Staff Assistant

This temporary Staff Assistant post supports the Registry of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal in New York. It provides office management, travel and meeting support, prepares and quality-controls judicial and administrative documents, maintains case records and databases, and coordinates confidential communications and workflow for the Tribunal’s registry operations.

• Provide office-management and administrative support to the UNAT Registry
• Arrange travel for UNAT judges and process travel authorisations and expense reports
• Proofread and format judgments, orders and other Tribunal documents
• Create electronic case binders and maintain paper and electronic records
• Prepare meeting minutes and monitor follow-up actions
• Update internal databases and conduct quality control of outgoing documents

• High school diploma or equivalent
• At least 5 years of administrative, legal-support, meeting-servicing or general office-support experience, reduced to 3 years with a first-level university degree
• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel and MS Teams or SharePoint
• English

• Technical or vocational certificate in administrative services, human resources, personnel management or paralegal services
• Experience with Adobe Pro or similar applications
• Experience using ERP systems for travel administration

• Office Management
• Travel Administration
• Document Formatting
• Document Proofreading
• Records Management
• Meeting Coordination
• Database Management

• Microsoft Word
• Excel
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint

• Temporary job opening may be limited to candidates based at the duty station
• Appointment may be extended subject to operational needs and funding