Volunteer in Lebanon with UN Volunteers: Team Assistant

United Nations Volunteers programme is offering a volunteer opportunity in Lebanon as a Team Assistant.

Duration:

6 months (with possibility of extension)

• Provide general office support services and track ongoing activities and upcoming deadlines.
• Use standard office software to produce a variety of routine correspondence, reports, tables, charts, graphs, etc., in accordance with corporate standards.
• Assist in compiling, processing data sets derived from a variety of sources.
• Provide administrative assistance and backstopping services in the organization of training workshops, meetings, and seminars.
• Proofread written products for completeness and grammatical and typographical accuracy.
• Maintain calendar/schedules; monitors change and communicates relevant information to appropriate staff inside and outside the immediate work unit.
• Receive phone call and visitors, and respond to routine inquiries 
• Maintain files (both paper and electronic) and databases for work unit.
• Perform basic data entry and extraction functions.
• Check accuracy of simple calculations, coding, data, etc.
• Perform a variety of administrative duties (e.g. leave recording, meeting organization, reservations, office supply and equipment orders, etc.)
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Age: 18 - 26
• Nationality: Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.
• Required experience: 2 years of experience in general office or related area 
• Area(s) of expertise: Administration
• Languages:

1. English, Level: Fluent, Required
2. Arabic, Level: Working knowledge, Desirable

• Required education level: Secondary education
• Skills:

1. Demonstrated understanding of operations relevant to the UN
2. Diplomacy and tact to deal with clients
3. High degree of autonomy, personal initiative
4. Willingness to accept wide responsibilities and ability to work independently
5. Teamwork and respect for diversity
6. Ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and harmonious working relations in a multi-cultural
7. Ability to achieve common goals and provide guidance or training to colleagues.
8. Good spoken and written communication skills
9. Ability to prepare clear and concise reports
10. Ability to conduct presentations

About The United Nations Volunteers (UNV):

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program is the UN organization that promotes volunteerism to support peace and development worldwide. Volunteerism can transform the pace and nature of development and it benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer. UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating for volunteerism globally, encouraging partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing volunteers.

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