancy with a modified job description.

A current ICC staff member who is holding a fixed-term appointment may apply for any short-term position. Where a current ICC staff member is selected to a short-term position, he or she will be temporarily assigned to the position in line with section 4.10 of ICC/AI/2016/001. GS-level posts are subject to local recruitment only.

The terms and conditions of service for staff members appointed under a short-term appointment are governed by ICC/AI/2016/001.

Organisational Context

The Immediate Office of the Prosecutor (IOP) provides support and critical services to the Prosecutor and the Office with marginal resources, facilitating the Office’s overall aims of being an effective and efficient organ of the Court. IOP performs a variety of critical support, review and advisory functions, notably providing substantive advice and administrative support to the Prosecutor in the implementation of his functions, while more broadly ensuring quality control and management of the Office. On behalf of the Prosecutor, IOP also acts as an interface with the other organs of the Court ensuring effective inter-organ relations and communication as well as cooperation in the overall administration of the Court, and works closely with all components of the Office to organize and record meetings for senior management, implement the Prosecutor’s instructions on any matter so requested and ensure consistency in standards and approach in line with the Prosecutor’s vision and lessons learned.

Duties and Responsibilities

The incumbent will serve in the Immediate Office of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), reporting to the Adviser to the Prosecutor, and is responsible for the following:

• Assist with the processing of invitations extended to the Prosecutor;
• Assist with the communication of the Prosecutor’s directives to OTP Pillars, Divisions, sections, units and Unified Teams;
• Conduct independent legal research and analysis on a wide range of issues, typically for the preparation of background papers for the Prosecutor’s engagements;
• Provide assistance in drafting or reviewing legal documents, reports, presentations, speaking notes, and selected correspondence
• Assist with the screening of internship applications for the Immediate Office of the Prosecutor, as appropriate;
• Perform any other duties as required.

Essential Qualifications

Education:

An advanced university degree in law, political science, or a related field. A first level university degree in combination with two years of qualifying experience is accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience:

A minimum of two years (zero years with an advanced level university degree) in providing managerial support to senior officials and in facilitating decision process at senior management meetings is required.

Experience in analysing, preparing, drafting, reviewing and editing of complex legal documents, is required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Familiarity with criminal law or international criminal law, international organisations and international relations;
• Excellent skills in communication, presentation, and drafting and an ability to prepare and present detailed and accurate meeting minutes as well as reports that are concise and accurately reflect the discussions; ability to pay attention to detail;
• Strong analytical, planning and organisational skills, with flexibility and ability to adjust in a highly dynamic environment;
• Excellent coordination and supervisory skills and the ability to interact with senior officials; Ability to work effectively under strict deadlines and under stress;
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relationships with people of different national and cultural backgrounds;
• Ability to keep strict standards of confidentiality; and
• Professional integrity.

Knowledge of Languages:

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

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General Information
- In accordance with the Rome Statute, the ICC is committed to achieving geographical representation and gender equality within its staff as well as representation of the principal legal systems of the world (legal positions). Nationals from the list of non-represented and under-represented States are strongly encouraged to apply. In addition, applications from women are strongly encouraged for senior positions at the Professional (P) and Director (D) levels. Posts shall be filled preferably by a national of a State Party to the ICC Statute, or of a State which has signed and is engaged in the ratification process or which is engaged in the accession process, but nationals from non-state parties may also be considered, as appropriate.

- The selected candidate will be subject to a Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) process in accordance with ICC policy. The PSC process will include but will not be limited to, verification of the information provided in the personal history form and a criminal record check.
- Applicants may check the status of vacancies on ICC E-Recruitment web-site.
- The Court reserves the right not to make any appointment to the vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description.