Administrative Associate at UN Women

UN Women - In July 2010, the United nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Administrative Associate 

Location: Abuja ( FCT)
Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

• Reporting to (Operations Manager), the Administrative Associate supports the Office Operations by performing a variety of standard administrative processes ensuring high quality and accuracy of work.
• The Administrative Associate promotes a client, quality and results-oriented approach.
• The Administrative Associate works in close collaboration with the Operations, Programme and projects staff team to ensure consistent service delivery and to resolve complex administration related issues and information delivery.

Duties And Responsibilities
Provide general administration and operations support to the Nigeria Country Office in compliance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies, and strategies:

• Organize shipments, customs clearance arrangements, and prepare documents for UN Women shipments (received/sent);
• Provide administrative support to maintenance of premises and common services, as needed;
• Maintain filing system ensuring safekeeping of confidential materials, as necessary.
• Arrange travel and hotel reservations, prepare travel authorizations, process requests for visas and Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA), identity cards and other documents;
• Provide administrative support to conferences, workshops, retreats;

Coordinate and organize procurement processes:

• Monitor and maintain office stationery supplies including maintenance of stock list of stationery, distribution of stationery and keeping a log of distribution;
• Organize procurement activities and processes, including preparation and conduct of Request for Quotations, Invitations to Bid or Requests for Proposals, the opening and evaluation of tenders;
• Coordinate contract negotiations, prepare request for award of contract for the review and approval of relevant authorities, as required;
• Prepare Purchase Orders (PO) and contracts in and outside Quantum system, create vendor profiles in Quantum system:
• Review procurement processes conducted by projects; submissions to the Procurement Review Committee.
• Coordinate assets management in the office, prepare and submit periodic inventory reports, coordinate physical verification of inventory items;
• Provide inputs to the preparation of procurement plans for the office and monitor their implementation;
• Generate procurement related reports; research and draft responses to enquiries;
• Review procurement requests and initiate procurement procedures for office and project equipment, supplies and services;

Coordinate and organize administrative Human Resources services:

• Create and upload vacancy announcements and organize interview panels;
• Maintain staffing lists and reports;
• Assume overall responsibility for attendance and leave management monitoring;
• Provide support in personnel administration for international and national staff as appropriate (e.g. renewal of UNLPs, visas; extension of contracts, administration of national benefits and allowances; administration of home leave entitlements);
• Support in the provision of HR services in the area of recruitment including vacancy announcement, organizing interview panels etc.
• Maintain staffing lists and reports as required.
• Prepare staffing/personnel related reports; research and draft responses to enquiries for clearance by the Operations Manager.

Provide administrative support to knowledge building and knowledge sharing:

• Provide administrative support in the organization of trainings for the operations/ projects staff on administrative related matters;
• Compile lessons learnt and best practices in administration, procurement, and human resources.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Required Skills and Experience
Education and Certification:

• Completion of secondary education is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related fields is desirable.

Experience:

• At least 6 years of progressively responsible experience in administration, procurement, HR, or logistic support service;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) is required;
• Experience in the use of a modern web-based ERP System, preferably Oracle Cloud, is desirable.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication

Core Values:
Respect for Diversity

• Integrity
• Professionalism

Functional Competencies:

• Ability to administer and execute administrative processes and transactions;
• Strong IT and web based management skills;
• Ability to extract and interpret data
• Ability to perform work of confidential nature and handle a large volume of work;
• Strong knowledge of administrative rules and regulations;

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should
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Application Deadline 27th July, 2024.