Deadline: 29 July, 2023
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is seeking to fill the position of Programme Assistant.
WHO’s mission is to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable; working side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people.
Responsibilities
- Initiate correspondence projects on the orientation of program managers
- Organise the administrative preparation of internal and external meetings, including the preparation of business plans in GSM/Oracle, letters of invitation, cost estimates and travel requests; and assist in the preparation of documents
- Analyse correspondence and requests received
- Highlight incoming documents, attach background information and identify areas requiring action by programme managers
- Obtain information documents for meetings, seminars, workshops, etc. which programme administrators take part in, verify their availability and ensure that they have the appropriate information file and documents
- Ensure that technical reports and documents conform to WHO standards, rules, practices, procedures and editing style and correct them as necessary prior to submission
- Using appropriate monitoring tools, monitor and ensure deadlines and deadlines are met
- Use GSM to prepare requests for official travel by programme administrators
- Make airline and hotel reservations, prepare travel records and handle other related matters upon request
- Perform other related duties as required or directed
Requirement
- Completion of secondary school education and administrative training
- Six years of experience in a recognised public or private institution
- Experience in administrative support positions within WHO or another UN agency is an asset
- Experience in Oracle-based systems or another ERP-like system is an asset
- Expert knowledge of English
To apply and for more information, click here.
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