Apply for Vacancy for Program Assistant at UN Women in Philippines. The deadline for this job is 10th August 2021.

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Also, placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. Likewise, it provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Duties:

• Provide program and administrative support to the program team in the preparation of various program documents, such as work plans, budgets, reports and proposals on program implementation arrangements.
• Also, under the guidance of the supervisor, assemble briefing materials and prepare power-point and other presentations for the program unit.
• Likewise, identify sources, and gather and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines, and other material as required.
• Assist the program team in reviewing and preparing documentation on the procurement of goods and services, and support contract tracking.
• Furthermore, help the team in providing guidance to the country and project offices on routine implementation of the project, tracking use of financial resources.
• Use Atlas to prepare required budget revisions, revision of project award and project status, determination of unutilized funds, operational and financial closure of the project.
• Create requisitions in Atlas for receipt of goods and services, including making budget check for requisitions, POs and vouchers.
• Similarly, support the program team in the financial management of the project.
• Likewise, organize, compile and process information from the donor as well as from the program team, and keep track of the information through databases and e-filing.
• Also, support the program team in the tracking of and reporting on mobilized resources.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Also, Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Likewise, Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Furthermore, Reading by Example

Functional Competencies:

• Ability to administer and execute financial processes and transactions.
• Also, ability to manage data, documents, correspondence and reports information and workflow.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Completion of secondary education is required. University degree (or equivalent) in Business or Public Administration or related field is an asset.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience with administrative tasks.
• Likewise, experience in working in a computer environment using multiple office software packages. Experience in working with ATLAS is an advantage.
• Furthermore, work experience in administrative support of development program/project is an advantage.
• Also, work experience within the UN system is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Tagalog
• Working knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.