OPCW Vacancy Notice

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OPCW Vacancy Notice
ORGANISATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
(OPCW)
Johan de Wittlaan 32, 2517 JR The Hague, The Netherlands
V A C A N C Y
Post Title:
Post Level:
Vacancy Ref:
Division:
Branch:
Head, Confidentiality & Information
Security (CIS)
P-4
E-ODG/OCS/HCIS/ F0119/P-4/
27/05-15
Office of the Director-General
Office of Confidentiality and
Security
Principal Functions
N O T I C E
Date:
28 May 2015
Closing Date:
12 July 2015
This fixed-term appointment is for a duration of three years with a sixmonth probationary period, and is subject to the OPCW Staff Regulations
and Interim Staff Rules, as applicable. 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.
Requirements
Knowledge and skills:
Under the supervision and guidance of the Head of OCS, post
holder has the following responsibilities:
1. Monitor overall implementation of the OPCW
confidentiality regime to ensure compliance with relevant
provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Develop
and oversee the implementation of Secretariat-wide
confidentiality-related policies, procedures and working
instructions:
 Supervise development of, and internally coordinate within the
Secretariat, all policies and procedures intended to be
applicable Secretariat-wide to facilitate the work of the
Organisation. Ensure the effectiveness of all such guidance
documents and help minimise negative impacts on efficiency
and that, in general, confidentiality concerns are adequately
addressed.
 Assist the Head of OCS in representing the Secretariat at all
meetings and informal consultations with Member States in
which Confidentiality issues are discussed. Brief and otherwise
inform such meetings/consultations as required and, when
necessary, provide feedback to the Head of OCS and the
Director-General.
 Co-ordinate with Human Resources Branch regarding staff
movements and the hiring of new staff to ensure that
confidentiality requirements of the CWC are met in a timely
manner.
 Supervise the maintenance of Statements of Access to
Confidential Information (SACIs), ensuring an accurate, up-todate SACI is available for all Secretariat staff members to
outline
the
confidential
information
‘need-to-know’
requirements for their post.
 Supervise the upkeep of the Manual of Confidentiality
Procedure (MCP), the Secretariat’s primary document
governing the handling and protection of confidential material,
by overseeing the implementation of all specific amendments
and the drafting of all new versions of the Manual.
 Delineate the policy/procedures used to provide and monitor
access to the Secretariat’s Security Critical Areas (SCAs) and
Security Critical Network (SCN) in accordance with the OPCW
Policy on Confidentiality and the MCP.
 Oversee maintenance of the Confidential Information Access
Register (CIAR) and co-ordinate the physical access rights of
staff and non-staff to the SCAs with relevant Directors.
 Delineate and review the proper implementation of procedures
used to monitor user access on the SCN ensuring procedures are
working to control the access rights of individual users in line
with the ‘need-to-know’ principle. Assess the validity and
volume of classified documents held by staff members against
their established ‘need-to-know’ profile.
Essential:
 Advanced university degree in Computer Science, Information
Management, Risk Management or similar graduate discipline
is an absolute requirement;
 Additional Professional qualification(s) in information security,
such as CISSP, CISA, CISM certification, along with strong
technical (ICT) security skills and demonstrable experience in
the design/implementation of secure IT environments are a
must;
Skills and Abilities (key competencies):
 Excellent communications skills, including the ability to draft
and edit professional documents in the English language, are
required;
 Computer literacy;
 Proven ability to work effectively under pressure, displaying
sound initiative and good personal judgement. Personal
qualities must include tact, discretion, accuracy and the ability
to work harmoniously in a multi-national environment.
Experience:
Experience:
Essential:
 At least 8 years of progressively responsible and recent related
experience in administration and management of the IT security
function in large organizations, including the supervision of all
aspects of ICT security operations;
 Substantial experience in development and implementation of
ICT and information security policies, standards and
procedures;
 Recent and well-rounded supervisory experience with
responsibilities in a classified or sensitive working
environment.
Desirable:
 Experience in implementing and/or auditing information
security programmes based on ISO 27001/27002 and a detailed
knowledge of other IT security standards is highly desirable.
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.
 Monitor the activities of IT administrators and other support
staff within the SCAs and SCN server room to ensure
operations are consistent with confidentiality requirements and
all relevant standard operating procedures/working instructions.
 Supervise the regular use of log-in applications to monitor
access to confidential information on the SCN and follow-up
access anomalies and/or questionable access to ensure
(possible) breaches of confidentiality procedure are properly
documented, reported and managed.
 Oversee
the
provision
of
confidentiality-related
advice/assistance to all OPCW inspection teams before, during
and after the conduct of their inspection activities and advice
the Head of OCS of (potential) problem areas that may require
review by OCS or the assistance of OPCW senior management.
 Supervise the activities of the Secretary to the Confidentiality
Commission, particularly in policy matters and in the drafting
and implementation of procedures for the Commission’s use of
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) facilities.
2. Oversees and coordinates all aspects of the OPCW
Information & Communications Technology (ICT) security
programme, guiding the implementation of all ICT security
measures to ensure the preservation of the confidentiality,
integrity and availability of OPCW’s information assets:
 Guide the implementation of an Information Security
Management System;
 Identify critical situations/sites and functions;
 Develop policy and standards for the backup and archiving of
the organisations information to ensure its confidentiality,
availability and integrity at all times, especially relating to:
- Software development requirements;
- Access control & user authentication;
- Controls & testing procedures;
- Change/configuration management;
- System logging;
- Virus protection, etc.
 Performing market analysis for new security technology;
scanning the information technology market for new products
that may enhance the security of OPCW’s ICT systems and
programmes
3. Monitoring the implementation of all security procedures;
receiving and investigating (at the direction of the DirectorGeneral and Head of OCS) security incident reports,
assessing/reporting weak spots in security.
4. Performing auditing activities on the Secure Critical
Network (SCN); determining the existence of and
compliance with relevant policies and procedures, and
recommending improvements to system security and
existing control measures.
5. Implements the OPCW
awareness programme:
confidentiality
training
and
 Plan and organise training for all Secretariat staff, subsidiary
organs of the OPCW and National Authority personnel on the
handling and protection of confidential information.
 Ensure that all Secretariat staff receive Confidentiality and
Security Induction training and annual refresher courses, and
ensure that specialised training is provided for distinct user
groups with varying levels of access to confidential information
and security critical computing systems.
 Oversee confidentiality briefings and, as necessary, debriefings
for inspection teams and establish liaison with both the
Verification and Inspectorate Divisions to immediately address
problem areas.
 Represent the Secretariat on issues relating to confidentiality at
Confidentiality Commission, Scientific Advisory Board
meetings and at national/regional Member States seminars to
provide participants a better understanding of confidentiality
requirements, as well as the rights and obligations incurred by
Member States under the Confidentiality Regime.
6. Liaise directly with the relevant OPCW Senior
Management regarding Information Security Policy within
the wider OPCW Information Management Policy
Framework.
7. Liaise directly with the OPCW external Security Audit &
Assessment Team (SAAT) to coordinate and plan all ICT
audit activities.
8. Managerial and supervisory activities. Managing the CISS
Information Security Officers and Information Security
Clerk.
Undertake duties as Acting Head of OCS in the absence of Head
of OCS.
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 May 2015 rate of 33.8%.
With Dependants
No Dependants
Annual Salary
$ 72,605
$ 67,611
(US dollars)
Post Adjustment
$ 24,540
$ 22,852
Total Salary
$ 97,145
$ 90,463
CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO USE ONLY THE ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM.
Interested applicants who are unable to submit an application online at www.opcw.org, due to technical problems, are requested to send an e- mail to
[email protected] explaining the problem.
Only applications received before the closing date will be considered. Only applicants under serious consideration for a post will be contacted.
Applications from qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged.
There are job advertisements and offers that falsely state that they are from the OPCW.
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