Business Support Associate G6

<b>ABOUT WFP</b>

<span><span>The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.</span></span></p><p style="text-align:left">

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP&#39;s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

To learn more about WFP, visit our website: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wfp.org">https://www.wfp.org</a> and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/c/worldfoodprogramme">YouTube</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/unwfp/">LinkedIn</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/worldfoodprogramme/">Instagram</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme/">Facebook</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/WFP?ref_src&#61;twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tiktok.com/&#64;worldfoodprogramme?lang&#61;en">TikTok</a>.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><span>WHY JOIN WFP?</span></b><span> </span></p><ul><li><p style="text-align:left"><span>WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.</span></p></li><li><p style="text-align:left"><span>WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment. </span></p></li><li><p style="text-align:left"><span>WFP invests in the personal &amp; professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.</span></p></li><li><p style="text-align:left"><span>A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.</span></p></li><li><p style="text-align:left"><span>We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the <b>Terms and Conditions </b>section of this vacancy announcement).</span></p></li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p><b>ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT</b></p><p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><b>Position title: Business Support Associate G6</b></p><p><b>Contract type: Fixed Term

This position reports to the West and Central Africa Regional Director.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><p>

<b>THE ROLE</b></p><p>To coordinate and control a full range of business support services for a specific professional area of work, to ensure that services are delivered effectively.</p><p></p><p><b>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</b> (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):

1. Provide dedicated executive assistant support.

2. Prepare and/or consolidate comprehensive reports, documentation, correspondence, briefing notes, etc. and conduct research in the area of work.

3. Actively seek and use feedback to improve business processes and procedures.

4. Respond to complex business support queries in order to provide a timely and accurate resolution of enquiries for clients.

5. Oversee the maintenance of records and databases to ensure information is organised and readily available for staff and compliant with all relevant regulations and policies.

6. Revise and review correspondence and documentation, providing feedback and making amendments where appropriate, to contribute to production of these materials to time and quality standards.

7. Assist managers in planning, monitoring and reconciling budget(s) to ensure that planned financial resources are used effectively.

8. Assess and recommend improvements to procedures and practices, to contribute to the effective delivery of business support services.

9. Provide a full range of complex business support services to staff to contribute to the effective functioning of business operations.

10. Provide advice, support and/or training to junior support staff in the provision of business support services, in order to support their learning in providing business support.

11. Coordinate tasks of junior colleagues to ensure support services are delivered consistently and to the required standards

</p><p></p><p><b>QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE</b>

<i>No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.</i></p><p></p><p></p>