JOB DESCRIPTION

24172 | Registry

Posting Date:

03/10/2025

Deadline for Applications:

17/10/2025 (midnight The Hague time)

Organizational Unit:

Public Informaiton Outreach Section, Registry

Duty Station:

The Hague – NL

Type of Appointment:

Short Term Appointment

Minimum Net Annual Salary:

109.277,00

Contract Duration:

31/12/2025

Special Notice:

A Short-Term Appointment is used to recruit staff to meet short-term needs. The duration of this assignment is provided above. Any extension of this post is subject to the decision of the incumbent of the established post to extend or return from their current leave. The maximum duration of a short-term appointment including extensions shall not exceed 12 months.

A Short-Term Appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal and shall not be converted to any other type of appointment.

A current ICC staff member who is holding a fixed-term appointment may apply for any short-term position. Where a current ICC staff member is selected to a short-term position, he or she will be temporarily assigned to the position in line with section 4.10 of ICC/AI/2016/001. GS-level posts are subject to local recruitment only.

The terms and conditions of service for staff members appointed under a short-term appointment are governed by ICC/AI/2016/001.

Organisational Context

Under the direct supervision of the Director of the Division of External Relations and Field Coordination, the Public Information and Outreach Section (PIOS) ensures that the proceedings are accessible to the public, raises awareness, and promotes an understanding about the Court’s mandate and activities with the ultimate goal of getting support. It does so in relation to a number of target audiences, including global audiences, mainly encompassing international press and media, victims and communities affected by crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court; and key stakeholders such as legal communities, academics and non-governmental organisations. PIOS achieves its objectives through the use of a variety of communication means including granting interviews to media, production of press releases and other publications and audio visual materials as well as through the website and new social media platforms. PIOS also organises campaigns and is responsible for the organisation of events and visits ranging from general groups to high profile visitors.

Outreach Unit

Interaction with affected communities and victims of crimes before the Court is a critical function of the Registry field teams by way of which ICC justice can become meaningful to concerned populations. The Unit liaises with field officers on public information matters; advises on strategic planning; oversees good use of monitoring systems to assess performance and report on impact; keeps abreast offices at HQ, as appropriate, of feedback received from country teams and ensures responses to such feedback when necessary. It interacts with concerned populations of countries with situations and cases before the Court where there are no Registry field officers performing that function.

Duties and Responsibilities

Within this framework and under the direct supervision of the Chief of Section the incumbent shall:

• Conceptualise, design, manage and coordinate the implementation of the Court’s outreach strategy based on enhanced partnerships with key internal and external constituencies, including field operations.
• Coordinate institutional outreach efforts of the different organs, sections and field offices with a view to enhancing the corporate image and understanding of the Court’s mandate and its works vis-à-vis the public and partners.
• Collaborate closely with public information and external relations of the ICC and provide leadership for the network of supporters of the Court’s Outreach Programme.

A. Vision and strategy-setting

• Drive the strategic vision of the Court’s outreach in support of priorities derived from judicial developments of cases before the Court, as well as the Registrar’s programmatic objectives to help to ensure that the Court is a well-recognized institution amongst relevant groups of people from countries which suffered from crimes under investigation by the ICC.
• Ensure that proceedings are accessible and understandable to victims and affected communities as well as other key actors and the general public of countries with situations under investigation and cases before the Court.
• Ensure consistency of ICC public position by managing messaging delivered during outreach sessions and public information activities, or across traditional media and digital platforms including the Outreach page on the ICC website, Twitter, Facebook and other accounts and by closely integrating all related activities.
• Lead the development and implementation of field strategic outreach plans to support the Court’s judicial activities bearing in mind local contextual factors and information needs of key internal and external constituencies.
• Lead the development and implementation of outreach plans for situations before the Court in countries where there is no field office, or no staff allocated to undertake public information and outreach tasks.
• Provide oversight and quality assurance of outreach materials and services produced by the organisation in connection with situations under investigation.
• Ensure reporting, monitoring and evaluation of outreach performance in a sustainable and consistent manner.

B. Advocacy and promotional efforts

• Build new partnerships, expand and strengthen existing networks supporting the work of the Outreach Programme, including among members of civil society organisations, researchers, legal communities, educational organisations and associations of journalists active in connection to situations of countries with cases under the ICC jurisdiction, their geographical regions, and when possible broaden its reach worldwide.
• Represent the ICC Outreach as required at international conferences and meetings on transitional justice issues.
• Identify cutting edge and innovative communication tools and processes and mainstream their use in ICC.
• Lead and ensure the quality of the annual observation of the Day of International Criminal Justice in countries with situations under investigation and with cases before the ICC.
• Promote the ICC Outreach Programme identifying opportunities to publicize its methodologies, best practices and achievements through a variety of means: Lectures, conferences, publishing its reports, press releases, videos, photographs etc.

C. Management and administration

• Participate in the Public Information and Outreach Section management team and ensure coherence of delivery within the scope of his/her responsibilities. Provide strategic leadership, vision and managerial direction to the staff allocated to the Outreach Unit.
• Establish clear priorities for the Unit and ensure section and individual goals and work plans are aligned with the Outreach Strategic Framework. Promote greater collaboration and linkages between the Outreach Unit at HQ and the staff dealing with public information and outreach tasks in the field offices.
• Direct and manage the Outreach Unit’s financial resources.
• Foster a conducive working environment and provide clear strategic leadership and direction, ensuring a well-motivated team.

Essential Qualifications

Education

Advanced university degree in journalism, political science, international relations, law, education, communications or related field. A first level university degree in combination with two additional years of relevant experience is accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.

Experience

• A minimum of seven years (nine years with a first level university degree) of progressively responsible experience in public information, advocacy or outreach.
• Experience in managing diverse teams is required.
• Experience in public speaking is required.
• Experience of working with affected communities is desirable.
• Experience in working in legal environments is an advantage.
• Working experience in African countries is considered an advantage.
• Experience at an international level with international organisations or non-governmental organisations are desirable. Field experience and/or knowledge and understanding of the countries or regions in which the Court operates is considered an advantage.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent oral communication and writing skills are required.
• Ability to engage with State representatives, political actors, magistrates, lawyers, researchers and other stakeholders and forge productive working relationships.
• Ability to tackle problems systematically, for the purpose of working towards their solution and learning from this process.
• Ability to detect and prevent potential communication problems based on analysis to arrive at conclusions.
• Ability to design responses to potential problems; and contingency problems that typically involve resource planning and gaining the cooperation of others, e.g. when organizing an event.
• Ability to share knowledge of lessons learned from professional practices, methodologies and techniques with team members and allies.

Knowledge of Languages

Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court, French or English, is required. Working knowledge of the other is required. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) would be considered an asset.

ICC Leadership Competencies

Purpose

Collaboration

People

Results

ICC Core Competencies

Dedication to the mission and values

Professionalism

Teamwork

Learning and developing

Handling uncertain situations

Interaction

Realising objectives

Learn more about ICC leadership and core competencies.

General Information

– In accordance with the Rome Statute, the ICC is committed to achieving geographical representation and gender equality within its staff as well as representation of the principal legal systems of the world (legal positions). Nationals from the list of non-represented and under-represented States are strongly encouraged to apply. In addition, applications from women are strongly encouraged for senior positions at the Professional (P) and Director (D) levels. Posts shall 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, as appropriate.

– The selected candidate will be subject to a Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) process in accordance with the ICC policy. The PSC process will include but is not limited to, verification of the information provided in the personal history form and a criminal record check. All candidates should be in a positon to submit electronic copy of their passport and all diplomas listed on their profile when requested;

– Applicants may check the status of vacancies on ICC E-Recruitment web-site;

– Personnel recruited at the General Service level are not entitled to all of the benefits granted to internationally-recruited staff;

– The ICC reserves the right to not make any appointment to the vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description.