Programme Management Assistant at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Responsibilities

• Programme management duties: Supports research, compiles, analyses, summarizes, and presents data and information on production and consumption of substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol and on illegal trade as submitted by parties to the Protocol.
• Assists in the recording and analysis of the data on controlled substances received from the parties.
• Processes and updates accounting framework data for essential uses, other than laboratory and analytical applications as submitted by the parties to the Montreal Protocol, into the database for controlled substances.
• Provides responses to queries from members of the subsidiary bodies such as the Implementation Committee under the Non-Compliance Procedure for the Montreal Protocol and implementing agencies of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
• Prepares, maintains and updates electronic files.
• Undertakes research and selects a variety of information from office files, records, reports or other sources as required by the supervisor.
• Drafts correspondence related to all aspects of the work of the Implementation Committee and to compliance with the Montreal Protocol.
• Maintains the contact list of the current Committee members.

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Job - Specific Qualification

• Supplementary training in accounting is required.

Work Experience

• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressive experience in general office support, program management, administrative assistance, or a related field is required.
• The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced to five (5) years for candidates who possess a first-level university degree or higher.
• Experience in accounting is required.
• Experience working with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or related applications is required
• Experience working with Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems, in processing travel, budgets and preparing reports is desirable.
• Experience in preparing cost estimates and expenditure monitoring is desirable.
• One (1) year or more of experience in data analytics or a related area is desirable.