REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Completed secondary education, technical or vocational education.

Work Experience

Minimum three (3) years of relevant experience in administrative and/or secretarial tasks in programme support services.

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills.
• Capacity for accuracy and attention to detail in preparation of correspondence and documents.
• Good interpersonal skills, discretion, good sense of judgement and capacity to deal efficiently and tactfully with people of different cultural backgrounds.
• Cooperative behaviour and attitude to work in a team successfully.
• Excellent IT skills with proficiency in the use of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel. PowerPoint, etc.).
• Ability to work under pressure and flexibility to adjust work schedules and priorities.

Languages

Excellent knowledge (spoken and written) of English.

Knowledge of the local language.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

Education

University degree in a relevant field, including education, social sciences or related fields.

Languages

Knowledge of other official UN language would be an asset.