Deadline: 04 April, 2021
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is seeking to fill the position of Programme Assistant.
UNDP works in nearly 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion.
Responsibilities
- Provide administrative support for the recovery and resilience projects
- Provide project management assistance
- Monitor activities in target communities
- Handle requisitions, purchase orders and payment requests in the UNDP financial system
- Ensure proper control of the supporting documents for payments, review of DIM projects’ financial reports
- Ensure maintenance of the internal expenditures control system
- Ensure timely corrective actions on unposted vouchers, including the vouchers with budget check errors, match exceptions, unapproved vouchers
- Monitor progress and collect data for reporting
- Facilitate and monitor completion of specific works and services as conducted by contractors
- Produce stories, audio-visual and other materials in support of UNDP sub-office and country office communications efforts
- Suggest and facilitate potential partnerships for the benefit of UNDP
- Provide suggestions for improvement in programmatic and operational areas
- Take minutes of meetings
- Conduct orderly filing of documentation
- Ensure distribution and mailing of various documentation
- Monitor the progress of activities by partners, contractors and service providers in the communities
- Keep track of the latest social and security status of the target communities
Requirements
- For holders of only secondary school education certificate, five years, minimum, of experience of involvement in development projects for recovery and resilience of conflict-affected communities
- For holders of bachelor’s degree or equivalent, two years, minimum, of experience of involvement in development projects for recovery and resilience of conflict-affected communities
- Experience in monitoring of conflict-affected communities with residence will be an asset
To apply and for more information, click here.
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