Administrative Assistant at United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)

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Industry: Government Administration
Description: United Nations and regional organizations; provides administrative and other support services to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat); provides joint and common services to other organizations of the United Nations system in Kenya, as applicable; and manages and implements the programmes of administration, conference services and public information and provides security and safety services for United Nations staff and facilities in the United Nations Office at Nairobi.
Job Description

General Administration and Operations Support.

  • Assist the operations team to ensure the proper organisation, implementation, monitoring and control of procurement actions in progress as guided by respective team lead/s.
  • Assist the respective teams with filing documents, typing, copying and minute taking.
  • Assist with daily customer service at the front desk and drafting of office correspondence.
  • Maintaining and updating the UN Fuel Station Integrated System, UN Recreation Centre and Commissary Customer databases.
  • Assist with receiving and inspection of consignments destined to the United Nations Commissary.
  • Assist with preparation of routine office correspondence and undertaking any other office administration duties that may be assigned by the respective team leads. Archiving
  • Assist in maintaining a central list of records transferred to Archives by entering data of legacy records into the System, as guided by the respective team lead/s.
  • Sorting and inventorying legacy records.
  • Appraising records in the archives.
  • Assist in accessioning and receiving records transfer lists and reviewing accuracy of the transfer list.
  • Participate in designing and improving and streamlining archives and records management programme.
  • Assist in carrying out research within the UN Archives Network on archives and records management and the move to digitization.
  • Assist in ensuring that all departments have updated copies of their records in Archives including the retention schedules.

Qualifications/special skills

  • Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
  • Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),
  • Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent),
  • Have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent. Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite). Have demonstrated a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter.
  • Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes a willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
  • Preferred areas of study: Undergraduate or graduate including data science, business administration, economics, social science and related field.
Salary: Discuss During Interview
Education: Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time

Key Skills

administration  secretarial 
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