Skills

Leadership Monitoring Resource Allocation Training Coaching Team Spirit

Job Specifications

Your Team

The Court's IT Department is divided into multiple teams which develop, maintain and support IT systems and services designed to enhance the Court's overall productivity and efficiency, optimise working conditions for Judges and staff, and provide effective new IT services for external parties. Upon your arrival, you will receive comprehensive training to ensure you are fully integrated into the IT Department.

Your role

As a Head of the Court's IT Infrastructure (SysOps) services, you will be part of the IT Department's management team and responsible for approximately 10 staff and external contractors. Your role will focus on:

developing and implementing an on-premise and Cloud-based IT infrastructure strategy with a view to ensuring the security, availability and performance of all applications and services;
ensuring the Court's IT infrastructure continues to evolve with new technologies and revised working methods to meet the needs of internal and external users;
managing the SysOps team to ensure the effective day-to-day running of the Court's IT network for 900 on-site and remote users; providing leadership and direction to team members, allocating roles and responsibilities, setting objectives and evaluating the performance; fostering co-operation and team spirit; providing technical coaching, mentoring and transfer of competence;
identifying and providing technical expertise in relevant domains to complement the work of the SysOps team and meet objectives;
overseeing the scope, timelines, budgets and resource allocation for all IT infrastructure projects;
implementing security best practices and the principles of the zero trust security model;
planning and advising on the Court's IT budget; overseeing the maintenance and renewal of hardware and software; monitoring the life cycle of systems and maintenance contracts;
negotiating and concluding contracts with suppliers and consultants; formulating technical requirements for specifications; preparing and analysing tenders; carrying out comparative analyses;
ensuring the security and integrity of data and systems, including backup and disaster recovery; directing audits of the IT system and business continuity tests;
co-ordinating the interconnection of the Court's information system with that of the other entites of the Council of Europe, in collaboration with the Directorate of Information Technology (DIT) and other Council of Europe entities.

Requirements to apply

You must:

hold a higher education degree or qualification in information technology;
have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in managing a team of IT professionals responsible for maintaining and supporting IT infrastructures;
have a very good knowledge of one of the two Council of Europe's official languages (English/French) and good knowledge of the other (English/French).

You must also :

be a citizen of one of the member states of the Council of Europe and fulfil the conditions for appointment to the civil service of that state;
have discharged any obligation concerning national service (military, civil or comparable);
not be the parent, child, stepchild or grandchild of a serving staff member of the Council of Europe;
be under the age of 65 years.

Your application must demonstrate to what extent you have the competencies listed below. To help you doing so, feel free to consult our competency framework.

Deadline to apply: 29 October 2025 (23:59:59 CET).

About the Company

The Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg (France), now covers virtually the entire European continent, with its 46 member countries. Founded on 5 May 1949 by 10 countries, the Council of Europe seeks to develop throughout Europe common and democratic principles based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts on the protection of individuals. Disclaimer We provide social media channels and job alerts to better disseminate information on our organisation and job opportunities. While we endeavour ... Know more