There currently is an opening at the RIPE NCC for a Junior Administrative Staff Member The position provides an excellent opportunity to work at the very hart of the European Internet industry. Junior administrative staff can be promoted to administrative or technical staff positions based on the experience gained, their abilities and preferences. Duties The duties of the RIPE NCC Administrative Staff comprise: - to organise and support all administrative tasks of the RIPE NCC - to maintain the databases the RIPE NCC keeps - to report on administrative issues to the RIPE NCC Manager - propose new activities, where needed, to the RIPE NCC Manager The specific duties of the junior administrative staff member are: - answering general telephone calls and electronic mail - dealing with routine inquiries and administrative requests - referring non-routine requests to the appropriate staff member - maintain the NCC Library and Documentation Qualifications Essential - willingness to learn quickly about the Internet environment - ability to perform administrative tasks reliably - ability to learn and use computerised tools - good knowledge of written and spoken English - good communication skills Desirable - work experience in an international environment - previous exposure to the Internet - knowledge of spoken Dutch The position is suitable both to those with administrative skills willing to learn about the Internet and to recent graduates with Internet experience willing to do administrative work. R I P E RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) is a collaborative organisation open to all European Internet service providers. The objective of RIPE is to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of a pan- European IP network. RIPE does not operate a network of its own. RIPE has been functioning since 1989. Currently more than 60 organisations participate in the work. The result of the RIPE coordination effort is that the individual end-user is presented on his desk top with a uniform IP service irrespective of the particular network his or her workstation is attached to. In April 1994 more than 650,000 hosts are reachable via networks connected by RIPE networks. The total number of systems reachable on the Internet worldwide is estimated at more than two million. R I P E N C C The RIPE Network Coordination Centre supports all those RIPE activities which cannot be effectively performed by volunteers from the participating organisations. Besides supporting RIPE activities in general the NCC provides the following services to network operators: o NETWORK MANAGEMENT DATABASE containing information about IP networks, DNS domains, IP routing policies and contact information o DELEGATED INTERNET REGISTRY a clearing house distributing IP network numbers o RIPE DOCUMENT STORE o INTERACTIVE INFORMATION SERVICE A detailed description of these activities can be found in the RIPE NCC Activity Plan (Document ripe-110). This document can be obtained from the RIPE document store. The RIPE NCC is currently staffed by 3 full time employees: one NCC manager one NCC technical staff one NCC administrative staff In addition there are two full time engineers working at the RIPE NCC on Internet related development projects within the RARE technical program. The RARE association provides the legal and financial framework for the NCC. NCC staff are employed by RARE. R A R E RARE is the European Association of research networking organisations and their users and was founded in 1986. RARE carries out technical activities and provides a platform for discussion and education to encourage the development of a high-quality computer networking infrastructure for the European research community. RARE's aim is to overcome national boundaries in research networking to enable researchers to communicate, to use information and to access computer resources throughout Europe and in other continents. Conditions RIPE NCC personnel will be employed by the RARE association under their standard employment conditions. The salary will depend on qualifications and experience. Costs of relocation to the Netherlands will be met. The appointment will be for one year with possible extension. Location The RIPE NCC is located at the Scientific Center Watergraafsmeer (WCW) in Amsterdam. The offices will be situated at NIKHEF, the Dutch National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics. Further Information For further information about this posistion please contact: Daniel Karrenberg RIPE NCC Manager Kruislaan 409 NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam Netherlands Tel.: +31 20 592 5065 <dfk@ripe.net> How to Apply Applications, including a CV and references should be submitted in confidence to: Dr. T. Kalin RARE Secretary General Ref: NCC Staff Application Singel 466 - 468 NL-1017 AW Amsterdam Netherlands <kalin@rare.nl> Applications have to be received before June 6th 1994.