Staff Assistant

Provides administrative, scheduling and protocol support to mission leadership, coordinates correspondence and information flows, oversees office support staff, and maintains accurate records so the Office of the Special Envoy can deliver decisions and activities efficiently.

Department: Office of the Chief of Mission Support

• Coordinate management priorities, schedules and competing demands
• Screen correspondence and prepare researched responses for senior staff
• Maintain administrative records, action trackers and confidential information
• Supervise junior office support staff and review completed work
• Organise official meetings, receptions and protocol arrangements
• Process travel, visa, attendance, procurement and service requests
• Proofread outgoing documents and produce complex reports

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Five years of relevant office-support or administrative experience, reduced to three years with a first-level university degree
• Experience using an enterprise resource planning system such as Umoja or SAP, including official travel processing
• English and Arabic at UN Level II in reading, writing, listening and speaking
• Authorisation to work for the United Nations in Jordan

• Temporary appointment for 364 days
• Locally recruited position with relocation costs borne by candidates outside the duty station