Senior Industry Officer (P-4)
| Post Level | P-4 | Closing Date | 8 March 2012 (20 days left) | ||||||||||||||||
| Vacancy Ref | E-VER/IVB/SIO/P-4/F0213/61/12-11 | This appointment is for a three-year duration with a six-month probationary period. The OPCW is a non-career organisation with limited staff tenure. The total length of service for Professional staff shall not exceed 7 years. The Director-General retains the discretion not to make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description. Several vacancies may be filled. | |||||||||||||||||
| Branch | Industry Verification Branch | ||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Verification Division | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 9 January 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Principal Functions | Requirements | ||||||||||||||||||
| Under the supervision of the Head of Industry Verification, the incumbent will carry out the following responsibilities: 1. Executes short-term planning of allocated inspections under Article VI of the Convention, supervises their execution and facilitates the production of Final Inspection Reports (FIRs) by the Inspection Teams (ITs) within the provisions of the OPCW Confidentiality Regime and the timelines of the Convention by: · Accessing all declarations and other documentation relevant to the inspection site using the SCN (Security Critical Network) and/or hard-copies from the Secure Archives; · Evaluating the declared information and deciding on whether the chemicals are scheduled and thresholds are appropriate for inspection; · Briefing the IT on technical, treaty-related and policy issues in relation to the inspection, emphasising special features of the plant site/facility and advising the IT in its preparation for the inspection; · Monitoring the on-site progress of the inspection through Situation Reports and Secure Voice Telephone contact; Guiding and advising the IT while on-site to meet its mandate and to resolve any problematic issues. · Advising on issues requiring further attention, uncertainties and/or possible violations of provisions of the Convention and guiding the IT in converting the Preliminary Findings Report into the FIR within the timelines of the Convention. This guidance is a quality assurance function that normalises the conclusions of inspections against one another; · Drafting the memorandum to the Director-General and letter to the inspected State Party on the inspection and deciding on the classification level of the correspondence. This supporting documentation, in particular the memorandum to the Director-General is the "bottom line" assessment of the inspection in terms of technical, treaty compliance and policy issues, which includes recommendations for specific actions for the Director-General's consideration; · Reviewing the Risk Assessment for Schedule 1 facilities and Schedule 2 plant sites performed by the IT; · Drafting a Closure Letter for each inspection taking into account the FIR, comments received from the inspected State Party and any amendments to declarations arising from the inspection findings; · Making recommendations to top-management in relation to issues requiring further attention and/or uncertainties arising from an inspection and participating in meetings with the inspected State Party representatives on these issues; · Assessing technical, treaty-related or policy issues during negotiations to conclude Facility Agreements with the States Parties subsequent to initial inspections; · Acting as Chief Technical Planning Officer when assigned in the case of challenge inspections at industrial facilities. 2. Supports Management of the Branch, the Division and the Secretariat by: · Making recommendations and advising Management on chemistry and industry-related technical issues on the basis of acquired expertise; and on treaty compliance and/or policy matters to facilitate the political decision-taking process; · Creating and maintaining selected industry-related databases; · Drafting IVB 's contribution to the SIRs, VlRs and the Annual Budget; · Advising and making recommendations to representatives of States Parties, Industry Associations, individual industrial companies and/or groups, NGOs and other outside organisations on industry-related and Convention-related subjects; · Developing SOPs, guidelines and other working procedures related to the activities of the Branch and Division; · Acting as Branch Head when designated to do so and serving on various Secretariat Committees and/or Councils; 3. Supports the work of the Policy Making Organs (PMOs) of the OPCW by: · Advising and assisting the designated Facilitators of the Industry Cluster Consultations of the Executive Council on issues within their purview; Drafting Secretariat Notes, Non-Papers, Draft Decisions etc. relating to Article VI issues. 4. Represents the Secretariat in contacts with outside organisations and provides inputs to Secretariat training programs by: · Attending meetings, conferences, seminars etc. of other international organisations, actively participating by making presentations and reporting back on the proceedings of and issues arising from these events; · Developing training materials for industry inspector training, National Authority training, Regional and National Seminars, etc. and making presentations/teaching at such events. 5. Perform other duties as required. | Knowledge and Skills | ||||||||||||||||||
| . An advanced university degree in chemical engineering or chemistry from an accredited college or university. A first level university degree in combination with qualifying experience (minimum nine years) may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree; . An additional degree in business or management (MBA) would be an asset; . Excellent communication skills (verbal and written including the ability to prepare reports; . Strong analytical and conceptual skills; . Tact, discretion, and the ability to work harmoniously in a multi-cultural environment. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Experience | |||||||||||||||||||
| . A minimum of 7 years of hands-on, practical in-plant experience with chemical operations in the chemical industry with advanced degree or 9 years with first level degree, involving: a) industrial chemistry support for product development or chemical production, and/or b) conduct of plant operations; and/or c) chemical process design/development + process optimisation; and /or d) process safety activities, including quantitative risk assessment, hazard and operability studies, auditing, etc., and/or e) plant design or scale-up planning. (note: time spent in chemical business management, sales and/or government administration of chemical industry will not be regarded as qualifying as relevant experience) . Experience in multiple types of chemical operations . Experience with multiple chemical technologies. . Experience in the use MS Office packages (databases, spreadsheet and word processing). | |||||||||||||||||||
| Languages | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fluency in English is essential and a good working knowledge of one of the other official languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is desirable. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total annual salary consists of a net annual salary (net of taxes and before medical insurance and provident fund deductions) in US$ and a post adjustment. The post adjustment (cost of living allowance) is variable and subject to change without notice in accordance with the rates as set within the UN Common System for salaries and allowances. The figure quoted on the right, is based on the December 2011 rate of 52.6%. |
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