Job Description

The Position:

The General Administrative/Logistics Assistant is located in the Liberia Country Office. The position will provide administrative and logistical support services for various functions and operations of the Country Office (CO) office with an aim to maintain collaborative and effective working relationships with all programme and project staff and to strengthen ongoing compliance with UNFPA policies and procedures.

The position will be under the general guidance of  International Operations Manager (IOM), direct supervision of the Procurement Associate and will work closely with the Drivers (Field), Country Office Programme and Operations staff with support from the Management Team. 

The position will supervise the Senior Driver and Drivers under the direction of the IOM). 

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

The General Administrative/Logistics Assistant is responsible for the effective delivery of services, and supports various operational requirements of the Country Office (CO) Operations unit. You will apply the administrative rules and regulations and provide solutions to a wide spectrum of admin and logistical issues. 

You will deliver quality services to internal and external clients in logistics and support the general administration and operations in compliance with all relevant and applicable UNFPA administrative and logistics  rules, regulations, guidelines , process and procedures. You will take a client-oriented approach to applying the rules, procedures and guidelines in providing support to the CO and UNFPA supporters projects.

This position will have the role of the Logistics Focal Point to produce information to support inventory management decision making and operations in the CO and for administrative and Logistics regulatory compliance. 

This position works in close collaboration with the Administrative, Procurement and Finance team in the Operations Unit to ensure effective support to the unit, with the programme and projects staff to exchange information and ensure consistent and high standard of service delivery; customs clearance and handling activities providing effective communications support; supporting other administration services, management of the CO fleet and asset management; and knowledge building and sharing.

You will demonstrate a client-oriented approach, courtesy, tact and ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.  

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