{"id":56942,"date":"2021-05-03T10:26:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T10:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=56942"},"modified":"2021-05-03T10:26:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T10:26:02","slug":"fao-recruitment-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/fao-recruitment-2021.html","title":{"rendered":"FAO Recruitment 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Regional Office for RAF is responsible for leading FAO\u2019s response to regional priorities for food security, agriculture and rural development through the identification, planning and implementation of FAO\u2019s priority activities in the region. It ensures a multidisciplinary approach to programmes, identifies priority areas of action for the Organization in the Region and, in collaboration with departments and divisions at Headquarters, develops, promotes and oversees FAO\u2019s strategic response to regional priorities. RAF also advises on the incorporation of regional priorities into the Organization\u2019s Programme of Work and Budget and implements approved programmes and projects in the region, monitors the level of programme implementation and draw attention to problems and deficiencies. RAF develops and maintains relations with region-wide institutions including the Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REITs). The Regional Office supports regional policy dialogue on food security, agriculture and rural development issues, facilitates the emergence of regional partnerships and supports capacity development and resource mobilization for food security, agriculture and rural development in the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Description <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title: Office Assistant\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Office Assistant performs a large variety of routine administrative transactions and office support functions contributing to the smooth and efficient running of the work unit.<\/p>\n<p><b>Supervision Received\/Exercised<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Office Assistant reports to the Office Associate and receives guidance from the Assistant Director-General \/ Regional Representative.\u00a0 He\/she acts independently in routine matters. Supervision received is focused on the quality of the work performed and provides for on-the-job learning.<\/p>\n<p><b>Working Relationships<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Office Assistant usually interacts with a wide variety of colleagues within the work unit and with immediate clients within the Organization, providing routine administrative and office support services.<\/p>\n<p><b>Key Functions\/Results<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"FAOBullet\">Arrange appointments for the supervisor, receive visitors, place and screen telephone calls and respond to routine requests for information;<\/li>\n<li class=\"FAOBullet\">Provide office, administrative and logistics support to meetings, committees, conferences, etc.;<\/li>\n<li class=\"FAOBullet\">Review, record, distribute and process incoming mail and correspondence; follow-up on pending actions;<\/li>\n<li class=\"FAOBullet\">Respond or draft responses to standard\/ routine correspondence and other communications; use word processing package to produce a wide variety of large, complex documents and reports;<\/li>\n<li class=\"FAOBullet\">Proofread documents and format texts for accuracy, grammar, punctuation and style, as well as for adherence to established standards;<\/li>\n<li class=\"FAOBullet\">Initiate general administrative tasks in the computerized financial \/ travel \/ human resources systems;<\/li>\n<li class=\"FAOBullet\">Make travel and hotel arrangements and prepare travel authorizations\/claims for staff as required;<\/li>\n<li class=\"FAOBullet\">Provide assistance in the administrative processing of vacancy announcements and consultants\u2019 contracts;<\/li>\n<li class=\"FAOBullet\">Research, compile and organize information and reference materials from various sources for reports; create spreadsheets and presentations; manage and update databases for mailing lists and other information; and maintain electronic and paper files;<\/li>\n<li class=\"FAOBullet\">Perform other duties as required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Impact Of Work<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The incumbent\u2019s work impacts on the timely and efficient delivery of office support services and on the overall output of the work unit<\/p>\n<p>CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING<\/p>\n<p><b>Minimum Requirements<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Education:<\/b>\u00a0Secondary School Education<\/p>\n<p><b>Experience:<\/b>\u00a0Three years of relevant experience in office support work<\/p>\n<p><b>Languages:<\/b>\u00a0Working knowledge (Level C) of English<\/p>\n<p><b>IT Skills:\u00a0<\/b>Good knowledge of the MS Office applications, Internet and office technology equipment<\/p>\n<p><b>Competencies<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Results Focus<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork<\/li>\n<li>Communication<\/li>\n<li>Building Effective Relationships<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Technical Skills<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good knowledge of communication and documentation standards<\/li>\n<li>Good knowledge of administrative procedures, policies and protocol matters<b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience in providing secretarial services in an international environment would be an asset<\/li>\n<li>Working knowledge of French is considered a strong asset<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Regional Office for RAF is responsible for leading FAO\u2019s response to regional priorities for food security, agriculture and rural development through the identification, planning and implementation of FAO\u2019s priority&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"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":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-eOq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56942"}],"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\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}