Following the guidance of the General Assembly on UN Reform, specifically the sharing of administrative systems and services, Country Teams have made steady progress in establishing UN Houses, and more recently, in the area of common services.
UN House Project initiative is aimed to provide continuous, efficient and timely maintenance of UN House building and its common territory for UN Agencies accommodated in the UN House (under one roof). Significant savings in investments, operating costs and time, as well as improved efficiency and delivery of these services can be achieved through joint initiatives in these common areas. UNH Project is represented by UN House Management Team consisting of representative from each Agency accommodated in the UN House. UNHMT reports directly to Heads of UN House Agencies.
Required cleaning services will significantly contribute to healthy culture withing organization, maintaining high level of fresh, clean and free from accumulated dust and dirt space. Clean environment is expected to serve as a moral booster both for UNH employees and visitors.
1. Ensure accuracy and cleanness of the Office building, its property and other office auxiliary premises (drivers room, security guards room, cleaners room etc.);
2. On a daily basis wipe the tables, window sills, shelves, bookcases, dustbins; clean the carpet; look after and water the flowers; periodically air the premise;
3. Clean the toilet, duly change the toilet accessories;
4. Keep the kitchen clean, wash the dishes and towels, prepare tea for employees;
5. As necessary remove the dust, spider web and dirt from walls both inside and outside of the office;
6. Sort paper for re-use
7. Small procurement related to cleaning purposes
8. Maintain records on use of detergents, tissues, towels etc and prepares request for the above stuff
9. If necessary, assist during the big programme/project meetings, preparing tea/coffee for guests.
10. Other duties required by supervisor.
Institutional Arrangement
Under the overall guidance of the UNDP Operations Manager and UN House Assistant and under direct supervision of Senior Cleaning/Logistician Lady, the Cleaner/Logistician performs funcitons on supporting cleanliness and tideness in office premises.
Core
Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
- Business Management - Customer Satisfaction/Client Management:
- Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers' needs.
- Provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy. Look for ways to add value beyond clients' immediate requests.
- Ability to anticipate client's upcoming needs and concerns.
- Ethics - UN policy knowledge – ethics: Knowledge and understanding of the UN Staff Regulations and Rules and other policies relating to ethics and integrity
Skills and Experience
- Secondary education
- Up to 1 year of relevant experience as a cleaner, in international organizations - desirable
- The applicant has to be responsible, polite, accurate, friendly and committed to work
- References from UN system personnel would be an asset.
- Fluency in Russian. Knowledge of English and Kyrgyz is an asset.
Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Non-discrimination
UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.