{"id":37886,"date":"2017-06-02T11:11:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T10:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?p=37886"},"modified":"2017-06-02T11:11:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T10:11:49","slug":"united-nations-high-commissioner-refugees-unhcr-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/united-nations-high-commissioner-refugees-unhcr-vacancy.html","title":{"rendered":"United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Vacancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nigeria, is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the vacancy below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title: Senior Admin\/Finance Assistant<\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Job ID:<\/b> #2054314<br \/>\n<b>Location:<\/b> Abuja<br \/>\n<b>Vacancy Number:<\/b> 2017\/VA\/010a<br \/>\n<b>Job Description<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nigeria wishes to engage the services of a Senior Admin\/Finance Assistant in its Abuja Office on a Fixed-term basis.<\/li>\n<li>Under the supervision of the overall supervision of Senior Admin\/Finance Officer and direct supervision of the Assistant Admin.\/Finance Officer, the incumbent shall liaise with local suppliers, banks and\/or financial institutions on routine subject matters, keep frequent contacts with staff at various levels in the office and occasionally with staff at the same level in other duty stations and\/or Headquarters and will both learn from colleagues and contribute to their work by carrying out the following tasks:\n<ul>\n<li>Processes entitlements, drafts contracts and maintains various personnel records and files;<\/li>\n<li>Assists in the recruitment of GS staff by evaluating candidate applications and conducting preliminary interviews;<\/li>\n<li>Assists in surveys on local cost of living, local salaries, housing rental and collecting the information on the above-mentioned; Processing requests for visas, identity cards, driving licences and other personnel-related documents; Prepare travel authorization and assist in the submission of travel claims;<\/li>\n<li>Selects and enters data from a wide variety of documents, verifying accuracy by checking sources, making necessary calculations and assuring inclusion of all relevant data;<\/li>\n<li>Assists in preparing admin. budget submission for entire year; maintains liaison with officials of local bank to obtain day-to-day information in exchange and interest rates, changes in procedures and regulations and matters pertaining to maintenance of office bank accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Attends meetings on day-to-day on admin. matters; administers the movement of local staff members, their attendance, leave plan, overtime, etc. Assists in the preparation of inventory records of non-expendable equipment for submission to Hqs and takes care of stationary order;<\/li>\n<li>Maintains financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements and other data for day-to-day transactions and reports;<\/li>\n<li>Assists in preparing financial vouchers and monthly accounts;<\/li>\n<li>Perform other duties as required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Essential Minimum Qualifications <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completion of Secondary education or equivalent technical or commercial school with certificate\/training in Business Administration, Finance, Office Management, Human Resources or other related field.<\/li>\n<li>Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant UN language or local language (as applicable in the duty station).<\/li>\n<li>In offices where the working language is not English, excellent knowledge of working language of duty station and working knowledge of English.<\/li>\n<li>Minimum 5 years of job experience relevant to the function;<\/li>\n<li>Computer skills (MS office and People Soft applications).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Desirable Qualifications &amp; Competencies:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Knowledge in UNHCR Admin and financial rules, procedures and processes;<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge and working experience of MSRP (Peoplesoft);<\/li>\n<li>Completion of UNHCR learning programmes or specific training relevant to functions of the position.<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of another relevant UN or local languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><b>Note<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is no need to send other certificates along with the application and P.11 at this stage<\/li>\n<li>Incomplete applications will not be considered.<\/li>\n<li>Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.<\/li>\n<li>Applications from female candidates are strongly encouraged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<b>How to Apply<\/b><br \/>\nInterested and qualified candidates should submit their application\/letter of motivation, resume and fully completed <b>UN Personal History Form (P11)<\/b> and send via email ONLY to: <b>niglahr@unhcr.org<\/b> quoting in the subject line the above vacancy notice number and title of the position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/recruit\/p11new.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Click Here to Download UN Personal History Form (P11)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Application Deadline: <\/b>14th June, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nigeria, is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the vacancy below: Job Title: Senior Admin\/Finance Assistant Job ID: #2054314 Location: Abuja 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