Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
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Nonprofit/Community/Social Services/International Cooperation
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Date: 22/07/2023 (Expiry date: 01/08/2023)
UNICEF works in some of the world's toughest places, to reach the world's most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, a calling.
We are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not a job, it's a calling.
For more information about GSSC please visit our Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC)
How can you make a difference?
The centralization of international travel administration to GSSC, UNICEF will be able to streamline processes, better utilize resources, improve reporting, monitor policy compliance and reduce administrative burden. GSSC will review international travel authorizations for compliance, approvals, posting, travel claims and entitlement lumpsum calculations.
Administrative Officer will be responsible as team lead for ensuring quality of work, performance delivery, service excellence and compliance for the Travel unit.
This will involve:
- Technical leadership, operational support and guidance
- Transactional service management
- People Management
- Strategic Partnership
- Other administrative duties
For Key function, Accountabilities and related duties/tasks please check Job Description of the post Administrative Officer (Travel) P2.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have?
Requirements:
- A University Degree in Accounting, Financial Management, Public/Business Administration or any other relevant field is required. Advanced University degree is an asset.
- A minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in administration, preferably with an international organization and involved in the administration of international travel arrangements.
- Working experience in ERP system (SAP) is required
- Experience in UNICEF/UN Travel Units and Travel administration and handling travel in a shared services/business support center is highly desirable.
- Experience in planning, organizing and delivering administrative support services is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of UN/UNICEF'S rules, regulations and procedures is considered an asset.
- Experience using global distribution system (i.e., SABRE, Amadeus?etc.) is considered an asset.
- Fluency in both spoken and written English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this post are?
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures, Leads and Manages People.
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.
To qualify as an advocate for every child, you will receive?
A competitive salary 2022 ICSC Professional Salary scale (UN) access the UN Salary Scale worldwide Salaries and Allowances (UN), and here a salary calculator SalCalcInt (undp.org) for simulation.- Holidays and leave 30 days of annual leave per year
- Parental leave
- Dependency allowance
- United Nations sponsored medical insurance plan
- Pension plan
- Optional life insurance plan
- Access to professional development and learning programs, online learning and learning path.
- Access to staff well-being support
- Access to career development support
Please visit Compensation and Benefit site on UNICEF Career page
UNICEF is here to serve the world's most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
International Professional (IP) staff are recruited internationally and serve in duty stations outside their country of nationality. Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions.
Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with
UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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More details
Working hours (%): 80-100%
80-100%Type of contract: Staff (Temporary)
Macro-area: Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Level of experience: Junior Professional, 1 to 3 years
Area of work: Banking and Finance
Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisations
