INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.
UNFPA - because everyone counts
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the leading UN organization in Reproductive Health and Population and Development is recruiting personnel for the position in the Country Office.
POST: MESSENGER
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term Appointment
POST LEVEL: ICS 02
DUTY POST: Country Office
DURATION: One (1) Year (renewable but subject to satisfactory performance)
Under the direct supervision of the Operations Manager, the incumbent performs the following duties:-
- Collects and delivers mail, pouches and other communications to and from the UN mail room;
- Sorts, delivers and picks up mail from various offices on the premises at regular intervals. Keeps records as required;
- Packs material received for dispatch, affixes labels, inserts material in envelopes and franks outgoing mail;
- Dispatch outgoing mails to relevant partners;
- Make photocopies as required;
- Serve as assistant for Inventory and Procurement unit
- Assist with the arrangement of tea breaks during meetings;
- General clerical assistance;
- Performs other duties as required.
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
The ideal candidate should:
- Be a Nigerian National, (Male or Female)
- Be a secondary School Graduate
- Possess at least 2 years cognate experience.
- Have a good knowledge of the UN system
- Possess good oral and writing skills in English
- Have demonstrated a sense of integrity in the discharge of their duties.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
All applications should include functional e-mail addresses and mobile phone numbers, letter of application and detailed curriculum vitae (CV), attached as one file in MS WORD format only. Applications should be addressed to The UNFPA Resident Representative, Abuja and forwarded to e-mail address at
vacancypdu.ng@unfpa.org
Closing by 2 May, 2011 and clearly marked “MESSENGER"
