Descripción del puesto
The main mandate of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is to promote sustainable development of human settlements and policies conducive to adequate housing for all.
UN-Habitat helps the urban poor by transforming cities into safer, more inclusive, compact, integrated, resilient and connected places with better opportunities where everyone can live with dignity.
In order to meet with greater demand for projects, the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean is looking for an Administrative Assistant that will be focusing on multiple projects in the region. The professional will assist on administrative tasks.
The Administrative Assistant will be hired for 6 months with possibility of contract extension as Service Contract holder (SB3).
Under the overall supervision of the Programme Management Officer, the Administrative Assistant will work in the administration and financial areas and also will bring support acting as liaison between UN-Habitat’s operations office in Panama and other offices.
Requisitos
Academic qualifications:
*Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, International Relations or related field is required.
*Postgraduate degree in Business Administration, Finance, International Relations or related field is desired.
Experience:
*Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with administrative and/or finance routine is required.
*Previous experience with the United Nations is considered an asset.
*Familiarity with and interest in urban and development issues and in the urban global agenda of the Organization is desirable.
Good handling of technological tools and use of commercial packages such as Microsoft Office (especially Excel), Internet, cloud sharing, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint. Experience with SAP in general and/or Umoja is considered an asset.
Languages:
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat, and Spanish is the working language of the Regional Office.
For the post advertised, fluency in English and Spanish is required.
Travel details:
The Administrative Assistant must be available to travel to the places related to the activities in the region, if requested by the Programme Management Officer. Travels will be coordinated and financed by UN-Habitat, according to the United Nations travel rules and guidelines.
More information about the Administrative Assistant requirements can be found in the following link:
https://jobs.partneragencies.net/erecruitjobs.html?JobOpeningId=41438&HRS_JO_PST_SEQ=1&hrs_site_id=2
Interested candidates must complete the online application.
Deadline: March 30, 2022