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SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AT UNESCO

Application Deadline: (Midnight Paris Time): 10-March-2025

LOCATION: Nigeria

Under the overall authority of the Head of the Office and the direct supervision of the Finance and Administrative Officer, the incumbent provides high-level administrative and support services in a range of specialized areas and plays a lead role within the unit in ensuring application and compliance with the rules, regulations, policies and practices in place. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Education: Completed secondary, technical and/or vocational education.

Work Experience: Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience in administration, finance, accounting, or audit.

Skills and competencies: Excellent analytical skills and capacity to make sound judgements.

Proven experience in problem solving in the field of Human Resources, finance and budget.

Ability to provide quality and timely support and services.

Ability to deal with confidential matters with tact and discretion.

Ability to build effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external partners.

Ability to work in a multicultural environment and to establish good working relationships.

Ability to take initiative and seek innovative ways to improve results.

Excellent IT skills with proficiency in the use of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and ERP systems. 

Languages: Excellent knowledge (oral and written) of English.

Desirable Qualifications:

Education: Technical Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in the field of Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related discipline. 

Experience: Experience in the field of human resources.

Relevant work experience within an international organisation and/or the UN System.

Experience in elaborating reports to monitor budget implementation and analyzing financial information.

Skills and competencies:

Knowledge of SAP.

Knowledge of risk management systems.

Knowledge of contract management.

Knowledge of accounting principles and internal control systems.

BENEFIT:

UNESCO’s salaries consist of a basic salary and other benefits which may include if applicable: 30 days annual leave, family allowance, medical insurance, pension plan etc.

The approximate annual starting salary for this post is 22 559 US Dollars.

For full information on benefits and entitlements, please consult our Guide to Staff Benefits.

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE (ITC) WTO MSME GROUP SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPIONS COMPETITION

Application Deadline: 28 March 2025

LOCATION: Switzerland

Are you an organization that supports the circular business model? Are you a non-governmental organization that empowers small businesses and entrepreneurs to become sustainable? Are you owning a small business implementing or wanting to scale sustainable innovations?

Become a Small Business Champion!

ELIGIBILITY:

The proposal entails:

Initiatives that can include awareness-raising campaigns, competitions, capacity building, training, mentoring and networking programmes related to the circular economy.

Small businesses active in the circular economy with an innovative business concept that, through its operations, reduces, prevents or repurposes waste in equivalent conventional business models.

Applications should have a clear link to international trade and include an action plan. To see examples from past competition winners, visit the MSME Group Small Business Champions website.

Proposals are open to small businesses, enterprises, industry associations, chambers of commerce and non-governmental organizations and should be submitted by 28 March 2025 via this online form:

Small Business Champions 2025 – Formstack
For more information on the Proposal and the Initiative, visit:

English: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/business_e/call_for_applications_2025_e.pdf

French: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/business_e/call_for_applications_2025_f.pdf

Spanish: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/business_e/call_for_applications_2025_s.pdf

BENEFIT:

The winner(s) will be invited to travel to Geneva for the award ceremony on 26 June 2025, sponsored by ICC and ITC. The International Trade Centre will additionally award each winner $4,000 prize money to support the development or further scaling of their winning project and issue an award certificate.

Moreover, training and mentoring opportunities will be discussed with each winner according to their needs, while winning submissions will be promoted by ICC, ITC, UN Trade and Development and the WTO MSME Group through their communication channels.

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