Programme Management Assistant

Provide programme and project administration support to OHCHR's Human Rights Inquiries Branch in Geneva. The assistant coordinates planning, budgeting, implementation monitoring and reporting; manages programme documentation and data; follows up on recruitment, travel, procurement and payment actions; and prepares correspondence. The role supports complex programme delivery, financial controls and executive support for branch management.

• Support programme and project planning and implementation
• Monitor project proposals, budgets and approval documentation
• Track programme outputs, resources, expenditures and obligations
• Coordinate project implementation actions and clearances
• Prepare reports, correspondence and budget revisions
• Maintain files, databases and statistical reporting materials
• Guide and train junior staff

• High school diploma or equivalent
• At least seven years of programme or project administration, technical cooperation or related experience, reduced to five years with a first-level university degree
• At least four years of international-organisation experience
• At least three years providing executive support to senior managers
• ERP system experience
• At least two years of budget management and monitoring experience
• Operational setup experience for new mandates
• English and French language proficiency

• Emergency-deployment management and support experience

• Programme administration
• Budget monitoring
• Project coordination
• Financial reporting
• Records management
• Executive support

• ERP systems
• Computerized budget systems

• Locally recruited General Service position