Administrative Assistant – UNOCHA, Abuja

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response efforts. OCHA’s mission is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies; advocate the rights of people in need; promote preparedness, prevention and facilitate sustainable solutions.

Under the direct supervision of the Administration and Finance Officer (NOC) in Abuja and HoSO in Damaturu, the Administrative Assistant will be responsible for the following duties:

Coordinate logistics activities for the Office

• Ensure that vehicles are in working condition at all times: Regular servicing and maintenance etc.
• Coordinate and monitor vehicle movement.
• Oversee TOTAL card retirement and replenishment (in collaboration with OCHA Abuja & Damaturu Office) by ensuring that all processes are carried out in a timely fashion.
• Assist staff members by liaising with OCHA Admin staff in Abuja & Damaturu for UNHAS bookings etc and ensure that tickets are received on time.
• Ensure that all missions to all locations with high – security level are cleared by the necessary authorities.
• Monitor the vehicle logbooks and ensure that all movement is duly captured and signed for by all passengers.
• Assist staff with forwarding their travel expense claims to the travel focal points and follow up where necessary.

Provision of clerical / administrative support

• Assist with hotel reservations for staff on mission, new colleagues deployed to Abuja and Damaturu etc.
• Support colleagues in coordinating meetings and other official events.
• Assist with filing and photocopying documents when necessary.
• And all other clerical / administrative duties that may be required.

Office Support and Maintenance

• General office maintenance: supervise cleaners to ensure that OCHA’s is always in order, etc.
• Maintenance of files and records relevant to office maintenance

Cash Recovery and Management for the Armored Vehicles 

• Prepares and dispatches invoices to clients upon request for the use of the AVs.
• Ensures that payment for each transaction is received and accounted for and a receipt is issued accordingly.
• Create a tracking system for payment.
• Give monthly accounts of usage and income.

Managing Documents, Correspondence and Reports

• Create a filing system according to UN standards.
• Ensure that all official documents (incoming/ outgoing mail, reports etc) are filed according to its category.
• Edits, formats and provides inputs to correspondence, reports, documents and/or presentations using word processing, spreadsheets and databases meeting quality standards and requiring minimal correction.
• Shows sound grasp of grammar, spelling and structure in the required language.
• Ensures correspondence, reports and documents comply with established UN standards.
• Ability to enter data accurately.
• Assist with drafting correspondence and make input to documents when required.