Travel Officer

Leads official travel services for the United Nations Support Office in Haiti, administering entitlements and documents, supervising travel processing and contractors, managing budgets and systems, and helping personnel complete complex journeys efficiently and in compliance with United Nations rules.

Department: Office of the Chief, Operations and Resources Management

• Manage official travel services in line with organisational objectives and rules
• Administer travel entitlements, visas and United Nations travel documents
• Supervise travel processing and manage the travel-services contractor
• Coordinate participating agencies and travel-payment contractors
• Negotiate travel arrangements and support airline discount discussions
• Research travel technologies and market developments for operational use
• Assist personnel travelling in difficult, high-profile or unusual circumstances
• Create and verify travel fund commitments and expenditure reports in Umoja

• High school diploma or equivalent and a technical or vocational diploma or certificate in business administration, travel or a related field
• At least ten years of relevant administration, budget or finance experience in United Nations international travel management, reduced to five years for candidates with a first university degree
• English and Spanish at United Nations Level III in reading, writing, listening and speaking
• Applicants for Field Service positions cannot be nationals of the duty-station country

• Temporary deployment for three months subject to approval of funding and staffing structures
• The appointment may be terminated or adjusted if funding or the mission mandate is not approved