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Administrative Assistant/Secretary

Brazzaville

  • Organization: WHO - World Health Organization
  • Location: Brazzaville
  • Grade: Administrative support - GS-5, General Service - No need for Higher Education - Locally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Operations and Administrations
    • Administrative support
    • AF_COG Congo, Republic of
  • Closing Date: Closed

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
As Admin Assistant/Secretary, to the Regional Office Management Support Unit Manager (RSU), the incumbent will ensure the smooth flow of work as related to administrative activities, coordinating actions with other support staff in the team and in consultation and collaboration with the Assistant to the Cluster Director.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
GENERAL
- Receive visitors and telephone calls with tact and discretion, and acts according to the nature and urgency of each, including redirecting as appropriate.
- Provide background information for appointments with official visitors and/or staff members.
- Monitor requests for goods and services, including receipt, payment and inventory requirements.

CORRESPONDENCE
- Draft general or administrative correspondence on own initiative or on the basis of instructions; finalize correspondence/reports for signature/clearance.
- Verify that outgoing correspondence is presented in accordance with WHO and department styles and checking language, grammar and accuracy prior to submitting for signature and clearance.
- Analyze incoming correspondence and requests in the light of background material, instructions, policies and precedents, researching, obtaining and attaching background information in anticipation of the responsible officer's needs, or redirecting them as appropriate; identify and highlight incoming documents and attach background information and identify areas requiring action by professional staff, drawing their attention to specific items.
- Ensure that technical reports and documents are in line with WHO standards, rules, practices and procedures, editing and correcting them as necessary prior to their submission for signature or clearance of relevant authority.
- Using appropriate tracking tools, follow-up on and ensure that target dates and deadlines are met, and that correspondence and queries are responded to in a timely manner.

MEETING ADMINISTRATION
- Arrange, coordinate and lead administrative preparation for meetings, seminars, workshops, including letters of invitation, costs calculation and travel requests; assisting with preparation of documents, dispatching of materials and liaising with participants and others involved.
- Prepare presentations using PowerPoint and other software packages on own initiative or on the basis of instructions.
- Schedule weekly team and ad hoc meetings, according to schedules and need; taking and preparation of minutes.
- Obtain briefing and background materials for meetings, seminars, workshops, etc. to be attended by the team's professional staff, checking their availability and ensuring they have the appropriate briefing files and documents.

TRAVEL
Using GSM/Oracle, prepare travel requests for official WHO travel. Make flight and hotel reservations, prepare travel files and deal with other related matters as requested or on own initiative.

OTHER DUTIES
Perform other related duties as required or instructed, including providing support to other areas of work

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Essential\: Completion of secondary school education or equivalent technical or commercial education.
Desirable\: Training in secretarial tasks and/or in an administrative field is desirable.

Experience
Essential\: 5 to 7 years of relevant experience.
Desirable\: Experience in administrative support positions in WHO or another UN agency an asset. Experience in Oracle-based or other ERP systems an asset.

Use of language skills
Essential\: Expert knowledge in French
Desirable\: Intermediate knowledge in English

Skills
The incumbent maintains and updates proficiency in the use of modern office technology through of in-house courses, on-the-job training or self-training. He/she keeps abreast of changes in procedures and practices, rules and regulations, organizational structure, in the department, the cluster and WHO, to be able to brief others and explain procedures.

Work requires the use of word processing or other software packages, and standard office equipment. Formal or self-training in the use of standard office software. Training in Oracle-based or other ERP systems an asset.

Work requires the use of\: word processing facilities to create, edit, format and print correspondence and documents; spreadsheet and visual presentation software; e-mail and scheduling software to improve communications both internally and externally; Oracle/GSM for administrative matters.

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 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\: http\://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
· Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.
· For information on WHO's operations please visit\: http\://www.who.int.
· WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
· WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
· WHO has a mobility policy which can be found at the following link\: http\://www.who.int/employment/en/. Candidates appointed to an international post with WHO are subject to mobility and may be assigned to any activity or duty station of the Organization throughout the world.
· Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.
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