Administrative Support Associate

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

The UNESCO Office in Cairo is one of the oldest field offices of the organizations and celebrated its 70th anniversary a few years ago. The Office assumes the role of Regional Bureau for Science in the Arab Region and is the cluster office for Egypt and Sudan in the area of Education, Culture and Communication. The Office strives to sharpen focus of its strategy in relation to the needs of the beneficiaries, national policy orientation, capabilities and administrative processes of the organization. This UNV assignment is part of the Office’s plan to expand its portfolio of projects in building peaceful societies in the Arab region.

Under the overall supervision of the Director and direct supervision of the Administrative Officer, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Support procurement and purchasing of goods and services for projects and programmes in line with organizational rules, regulations, policies and procedures and establishment of long-term agreements; review list of providers and expand their reach; develop terms of reference, specification and evaluation criteria and participate in evaluation of request for proposals/quotations.
Develop an on-going plan for human resources development for the Office staff in line with strategy of the Office with particular emphasis on enhancing the procurement, evaluation, fund raising capability of the staff and the BOS HR strategy.
Aid and promote records management and state-of-art technology in promoting learning.
Strengthen and coordinate UNESCO’s collaboration with partners by providing logistical support for meetings with the aim of fulfilling the needs of participants and administrative platform for establishment of fundraising opportunities. This includes developing website to seek donations and developing marketing activities that will generate extra budgetary resources while bolstering the achievement of overall programme objectives.

, Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Building Trust, Client Orientation, Communication, Ethics and Values, Managing Performance, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Technological Awareness, Vision, Working in Teams

• Minimum 3 years of experience.

• Experience in public financial management or related will be an asset.

• Professionalism, client oriented, teamwork, responsible for quality and error prevention.

• Skills: Word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and email software.

• The fellow creates and maintains electronic databases of information, conducts intranet/internet searches and carries out electronic file maintenance

The duty station will be Cairo, which is a family duty station with a wide range of services (health, education and leisure) and good living conditions. Cairo (and Egypt) has long been a centre of the region’s political and cultural life, with high levels of tourism. Like other similar cities, Cairo offers good quality of life in terms of access to shopping centres, banks, medical services, educational facilities, cultural events, etc.

The Arab Republic of Egypt has a unique geographical position in Northeast Africa, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, on the Mediterranean and Red Sea, and its connection to Sub Saharan Africa through the Nile Valley. The country is defined by desert and the Nile, the longest river on Earth. Egypt is bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba to the east, the Red Sea to the east and south, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.

With over 90 million inhabitants, two-thirds of which are below 30 years, Egypt is Africa's third most populous country after Nigeria and Ethiopia and has the highest population in the Arab world's most densely populated areas, especially in greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta. The country has witnessed significant political and economic changes since 2011. Through this transition, which includes periods of political unrest, the main income sources of the economy have been negatively impacted, particularly in the tourism sector, as well as revenues from the Suez Canal, oil and remittances from Egyptians working abroad, affected by the global economy. However, with the current political stability, tourism is getting improved, and touristic activities are going back to normal. UN staffs are not directly targeted in Egypt and for the most are vulnerable to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. It is recommended to keep dwell time in the immediate vicinity of military, police and other prominent official installations to the minimum.