Associate Database Administrator, The Hague

Job Title and Level: Associate Database Administrator (P-2)

Vacancy Announcement No: 3073EE-RE

Deadline for Applications: 08.09.2013

Organizational Unit: Operations Unit, Information and Communication Technologies Section, Division of Common Administrative Services, Registry

Duty Station : The Hague

Type of Appointment: General Temporary Assistance

Post number :

Minimum Net Annual Salary (Single Rate) (EURO): € 54,790

Contract Duration

General Temporary Assistance until 31 December 2013, with the possibility of extension, subject to availability of funds and in accordance with the duration of the project permanent premises. Probationary period may be applicable.

This position is directly linked to the ICC project for the Permanent Premises and subject to annual funding. Entry on duty date is to be determined.

A roster of suitable candidates may be established for this post as a result of this selection process for both fixed-term established and general temporary assistance posts.

Duties & Responsibilities

Reporting to the Database Administrator, the Associate Database Administrator will be responsible for the management of several databases. This involves installation, tuning, optimization and requirement evaluation. The incumbent will, through adherence to standard procedures, analyze required changes to environments forecasting data growth and transaction volumes. In addition the role will include elements of Project Management and design.

1. Ensure that required capacity of databases for development, test and production environment is available as required

2. Assist in the development of strategies for database optimization

3. Assist in the training and development of technical support staff to better utilize Database Enterprise computing

4. Provide guidance at database level during development and enhancement of the court's database environment.

5. Assist in the general management of the ICT technical infrastructure

6. Supports backup and recovery operation of the database environments

Essential Qualifications

• A first level university degree in relevant subjects such as Computer Science or Information Systems.
• At least 4 years (2 years with an advanced university degree) of progressively responsible experience in the area of database management, design and administration.
• Experience in managing mid-to-large technical projects. Experience in the design of large technical infrastructures would be considered an asset.
• Clear and effective writing skills.
• Should have experience in oracle and SQL Server platforms.
• Software development skills will be considered an asset.
• Windows System Administration experience will be considered an asset
• Experience and/or certification on formal Project Management frameworks (such as Prince2 and/or PMBOK) will be considered an asset.
• Experience and/or certification on ITIL Service Management framework will be considered an asset.

ICC Competencies

Professionalism # Applies professional and technical expertise; keeps abreast of organizational issues; produces workable solutions to a range of problems.

Interaction # Expresses opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly; handles contact with diplomacy and tact; communicates in a transparent and open way with internal external contacts, while complying with confidentiality requirements.

Teamwork # Listens, consults others and communicates proactively; handles disagreements with tact and diplomacy; recognizes and rewards the contribution of others.

Realising objectives # Accepts and tackles demanding goals with enthusiasm; keeps to agreements with others; focuses on client needs; takes responsibilities for actions, projects and people; monitors and maintains quality and productivity.

Language requirements

Fluency in either of the working languages of the Court, English or French, is essential. Working knowledge of the other is desirable. Knowledge of another official language of the Court would be considered an asset. (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish)

General Information

• 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;
• Post to 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;
• In accordance with the Rome Statute, the ICC aims to achieve fair representation of women and men for all positions, representation of the principal legal systems of the world for legal positions, and equitable geographical representation for positions in the professional category;
• Applications from female candidates are particularly encouraged;
• 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.
• The International Criminal Court is a member organization of the Inter-Organization Mobility Accord and is interested in secondment of staff from organizations of the United Nations Common System.

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