United Nations Secretariat Team Assistant Jobs 2021 – Kenya NGO Jobs. United Nations Secretariat Kenya looking for “Team Assistant”. Applicants with a degree in High School may apply on or before 15th Jan 2022.
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter. The UN has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly changing world. But one thing has stayed the same: it remains the one place on Earth where all the world’s nations can gather together, discuss common problems, and find shared solutions that benefit all of humanity.
United Nations Secretariat Team Assistant Jobs 2021
The United Nations Secretariat has published a job vacancy announcement on 20th Dec 2021 for qualified Kenyans to fill in the vacant post of Team Assistant to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
| Recruiter | United Nations Secretariat |
| Position | Team Assistant |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Country | Kenya |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | High School |
| Experience Required | Minimum Two years |
| Application Deadline | 15th Jan 2022 |
United Nations Secretariat Job Vacancy 2021
Job Responsibilities:
- Within delegated authority, the incumbents will be responsible for the following duties:
- Provides general office support services to help ensure the smooth functioning of an organizational unit.
- Performs basic data entry and extraction function such processing access badges/ passes for all UN visitors, its Affiliates and Conference participants.
- Screens and verifies all supporting documents for identity/access card requests as per existing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
- Uses standard word processing package to produce a variety of routine correspondence, reports, tables, charts, graphs, etc., in accordance with institutional standards.
- Proofreads written products for completeness, grammatical and typographical accuracy.
- Maintains calendar/schedules; monitor’s changes and communicates relevant information to appropriate staff inside and outside the immediate work unit.
- Reviews, records, routes and/or process mail or other documents; gathers pertinent background material; track and monitors follow-up action as required.
- Receives phone call and visitors, responds to routine inquiries and information requests including drafting routine written responses, or routes to appropriate personnel for handling as required.
- Maintains files (both paper and electronic) and photo databases for UN Visitor badges, monitors changes and communicates relevant information to appropriate staff inside and outside the immediate work unit.
- Updates and maintains large distribution lists; assemble documents, reports and other materials for global dissemination, where possible using electronic formats; coordinates courier services.
- Checks accuracy of simple calculations, codings data etc.
- Photocopies a variety of documents and other materials.
Position in Organization:
- Posting Title: Team Assistant (MULTI-POST), G3
- Job Code Title: TEAM ASSISTANT
- Department/Office: UNON Security and Safety Services
- Duty Station: NAIROBI
- Posting Period: 17 December 2021 – 15 January 2022
- Job Opening Number: 21-Administration-UNON SSS-168485-R-Nairobi (R)
- Staffing Exercise: N/A
Qualification:
- High school diploma or equivalent is required. Additional/supplemental training in information technology/Administration is desirable. Passing the Global General Service Test (GGST) is a prerequisite for recruitment consideration in the General Services and related categories in the United Nations Secretariat. Successful passing of the Administrative Support Assessment Test (ASAT) in English at the United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) or International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) may be accepted in lieu of the GGST.
Experience:
- A minimum of two (2) years of experience in general office support or related area is required.
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) is desirable.
- Experience working at a front office/customer service experience is desirable.
How to Apply United Nations Secretariat Team Assistant Jobs 2021
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=168485
The Closing Date: 15th Jan 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.un.org |
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