Principal Admin Officer Job UNON

Responsibilities

Provision of Strategic Advisory Support:

• Assists the Director-General in the overall direction and management of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), and in coordinating functions within the Office of the Director-General.

Management of the Office of the Director-General:

• Manages the operations of the Office of the Director-General by supervising outputs and organizing workflow and communications.
• Reviews, prepares, and clears correspondence, official statements, and reports.
• Manages the team of Special Assistant and other office staff as determined by the Director-General.

Liaison with Member States and Stakeholders:

• Maintains liaison with heads of missions and other high-ranking representatives of Member States, organizations, donors, and partners in the region on protocol and procedural matters.
• Performs protocol and liaison functions with the host country authorities.
• Represents the Director-General, as required, at UN meetings, during high-level official visits, and at conferences held in Nairobi.

Internal UN coordination:

• Assists the Director-General in coordinating among UNON’s divisions and ensuring that decisions from the Senior Management Team meetings are implemented and followed up.
• Supports the Director-General in coordinating with other UN entities based in Nairobi, including close cooperation with UN Secretariat entities—particularly Senior Leadership at UNEP and UN-Habitat—as well as at the inter-agency level with the Senior Management of the Agencies, Funds, and Programmes present in the country.
• Represents and assists the Director-General, as required, in coordinating with UN Secretariat headquarters departments and offices across the UN Secretariat.
• Coordinates monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and oversight functions for the United Nations Office at Nairobi.
• Leads team members efforts to collect and analyze data and provide insight to identify trends or patterns for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting. Ensure that all stakeholders can discover, access, integrate and utilize the data they need as appropriate.

Other duties:

• Undertakes other assignments as requested by the Director-General.

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in public administration, management, social sciences, international relations or a related area is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

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