Job Location: | Kabul |
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Nationality: | National |
Category: | Admin-Clerical |
Employment Type: | Full Time |
Salary: | GS6 Level |
Vacancy Number: | 17349 |
No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
City: | Kabul |
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Organization: | United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) |
Years of Experience: | Minimum of six (6) years of working experience in administration and/or senior secretarial level is required |
Contract Duration: | 1 Year with Possibility for extension |
Gender: | Male/Female |
Education: | Completed Secondary Level Education required, First-level university degree desirable |
Close date: | 2024-04-17 |
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s new strategic plan (2018-2021), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, and exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to delivering excellence in program results.
Job Purpose:
The PA provides senior-level communications, administrative and secretarial support, maintaining full confidentiality in all aspects of assignments, maintenance of protocol procedures, information flow, and follow-up on deadlines and commitments made. The PA also provides organizational functions to the Afghanistan CO in terms of providing effective communications support; ensuring facilitation of knowledge building and management; providing logistical support; and coordinating the secretarial services.
The Position:
The Personal Assistant (PA) to the Representative is located in the UNFPA Afghanistan Country Office (CO) and reports to the Representative.
Work Relations
Internal contacts include other secretaries in the CO, the Deputy Representative, the Assistant Representative, members of the Afghanistan CO’s program/technical support team, the Operations Manager, and members of the CO’s administrative support team, HQ, ROs, and SROs to resolve policy and procedural issues and region-specific issues. External partners include project implementation partners of the CO, academic institutions, professional societies, NGOs, IGOs, and libraries and databases for research assistance.
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Languages:
Fluency in English and local languages (Dari, Pashto)
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