Staff Development Assistant

vor 1 Woche


Geneve, Schweiz United Nations Vollzeit

This position is located in the Human Resources Management Section of the Programme Support Management Service in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The Staff Development Assistant works in coordination with a Human Resources Officer and receives the overall guidance of the Chief of Section.

**Responsibilities**:
Within delegated authority, the Staff Development Assistant will be responsible for the following duties:
Staff development and career support training
- Supports activities to identify and prioritize staff development and career support needs.
- Monitors the implementation of training plans.
- Assists in the organization of training courses and workshops to address staff development needs; supports trainers in the required logistics and administrative aspects of the training
- Supports the organization and delivery of induction and briefing sessions to new staff members and of other staff development initiatives.

General
- Supports the implementation of HR projects, inter alia, for the improvement of workflows, data collection and reporting, electronic filing, induction programmes.
- Performs other duties as required.

Competencies

Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Education
High school diploma or equivalent. Must have passed the United Nations Administrative Support Assessment Test (ASAT) or the Global General Service Test (GGST) at Headquarters or an equivalent locally-administered test at Offices Away.

Work Experience

Experience in organizing training activities is desirable.

Experience analysing extensive data sets and creating reports is desirable.

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Fluency in French is desirable.

Assessment

Special Notice
This a temporary position available immediately until 11 October. Extensions may be possible provided continuation of need, availability of post and funds, as well as satisfactory performance.

United Nations Considerations

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process.

Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira. For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on “Manuals” hyper-link on the upper right side of the inspira account-holder homepage.

Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.

No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.



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