The Office of the UN World Food Programme, WFP \u2013 UNHRD Accra invites applications from suitable candidates to fill the following vacancy:-<\/p>\n
Job Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Staff Assistant<\/strong> Under the direct supervision of the Country Director, the Staff Assistant will be responsible for the following duties:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Receive, screen and log correspondence, reports, etc., and forward to the appropriate officer; maintain a log in system and follow up to ensure that replies are timely or that action is taken within the established deadline Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Minimum of Secondary School Education but preferably University Degree\/Higher National Diploma in Secretarial, Public Relations or in Administration or related field. LANGUAGE:<\/strong> Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Applicants should submit their applications with 3 references including Curriculum Vitae in sealed envelopes marked \u201cStaff Assistant Accra<\/strong>\u201d and sent to the address below or hand-delivered to WFP Office, located after the\u00a0Fire Service traffic light towards Flair Catering or Kumodzi Hospital<\/strong>:<\/p>\n The Human Resource Unit<\/strong> Closing Date:<\/strong>\u00a008 September, 2013<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ONLY SHORT-LISTED CANDIDATES MEETING THE CRITERIA WILL BE CONTACTED.<\/em> The Office of the UN World Food Programme, WFP \u2013 UNHRD Accra invites applications from suitable candidates to fill the following vacancy:- Job Title:\u00a0Staff Assistant Duration:\u00a01 year fixed Term (renewable)…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[210],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jobs.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-2WQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDuration:<\/strong>\u00a01 year fixed Term (renewable)
\nPost Grade:<\/strong>\u00a0GS-5<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Screen, assess and refer telephone calls and enquires to appropriate staff; provide information on a variety of questions such as the division\u2019s programme and activities as well as sensitive information
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Coordinate and expedite office wide responses to sensitive telephone and written enquires on behalf of the manager
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Maintain the manager\u2019s calendar and schedule appointments and meetings and make tentative appointments on his\/her behalf; brief the manager on matters to be considered prior to scheduled meetings
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Maintain and update the office\u2019s filing and reference system including confidential files
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Identify and extract information from various sources and prepare briefing notes and\/or resume for inclusion in correspondence and reports; draft various standard correspondence and review all outgoing correspondence for composition and style as well as grammatical accuracy, factual correctness, and adequacy of treatment as well as adherence to WFP procedures
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Provide procedural advice to staff on office methods and procedures, and on the use of various computer programmes and other office equipment to improve the quality and efficiency of their work
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Organize or participate in organization and preparation of staff meetings or special meetings and prepare minutes\/notes for record of these meetings
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Draft moderately complex correspondence and ensure any related follow-up prepare various documentation and reports, including highly confidential letters by ensuring accuracy in spelling and layout and adherence to WFP procedures.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Maintain attendance and leave records of staff in the office
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Perform other related duties as required.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 At least two (2) years of progressively responsible support experience in the field of secretarial coupled with knowledge in general administrative work, public relations or related field. At least two years at G4 level or equivalent.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Excellent knowledge of computer software<\/p>\n
\nFluency in both written and oral English.<\/p>\n
\nUN World Food Programme<\/strong>
\nNo.7, 7th Rangoon Close, Cantonments<\/strong>
\nP. O. Box 1423<\/strong>
\nAccra, Ghana<\/strong>
\nEmail:\u00a0hr.accra@wfp.org<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0QUALIFIED FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"