ActionAid International
Directorate: Campaigns and Policy
Position: Team Administrator
Location: Nairobi
Contract Type: Open ended
Are you experienced in providing
senior executive support, including diary and travel management and management
of correspondence?
Do you have good organisational
support and outstanding attention to detail?
Are you experienced in supporting
teams, project assistance, oversight of finances and people?
Your role will entail providing
executive support, team support and project management, track the Directorate’s
expenditure against budget, including where necessary, coordinating inputs from
relevant staff to establish expenditure history to guide future budgeting,
internal and external communications, support the Director and Directorate
Management Team in processes of annual planning and budgeting, regular
monitoring, production of periodic reports, ensuring good internal and external
communications among others.
Are you now looking for a new
challenge where your work will make a positive difference?
This Team Administrator position with
ActionAid International is just the position you are looking for.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Relevant degree, would be advantageous or
Recognition or Prior Learning (RPL)
- At least 4 years proven executive support
experience where initiative, problem-solving, liaison and diplomacy are
required
- Experience of managing diary, travel and
correspondence for a senior leader
- Experience of financial administration,
including budget monitoring within an international agency
- Good experience of undertaking research,
fact-checks, and writing for an external audience
- Excellent verbal and written communication
skills in English, ability to inform and engage through written
communication and in accessible language
- Adept at technology, familiar with standard
Microsoft platforms and with social media and internet-based work-sharing
and virtual seminar platforms
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to
build good working relationships with multi-cultural teams spanning
multiple geographies
- Interest in campaigning, preferably with
previous involvement in campaigning
- Excellent written and spoken English.
If you have the experience to take a
lead in ensuring we deliver positive change please visit our website for
further information www.actionaid.org/jobs.
Are you the right person for the job?
Please read this carefully before you
apply
ActionAid International welcomes
applications from all sections of the community and promotes diversity.
In order to be considered for this position, you will need to have eligibility to work in Kenya and you will need to provide proof of your eligibility to work in these locations.
Your application will not be
considered if you do not have the eligibility to work in these locations.
Application Procedures
Applications should be sent with your
CV, motivation cover letter by no later than 10th August, 2015.
You are requested to highlight in the
motivation letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role.
Please indicate on the subject Line
TEAM ADMINISTRATOR – REF 02/TA/C&P/2015
Internal Applications send to: applications.jhb@actionaid.org
External Applications send to: programmes.jhb@actionaid.org
Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants.
