UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks
Provides travel assistance to staff members in the section for travel arrangements and entitlements based on the organization’s rules and policies. Liaises with relevant travel focal points to ensure that the organization obtains the best service and price for all travel.
Briefs/de-briefs staff members on issues relating to related administrative matters such as visas, security clearance, and documentation procedures.
Extracts, inputs, maintains, and verifies the correctness of travel records in the organization’s travel system to ensure accurate transactions related to travel costs and staff travel.
Assists in the preparation of budgets for travel costs and maintains travel plans and budgetary control records.
Monitors travel certification and report back to the team.
Supplies/Equipment
Supports management of administrative supplies, office equipment, and updating inventory of items.
Monitors and supervises adequate and appropriate use of supplies. Ensures that services and maintenance of premises are in accordance with organizational standards.
Arranges for the purchase and timely distribution of office supplies.
Procurement
Facilitates the processing of contracts for consultants and external partners that provide a service to the section. This includes preparing and filing documents, completing necessary forms and templates, uploading TOR’s in VISION, and making necessary logistical arrangements.
Maintains up-to-date vendor lists, partners, and consultant rosters.
Communications & Workflow
Facilitates the communications and workflow of the organizational unit to enhance the efficiency and timeliness of operations and outputs.
Manages incoming and outgoing correspondence, e-mails and telephone calls.
Communicates routine and some non-routine information pertaining to the work of the team.
Establishes and maintains the office filing and reference systems, both traditional and digital; and ensures the inter/intra-net websites are up to-date and accurate.
Calendar/Meetings/Correspondence Management
Maintains office calendar and arranges meetings and field missions.
Takes minutes of meetings, ensuring accuracy, attention to detail and coherence.
Events/Logistics
Supports capacity development activities and conferences by making the logistical arrangements, through engaging with facilitators, caterers and hosts.
Arranges times through liaising with participants over availability.
Liaises with budget focal points and section over costs and needs.
Prepares background materials for participants and uploads cleared materials on the intranet.
Prepares and maintains agendas on meetings and events related to the work group commitments.
Invoice Processing
Responsible for collecting invoices and filing documents for approval and, thereafter processing in VISION.
Uploads electronic files and verifies results to destination system.
Responds to client transaction status and other inquiries.
Attendance
Maintains and updates a system that monitors the absence of staff.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the field of work.
A minimum of 5 years of relevant administrative or clerical work experience is required.
Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered an asset.
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
Skills
Training and experience using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other UNICEF software such as SharePoint; knowledge of integrated management information systems required.
Thorough knowledge of UNICEF administrative policies and procedures.
Organizational, planning and prioritizing skills and abilities.
Ability to deal patiently and tactfully with visitors.
High sense of confidentiality, initiative and good judgment.
Ability to work effectively with people of different national and cultural background.
Ability to work in a team environment to achieve common goals and to provide guidance to more junior support staff
