Historique
UN Women was established by GA resolution 64/289 of 2 July 2010 on system-wide coherence, with a mandate to assist Member States and the UN system to progress more effectively and efficiently towards the goal of achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women. Since 2001 UN Women (previously as UNIFEM) in Kyrgyzstan has implemented catalytic initiatives on promoting women’s economic, political and social rights. In 2012 a full Country Office was established.
The Project Assistant promotes a client-oriented approach consistent with UN Women rules and regulations and commits to high standards of quality, productivity and timeliness in the delivery of tasks. The Project Assistant will meet and apply the highest standards of integrity and impartiality.
Devoirs et responsabilités
Under direct supervision of the UN Women National Programme Officer and later possible reporting to a secondary supervisor responsible for implementing activities in the area of gender equality and women empowerment, and in day to day collaboration with staff and personnel of the UN Women Country Office, the Project Assistant will provide programme, administrative, logistical, and finance support for the implementation of projects. The position is physically based in the UN Women Kyrgyz Republic Country Office in Bishkek.
Duties and Responsibilities: Summary of Key Functions:
2. Provide effective administrative and finance support in implementation of the programme, focusing on achievement of the following results:
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Compétences
Corporate:
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standard;
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Functional:
- Ability to perform a broad range of specialized activities aimed at effective and efficient functioning of the Project including logistical support;
- Creates, edits and presents information in clear and presentable formats, using appropriate IT functionality;
- Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities;
- Ability to handle a large volume of work under time constraints;
- Ability to establish, build and sustain effective relationships with project partners and stakeholders;
- Ability to administer financial processes and transactions;
- Ability to manage data, documents, correspondence and reports information and workflow;
- Ability to perform a variety of specialized tasks related to Results Management, including support to data management and reporting.
- Maintenance of files and records relevant to office maintenance.
Qualifications et expériences requises
- University degree in economics or other relevant field;
- Three full years of relevant administrative and accounting/financial experience.
- Proven numeracy skills
- Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;
- Competent in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.);
- Fluency in English, Russian, Kyrgyz languages.
- Previous work experience with UN Agencies, government agencies and/or international development partners highly desirable.
Attention:
All online applications must include (as an attachment) the completed Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment.
Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.