Associate Administrative Officer

The Associate Administrative Officer supports OHCHR's Central Asia office in Bishkek by coordinating project administration, recruitment and personnel actions, work programmes, budgets, grants, procurement, travel, facilities and IT needs while advising colleagues and supervising support staff.

• Coordinate project administration, logistics, schedules, documentation and activity tracking
• Administer recruitment, placement, promotion, performance appraisal, classification, separation and training actions under UN rules
• Advise managers and staff on conditions of service, duties, responsibilities and entitlements
• Develop work programmes and budgets, monitor expenditure and recommend resource reallocations
• Administer trust funds and earmarked or unearmarked grants and support financial database implementation
• Coordinate procurement, vendor and contractor payments, official travel, facilities and office IT needs
• Supervise support staff and contribute to staffing plans

• Advanced university degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Finance, Accounting, Law or a related field, or a first-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least 2 years of progressively responsible experience in administration, finance, accounting, human resources or a related field
• Experience using an enterprise resource planning system such as Umoja
• Nationality of Kyrgyzstan
• Fluency in English and Russian

• Experience in the United Nations or a similar international organisation
• Experience in procurement and contract management
• Experience in grants management
• Experience administering recruitment or consultant and personnel contracts

• Administrative coordination
• Budget monitoring and financial administration
• Human resources administration
• Grant and trust-fund administration
• Procurement and contract administration
• Supervision and advisory support

• Umoja
• Enterprise resource planning systems

• This is a National Professional Officer appointment open to nationals of Kyrgyzstan
• The appointment is limited to OHCHR and renewal is subject to mandate extension and funding availability