Administration Officers at the United Nations World Food Programme - Yobe

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to end global hunger.  Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Administration Officer

Requisition #: 4132
Location: Damaturu
Level: NOA

Job Purpose

• To support the delivery of quality, customer-focused, value for money administrative services that enable staff in country/location operations to deliver food assistance to beneficiaries, in line with WFP’s strategy.

Key Accountabilities  (Not all-inclusive)

• Contribute to a WFP country plan, including administrative processes, aligned with country and wider WFP strategies and policies to facilitate efficient and effective administration services.
• Support the development of annual plans and implementation of policies, systems and procedures to support WFP strategic objectives.
• Collate data and prepare data analysis to provide management and clients with the accurate information and reports for efficient planning and decision-making.
• Support management of existing resources in the area of responsibility (e.g. WFP managed facilities, assets and travel management, etc.) and assist in identification of new requirements aiming at efficiency, cost-effectiveness and timeliness of operations and services.
• Facilitate the compliance of the services provided (e.g. WFP managed facilities, assets and travel management, etc.) with the corporate Occupational Safety and Health Policy.
• Support a culture of environmental sustainability throughout WFP by role modelling actions that drive sustainability in all administrative activities.
• Guide and supervise junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
• Maintain the partnership with WFP stakeholders, other UN agencies and local government offices.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
• Other as required.

Standard Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• University degree in Business/Public Administration, Engineering, or other relevant fields relating to office management and administration.

Experience:

• At least two years of postgraduate professional experience in administration, and in providing coaching or training to new staff members within area of expertise; demonstrated a high level of proficiency in WFP administrative operating standards in day to day work.

Language:

• Fluency (level C) in English language. Knowledge of Hausa and Kanuri local languages is desirable.

Terms and Condition
Selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year.

Application Closing Date
2nd December, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online