Job Description - Programme Assistant (2408943)
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Programme Assistant - ( 2408943 ) Grade : G5 Contractual Arrangement : Fixed-term appointment Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days) : 24 months (Subject to availability of funds, satisfactory performance, and continuing need for the position)
Job Posting
: Nov 17, 2024, 5:02:22 AM
Closing Date
: Dec 8, 2024, 2:59:00 PM
Primary Location
: Egypt-Cairo
Organization
: EM/DCD Division of Communicable Disease Control
Schedule
: Full-time
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that the deadline for receipt of applications indicated above reflects your personal device's system settings. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
The overall objective of the programme is the control, elimination and eradication of all EPI target diseases through vaccination and effective vaccine preventable diseases surveillance and control.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
1. Provide full administrative support including drafting in line with WHO style guide reviewing and dispatching of correspondence, reports, documents, etc., independently compose and finalize correspondence of administrative nature and draft interim replies, draft presentations as guided by professional staff.2. Receive, screen and log all incoming correspondence, search for information and attach background, provide unofficial translation, if needed, take minutes of unit meetings, update and maintain unit filing system (paper based, electronic and database).3. Follow up on the implementation of programme activities and ensure timely submission of unit's contributions; respond to and act on telephone enquiries, assess the urgency of programme matters and refer them to appropriate staff for action, inform and remind professional staff in the Unit of deadlines, provide supporting material as appropriate.4. Organized the travel of the Regional Adviser and unit staff, inducing raising travel requests (TR)s in the General Management System (GSM), security clearance, finalizing travel itineraries and hotel bookings etc., and following up and maintaining records on the submission of duty travel reports.5. provide full administrative support to the Unit's inter-country meetings, draft rational and plan (including approximate costs ) for meetings compile and process all necessary documentation, liaise with participants , issue TRs, effect payments for participants, follow up on travel claims and complete logistical and financial arrangements.6. Using GSM, carry out the function of project administrator; entering unit workplans, monitoring availability of funds and financial expenditures according to the approved workplan, initiating expenditure batches, and liaising and coordinating with country offices on the implementation of the workplan related to the concerned programme.7. Initiate and process different transactions in GSM, including procurement of goods and services; completing necessary forms, obtaining approvals for AOWs and submittingdocumentation of the Administrative Assistant, and following up with concerned parties on the receipt of deliverables and finalization of payments.8. Update the Unit's webpages linked to the programmatic areas.9. Assist/replace administrative staff in the Department, and perform other relevant duties within their scope of responsibility as required.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Essential: Completion of secondary education supplemented by secretarial training.
Desirable: University degree in business administration, social sciences or related field an asset.
Experience
Essential: At least fiveyears' progressive administrative experience.
Desirable: Relevant experience in the UN System
Skills
- Good filing and organizational skills.- Ability to maintain good working relationships with staff, experts and visitors.- Demonstrated ability to translate routine correspondence to English- Very good time management and stress management skills.- Very good knowledge of WHO rules, manuals, practices, procedures and WHO Style Guide applicable to the administrative level an asset.
WHO Competencies
Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
Communication
Producing results
Knowing and managing yourself
Use of Language Skills
Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Arabic.
Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French.
REMUNERATION
WHO offers staff in the General Services category an attractive remuneration package, which for the above position includes an annual net base salary starting at USD 15,706 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level
Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
A written test and/or an asynchronous video assessment may be used as a form of screening.
In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: . Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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