United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Jobs: National UN Volunteer Opportunities

UNDP Kenya wishes to advertise the following posts on behalf of The United Nations Volunteer (UNV) Programme in Kenya:
Post Titles: Contract Type
Finance Assistant: National UN Volunteer HRAssistant: National UN Volunteer
Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya Duration: 12 months
Organizational background
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that promotes volunteerism to support human development worldwide.
Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development.
In all assignments, UN volunteers promote volunteerism through their action and conduct. Engaging in volunteer activity can effectively and positively enrich their understanding of local and social realities, as well as create a bridge between themselves and the people in their host community.
The UNV Programme in Kenya would like to recruit a Finance Assistant and HR Assistant to strengthen its core team.
The Finance Assistant will facilitate activities related to processing payments, cost recovery and records maintenance.
The HR Assistant will facilitate activities related to the recruitment of UNV’s, contracts management, records maintenance and other administrative and logistical tasks.

Application Procedure

Interested and qualified persons should apply through the UNDP Kenya eR ecruitment portal located on the UNDP Kenya website – http://www.ke.undp.org before 7 June 2010. Select “vacancies” under “Operations” and click  ‘erecruit.echo-systems.net.
Applications received via other means will not be accepted.
Additional Considerations
  • Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
  • Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
“The UN is an equal opportunity employer which strives to achieve overall balance in its staffing patterns”.