Staff Assistant

Provides senior administrative support to BINUH’s Chief of Staff, coordinating priorities, schedules, correspondence, records, delegations and office services while supervising support staff and maintaining accurate information flows for the Special Representative’s office.

• Coordinate the Chief of Staff’s priorities, workflow and management follow-up
• Manage scheduling and resolve competing demands on the Chief of Staff’s time
• Serve as liaison with senior officials, delegations and internal counterparts
• Screen correspondence and prepare background materials and responses
• Maintain administrative procedures, records, archives and internal databases
• Supervise and train office support staff and review their outputs
• Organise official meetings, receptions, travel and protocol arrangements
• Proofread outgoing documents and prepare reports from office systems

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum seven years of progressively responsible experience in administrative services or a related area
• English at UN Level II in reading, writing, listening and speaking
• French at UN Level II in reading, writing, listening and speaking
• Authorisation to work for the United Nations at the duty station

• Previous experience with a United Nations entity
• Experience using enterprise resource planning software

• Executive Support
• Office Administration
• Calendar Management
• Records Management
• Correspondence Management
• Protocol Coordination
• Staff Supervision
• Document Quality Control
• Database Management

• Umoja

• Locally recruited General Service appointment
• Relocation expenses are borne by candidates selected outside the duty station