UNDP
Kenya seeks to fill in the position of an Executive Assistant to the Country
Director.
Position
Information
Post
Title: Executive Assistant
Grade:
G5
(ICS-5)
Duty
station: Nairobi,
Kenya
Duration:
One
year
Date
of Issue:
30 May 2013
Closing
Date:
7 June 2013
Organizational context
Organizational context
Under
the guidance and direct supervision of the Country Director, the Executive
Assistant ensures
effective and efficient functioning of the Country Director’s office, full confidentiality in all aspects of assignment, maintenance of protocol procedures, management of information flow and follow-up on deadlines and commitments made.
effective and efficient functioning of the Country Director’s office, full confidentiality in all aspects of assignment, maintenance of protocol procedures, management of information flow and follow-up on deadlines and commitments made.
Requirements
- Secondary
Education with specialized secretarial training or office management.
- A university
degree in office management, finance, business or public administration or
other related fields would be desirable, but it is not a requirement.
- 5 years of
progressively responsible secretarial/administrative experience is
required at the national or international level.
- Experience in
the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc),
experience in handling of web based management systems.
- Fluency in
English and national language of the duty station.
Application
Procedure
Interested
and qualified applicants should apply online through the UNDP Kenya
e-Recruitment portal at http://www.ke.undp.org/content/kenya/en/home/operations/jobs/
by 7 June 2013. Applications received via other means will not be
accepted.
Applicants
MUST fill in and sign the P11 Personal History Form and submit it with the
online application.
The
P11 Form can be accessed on the above link.
Applications
submitted without a P11 form will not be given further consideration.
UNDP
will only respond to those applications in which there is further interest.
“UNDP
is an equal opportunity employer which strives to achieve overall balance in
its staffing patterns”.
“NB:
The position had initially been advertised as an internal vacancy
announcement.
The
post is now open to external applicants.
Applicants
who had responded to the initial vacancy announcement need not re-submit their
applications”.
