Technical Standards Editor

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Technical Standards Editor

Vacancy notice no: 2409
Sector: TSB
Department: OPD
Country of contract: Switzerland
Duty station: Geneva

Position number:
Grade: P3
Type of contract: Short-term
Duration of contract: 6 months
Recruitment open to: External
Final date to receive applications (Midnight Geneva Time): 5 October 2026

The Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) fulfils the objectives of the Union relating to telecommunication standardization, by providing secretariat support to groups studying technical, operating and tariff questions and facilitating the adoption of Recommendations in these areas with a view to standardizing telecommunications and information technology on a global basis. In order to achieve these objectives, the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau works in accordance with the instructions of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assemblies (WTSA), Telecommunication Standardization Study Groups and the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group.

TSB, headed by an elected Director, provides the technical, administrative and logistic support for the assemblies and for the meetings of the groups mentioned.

The Operations and Planning Department (OPD) is responsible for coordinating and planning support for the activities of the Telecommunication Standardization Sector. It does this through managing the Bureau's activities for organization and planning of assemblies and logistical support to meetings. The Department oversees document processing and provides IT services and solutions for electronic working methods and the development of ITU-T databases.

The Department also provides administrative and secretarial support for intellectual property matters and manages the technical editing and final production of ITU-T Recommendations and publications as well as ISO/IEC common texts. The Department collaborates closely with the Departments of the General Secretariat and the Bureaux which are responsible for providing support services.

In the Editing, Publications and Documents Unit (EPD), within the Operations and Planning Department (OPD) of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB), and under the supervision of the Engineer Editor, the Technical Standards Editor performs the following duties:

• Copy-edits draft and approved ITU-T Recommendations (ITU technical standards) and other documents in accordance with internal editorial norms, ensuring clarity, accuracy, use of the appropriate terminology and alignment with organizational policies and procedures.
• Helps control correspondence with authors and Study Group Counsellors, reviews edits performed byeditorial assistants; and rewrites texts, as required, in consultation with study group Counsellors,Rapporteurs and editors.
• Coordinates editorial workflows among the Editing and Publications team, Study Group secretariatsand other stakeholders.
• In coordination with Study Group Counsellors, ensures the overall consistency of ITU-TRecommendations and highlights technical issues as appropriate.
• In coordination with the relevant units, advises Study Group Counsellors on copyright matters, followsup on copyright requests relating to ITU-T Recommendations, identifies copyright issues and determines copyright licensing terms for electronic attachments.
• Ensures that the procedures for the publication of approved common texts with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are followed.
• Assists in the coordination and performance monitoring of the editing and publication workflows.
• Participates in activities related to the harmonization of terminology, including the Secretariat of the Standardization Committee for…