About US:
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

Job Summary: The Senior Administrative Assistant will provide administrative management support services to a UNICEF country or sub-country office through ensuring efficient and cost effective administrative support services, providing guidance to administrative staff as well and supporting staff in office administrative assignments. The incumbent also ensures the office’s administrative operations and services are in compliance with the organization’s administrative policy, procedures, rules and regulations

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Provide appropriate and consistent interpretation and application of administrative policy and procedures to ensure timely implementation to support operations at the country or sub-country levels.
· In charge of budget preparation and implementation and ensure properly administration in the area of administrative management and services.
· In charge of property management of administrative supplies, office equipment, vehicles and other properties.
· Responsible for managing the operations of delivery of administrative support services to ensure timely and effective provision, and security arrangements are well established for enhanced safety and security.
· Manage all administrative transactions and arrangements of contracts satisfy the requirements as stipulated to ensure compliance with the applicable policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
· Ensure that staff capacity is enhanced through active staff learning/development programmes in the area of administrative support and services.
· Build and strengthen effective working relations with other agencies, local authorities and implementing partners.
· Perform any other assigned administrative support responsibilities and services.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNICEF Senior Administrative Assistant should have completed Secondary School. Applicants with University level courses in administration, finance or any other related field of discipline relevant to the job have an added advantage.
· A minimum of seven years of relevant professional work experience with both national and international work experience in office management, administration, finance, accounting, ICT, human resources, supply or any other relevant function.
· Work experience in emergency duty station is desired

Personal Competencies:
· Core Values (Required): Commitment; Diversity and Inclusion; Integrity
· Core Competencies (Required): Communication; Drive for Result; Working with People
· Functional Competencies (Required): Analyzing; Learning and Researching; Planning and Organizing; Following instructions and Procedures

NB: UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. UNICEF is a smoke free environment. All candidates who had previously applied need not apply again.

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan Nationals who wish to join the United Nations UNICEF must send their applications accompanied by an updated CV and P11 form, download here, as well as two of the most recent performance evaluation report.
The Email applications should be sent in this format to name your file attachments: Firstname_Lastname followed by document e.g. Gold_MukasaP11 or Gold_MukasaCV or Gold_MukasaApplication.

The applications should be addressed to:

Human Resource Manager,
UNICEF Kampala, Uganda,
Plot 9, George Street,
P.O. Box 7047, Kampala Uganda
Email to: ugderecruit@unicef.org

Deadline: 28th January, 2016