11.1081, Jobs: French Language Teacher, United Nations NY
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Date: 11 May 2000 14:47:59 -0000
From: Mr.Richard Malikongwa <malikongwa at un.org>
Subject: French Language Teacher at United Nations, New York USA
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Date: 11 May 2000 14:47:59 -0000
From: Mr.Richard Malikongwa <malikongwa at un.org>
Subject: French Language Teacher at United Nations, New York USA
Rank of Job: UN Language teacher
Areas Required: French language teacher
Other Desired Areas:
University or Organization: United Nations
Department: Office Of Human Resources Management
State or Province: New York
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: 26 May 2000
Contact: Mr. Richard Malikongwa malikongwa at un.org
Address for Applications:
Room DC1-200, Cluster 6, OHRM, United Nations Secretariat, Fax: 1
(212)963 3726 / 7989
New York
NY 10017
USA
Note: Information on this and other langauge posts at the United Nations
is posted at this web site address:
http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/examin/exam.htm
2000 COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FRENCH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
NOTICE
1. A competitive examination for the recruitment of French Language
Teachers will be held on 23 June 2000 in New York and Geneva.
2. The purpose of this examination is to establish a roster from which
present and future vacancies for French Language Teachers in the Staff
Development and Learning Service of the Office of Human Resources
Management in New York and the Training and Examinations Section in
Geneva, will be filled.
3. Full-time French teachers with the United Nations must teach the
specified number of course hours per week as determined by the duty
station concerned and devote a specified number of work hours to course
preparation and correcting students' work. In addition, each full-time
French teacher is assigned tasks such as drafting and updating of
teaching materials and examinations, preparation of examinations, design
of specialised courses and communication courses, consultations with
students, and participation in meetings and seminars. At United Nations
Headquarters (New York), full-time teachers participate in the
preparation, administration, and correction of the United Nations
Language Proficiency Examination as part of their assigned tasks. The
teacher is expected to use word-processing and database software in
performing these duties. The teacher is also expected to carry out other
training activities whenever called upon to do so.
4. The examination is open to staff members of the United Nations
Secretariat 1/ who meet the eligibility and qualification requirements
and to qualified external applicants. 2/ French teachers working
part-time at Headquarters may also apply.
5. Applicants must have completed their military service or have been
exempted therefrom or have otherwise fulfilled their legal obligations
in the matter.
6. Applicants who are not staff members of the United Nations
Secretariat applying for the examination must:
(a) Have French as their main language and be fluent in English;
(b) Hold an advanced university degree (Masters) in applied
linguistics, linguistics, language teaching, languages or
similar field. All the degrees should come from a university
or equivalent institution at which French is the language of
instruction;
(c) Have at least five years' recent and consecutive experience
within the last eight years in teaching French as a second
language or foreign language to adults, preferably in a
professional setting;
(d) Have word-processing skills;
(e) Experience using video, computers and/or multimedia to teach
French is highly desirable;
(f) Knowledge of other official languages of the United Nations
(Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) is desirable.
The Board of Examiners, appointed by the Assistant
Secretary-General for Human Resources Management, requires
that candidates be able to support their claims to knowledge
of languages. For this purpose, candidates are required
either to attach to their application photocopies of diplomas
or certificates from language schools or to explain in
paragraph 31 of the Personal History Form (P.11),
how they acquired their knowledge of the languages claimed.
Applicants are advised to submit photocopies of any
documentation, not originals.
7. All applications will be reviewed by the Board of Examiners.
Candidates who are invited to sit for the examination will be notified
in writing by 9 June 2000 of the Board's decision. The fact that a
candidate has not received a written response from the Board by 16 June
2000 indicates that the candidate has not been selected by the Board to
sit for the examination. THE BOARD'S DECISIONS ARE FINAL.
8. The written examination will consist of the following four parts:
Part 1: Essay questions on modern language teaching methodology,
communication skills and writing skills training, preparation
of teaching material, and the use of technology for language
teaching (2hours).
It should be noted that this paper is eliminatory.
Only candidates who are successful on Part1 will have their
other papers marked.
Part 2: A. Knowledge of French language syntax and usage (30 minutes)
B. Several practical problems and a lesson plan (1 hour
and 30 minutes)
The use of a dictionary or any other reference material will NOT be
permitted during the examination.
9. On the basis of the results of the written examination, the Board of
Examiners will invite selected candidates to the second part of the
examination which is projected to take place within six to eight weeks
following the written examination and will consist of the candidates
teaching a class before the Board of Examiners. Only those candidates
who have been selected by the Board for the second component will be
notified in writing. It is the responsibility of the candidate to keep
the United Nations informed in writing or by fax of any changes of
address, telephone or fax number since the time of the written
examination. The Board of Examiners will review their observations and
discuss them with each of the candidates. The Board will then interview
each candidate. The interview is an integral part of the examination.
Therefore, candidates who are invited to an interview should NOT assume
that they will automatically be offered a teaching assignment.
10.Travel expenses to and from the place of the second part of the
examination but NOT to and from the place of the written examination
will be reimbursed by the United Nations.
11.On the basis of the overall results of the examination, the Board
will recommend to the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources
Management the names of candidates who qualify for inclusion in the
roster. Vacancies at United Nations Headquarters, New York and the
United Nations Office at Geneva will be filled from the roster in order
of where the vacancy occurs. All candidates admitted to the second part
of the examination will be informed in writing of the Board's final
recommendations in respect of their candidature. The Board's
recommendations are NOT subject to appeal. The Board DOES NOT release
individual scores/results.
12.Successful candidates selected from the roster to fill the vacancy
are normally offered a one year appointment as French language teachers.
Upon satisfactory completion of the trial period, their appointment will
be extended. The fixed term appointments of teachers whose performance
and conduct proves unsatisfactory will not be extended.
13.The salary scale for staff in the Language Teacher category
comprises 12 steps, each corresponding to an annual increment awarded if
performance is satisfactory. The base salary is subject to United
Nations staff assessment which operates like an income tax. The whole
amount of the assessment is withheld at the source and salaries received
are therefore net figures. In the event that a staff member's salary is
subject to national income taxation as well as staff assessment, the
United Nations will, within certain limits, refund the amount of such
income payable in respect of the United Nations salary.
The table below illustrates the annual salary scale for staff in the
Language Teacher category at Headquarters (in United States Dollars);
Steps Gross Grosspension Totalnet Netpension NPC
I 52 181 51 153 40 614 40 614 0
II 53 961 52 864 41 931 41 931 0
III 55 741 54 574 43 248 43 248 0
IV 57 520 56 285 44 565 44 565 0
V 59 300 57 995 45 882 45 882 0
VI 61 158 59 706 47 199 47 199 0
VII 63 067 61 422 48 516 48 516 0
VIII 64 975 63 202 49 833 49 833 0
IX 66 884 64 982 51 150 51 150 0
X 68 793 66 762 52 467 52 467 0
XI 70 701 68 542 53 784 53 784 0
XII* 72 610 70 322 55 101 55 101 0
Increments; Salary increments within the levels shall be awarded
annually on the basis of satisfactory service.
* Long-service step:
The qualifying criteria for in-grade increases to the long-service step
are as follows:
(a) The staff member should have had at least 20 years of service
within the United Nations common system and 5 years of
service at the top regular step of the current grade;
(b) The staff member's service should have been satisfactory.
14.Language Teachers at Headquarters are also entitled to the following
benefits:
(a) Dependency benefits: at present $US 1,188.00 per year for each
eligible child; except for first dependent child of a widowed
or divorced staff member $US 3,038;dependent spouse $US 3,038
secondary dependent $US 1,181;
(b) Participation in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund;
(c) The yearly schedule of work for language teachers consists of
three terms of 13 weeks each. There is a summer recess and
there are scheduled breaks between terms. Leave taken during
the recess and the breaks in excess of the annual leave
entitlement provided in the Staff Rules is treated as special
leave without pay.
15.Candidates should obtain the application form for admission to the
examination (personal history form, P11) from the following address and
return the completed form to the same address no later than 26 May 2000 to;
2000 Competitive Examination for French Language Teachers
Room DC1-200, Cluster VI, Operational Services Division
Office of Human Resources Management
United Nations Secretariat
New York, N.Y. 10017
U. S. A.
Fax: (1-212) 963-3726/7989
Applications must be sent by mail or fax. No applications sent
electronically will be considered.
16.Candidates who do not submit appropriate documentation and a fully
completed and signed application form will not have their application
reviewed and consequently, will be eliminated from the examination process.
Notes
1/ Staff members from subsidiary organs of the United Nations as
well as staff members whose service is limited to the United
Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Centre for
Human Settlements or special missions are considered external
candidates for the purpose of this examination. Such
candidates, if successful, will be offered a new appointment
with the United Nations subject to normal United Nations
recruitment procedures and standards.
2/ According to the United Nations Staff Rules, candidates
bearing a close relationship (father, mother, son, daughter,
brother, sister) to currently employed United Nations staff
members shall not be offered an appointment with the United
Nations Secretariat. Consequently, applications from such
candidates for this examination will not be considered.
3/ Main language is to be understood as the language in which the
candidate is best able to work.
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