Exciting Opportunity: Join the UN as an Administrative Officer Today!
- Job Opening ID: 253827
- Job Network : Management and Administration
- Job Family : Administration
- Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-3
- Duty Station : NEW YORK
- Department/Office : Department of Operational Support
- Deadline : May 30, 2025
The United Nations seeks a dedicated Administrative Officer to enhance operational efficiency. This role involves managing administrative tasks, supporting program implementation, and fostering collaboration within diverse teams. Contribute to global initiatives and make a difference! This position is located in the Office of the Assistant Secretary-General (OASG) in the Office of Supply Chain Management (OSCM), in the Department of Operational Support (DOS). The Department of Operational Support was established to provide operational advisory services to operating entities across the Secretariat, including other departments, Offices Away from Headquarters, field missions, and regional commissions.
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Responsibilities
- Human Resource Management- Effectively coordinates actions relative to the administration of human resource activities.
- Defines conditions of service, duties and responsibilities, and privileges and entitlements under the Staff Rules and Regulations.
- Budget and Finance- Participates in the preparation and implementation of the OSCM work programme, ensuring that financial resources are utilized to implement activities in accordance with the programme budget and allotments issued.
- Monitors and reviews the work programme and budget by conducting regular and special reviews to assess progress of actual work versus the programme plan. Prepares and coordinates the production of programme reports.
- General Administration- Oversees work related to procurement, billing, and receipt of income from various services, operational travel programme, procurement monitoring, and evaluation of vendor contracts/payment to vendors and individual contractors for services.
- Supports the implementation of all projects in scope with colleagues in OSCM, and when required, with counterparts in field missions and other Divisions and Departments in the Secretariat.
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Requirements
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in business or public administration, finance, accounting, law or related area.
- A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- Certification in Project/Programme Management methodology by an accredited body (e.g., PMP, PGMP, PRINCE 2 Foundation Project Management certification or practitioner level) or equivalent is desirable.
- A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in administration, finance, accounting, human resources management or related field is required.
- Experience with budgetary policies and practices, financial regulations and rules is required.
