Examples of using Language posts in English and their translations into Russian
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Language posts a/.
Staff on language posts.
Language posts as at 30 June 1997.
Staff in the Professional and higher categories on language posts.
Total language posts all levels.
Representation of women in the Professional and higher categories on language posts.
A Language posts are exclusively at the P-2 to P-5 levels.
A/ It should be noted that language posts are from P-1 to P-5 only.
Language posts would continue to be filled through separate examinations.
This would allow for application of established personnel policies concerning language posts.
The percentage of female staff in language posts has increased from 33.1 per cent to 36.1 per cent over the same period.
It is hoped that such training programmes will yield additional good candidates for recruitment to language posts.
Competitive examinations for language posts are held regularly, in the six official languages, in accordance with the needs of the Organization.
Between 2007 and 2011, retirements will amount to 238, ormore than 20 per cent of all staff on established language posts.
The average time required to fill geographic posts in 2008 was 121 days; for language posts, 176 days.
Competitive examinations for language posts are held regularly in the six official languages, in accordance with the needs of the Organization.
The Department relies on the ability of the Office of Human Resources Management to conduct competitive examinations to fill its vacant language posts.
The only exceptions to the recruitment freeze were quite specific and language posts related to the United Nations web site did not qualify.
Language posts refer to posts in the Professional category, up to the P-5 level, in conference services in the four conference-servicing duty stations.
Report of the Secretary-General on strengthening the United Nations web site through further redeployment to the language posts required.
The majority of language posts, except for interpreter posts, were extrabudgetary and offered no career prospects.
It was therefore disappointing that successful candidates from the recent competitive examinations for language posts had declined to accept assignments in Nairobi.
Language posts should be distinguished from other posts which may require special linguistic knowledge in departments or offices outside conference services.
The Staff Rules provided that appointment to such posts, as well as to language posts, should be made exclusively through competitive examinations.
Not counting language posts, what are the ground rules on language requirements for posts advertised in vacancy announcements and do such rules vary according to the category of personnel sought?
The ability of the Department, in cooperation with the Office of Human Resources Management, to hold a sufficient number of competitive examinations for language posts would be essential in that regard.
The Committee was informed that despite various efforts made to fill vacant language posts in Nairobi, in particular in the Arabic interpretation booth, there were no desired results.
Bringing this population into geographic status will severely affect the representation level of the nine Member States whose nationals make up the largest contingent of staff in language posts.
On the basis of past experience, the current budgeted level of staff resources within the unit(five P-4 and eight P-3 language posts) is insufficient to meet the translation and interpretation needs of the Tribunal.