The primary role of WHO is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system.

Responsibilities

• Provide full administrative support to the assigned programme
• Draft, review and revise correspondence, reports and documents for proper format and content in consultation with the supervisor
• Independently compose correspondence of administrative nature, take notes at meetings, and provide informal interpretation/translation when required
• Prepare and process travel requests for team members using GSM, arrange for visa issuance, security clearance, flight and hotel bookings, track travel-related issues of national and international missions
• Scan, record, refer and follow up correspondence and documents, evaluate the urgency or critical nature and bring them to the attention of the responsible staff, Inform and remind responsible staff of follow-up dates, response or specific actions, and supply supporting material as appropriate
• Using GSM, monitor aspects of the implementation of country activities, funds for project/programme, budget levels and financial expenditures, according to the approved country workplan
• Initiate and process different transactions in GSM, including procurement of goods and services
• Follows up, with concerned parties, the receipt of deliverables and finalisation of payments
• Compile background material for planning, monitoring and evaluation (including mini-review) exercises