Senior Staff Assistant

Provides confidential executive support to the ECLAC Executive Secretary, overseeing correspondence, scheduling, travel, records and information requests while supervising office support staff and coordinating sensitive communication across divisions and regional offices.

Department: Office of the Executive Secretary

• Guide, train and supervise general service staff in the Executive Secretary office
• Screen, route and follow up confidential correspondence and communications for the Executive Secretary
• Proofread documents for signature and verify approvals, presentation and accuracy
• Manage the Executive Secretary schedule, calls, online communications and travel arrangements
• Maintain leave, attendance, speech, presentation and office records
• Draft responses to complex information requests and prepare confidential material
• Coordinate with divisions, headquarters and subregional and national offices on executive matters
• Prepare meeting materials, data presentations and reports for executive decision-making

• High school diploma or equivalent
• At least ten years of relevant administrative, finance, accounting, audit or human resources experience, reduced to eight years with a first-level university degree or higher
• Relevant experience in protocol matters
• English and Spanish at UN Level III across reading, writing, listening and speaking
• Authorisation to work in Chile and ability to meet local recruitment conditions

• General Service appointment recruited locally within Chile
• Applicants bear examination, travel and relocation expenses associated with the recruitment process
• Assessment may include an exercise followed by a competency-based interview