[DevJobsIndo] ILO Vacancy no. 2015-009 : Secretary to the Director

Dear All,
ILO is looking for a suitable candidate for the position of Secretary to the Director. More information can be found below.







































 


Vacancy No:



 


JAKARTA/2015/009



 


Date: 



 


19 October 2015



 


Position title:



 


Secretary to Director



 


Deadline for
application:



 


08 November  2015



 


Programme title:



 


CO-Jakarta



 


Organization unit:



 


CO- Jakarta



 


Grade:



 


GS6



 


Duty Station: 



 


Jakarta



 


Contract type:



 


Fixed-term



 


 



 



 


Duration:



 


12 months with possible
extension subject to good performance


 



 


Expected
starting date:



 


 1 February 2016



For
any questions related to this post, please contact
: – Ms. Hermawaty
Misnan, HR/Admin Assistant,
CO Indonesia and Timor Leste, [email protected]

Background

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a tripartite U.N. agency
with government, employer, and worker representatives as its constituents. This
tripartite structure makes the ILO a unique forum in which the governments and
the social partners of the economy of its Member States can freely and openly
debate and elaborate labour standards and policies. The ILO Country Office for
Indonesia and Timor-Leste is carrying out a diverse programme of activities and
projects related to issues such as employment, labour rights and standards,
social protection and skills development in order to support Indonesia in its
development of an inclusive, sustainable and job rich economy and society

Position

The Secretary to the Director is expected to provide a
range of support services to facilitate the Office Management and Programme
unit run well.

The incumbent works under direct supervision of the Director. The
incumbent shall work closely with relevant staff in the Management and
Programming unit of the Jakarta Office.

Specific duties and responsibilities:

  1. Arrange appointments and maintain the supervisor’s calendar. Receive visitors, place and screen telephone calls, and answers with discretion.
  2. Search for and prepare briefing
    materials for the supervisor for use on official trips, special meetings and
    for action. Collect, solicit and coordinate briefing materials for the
    supervisor’s missions and meetings, ensuring that submission timetables are adhered
    to. Select and make pertinent abstracts and undertake searches for information.
  3. Arrange meetings with
    high-ranking officials and arrange official receptions.
  4. Participate in the organization and
    preparation of staff or special meetings, and take minutes and/or notes. Make
    all important arrangements and facilities for conducting workshops and
    seminars.
  5. Prepare
    informal translations, and may act as interpreter.
  6. Receive, screen, log and route
    correspondence, attach necessary background information, maintain follow-up
    system, and draw the attention of the supervisor to matters requiring immediate
    and/or personal attention. Open, record and re-direct confidential mail.
  7. Coordinate the secretarial services
    of the office, distribute special assignments to other secretaries, and check
    and correct correspondence prepared by other staff for the supervisor’s
    signature. Brief and train new secretaries and give guidance to other secretaries
    on office procedures.
  8. Provide office management and
    administrative support services to other professional staff, when necessary.
  9. Draft non-substantive
    correspondence and ensure follow-up.
  10. Take and transcribe dictation on a
    variety of subject matters, ensuring that spelling, punctuation and format are
    correct. Type correspondence, documents, reports, etc., some of which are
    highly confidential.
  11. Maintaining systematic filing system and correspondence log
    including confidential files, except for personnel, administration, finance and
    fellowship files which are under the responsibilities of Admin, Finance and
    Human Resource staff. 
  12. Maintain contacts with officials in
    government offices, ministries, workers’ and employers’ organizations and UN
    agencies, and update relevant lists.
  13. Make travel arrangements
    for the supervisor and perform liaison duties with other units.
  14. Perform other duties as assigned by the
    supervisor or the officer-in-charge including ensuring that required faxes,
    email, pouch and express mail are sent and that information on web sites is
    updated.

 
Education  Completion of tertiary school education, supplemented by a
secretarial diploma is the minimum requirement.
 Successful completion of the standard office
computer applications test is compulsory.  

Experience –
    
Six to seven years of
secretarial experience, and formal secretarial training.

Languages –   Must be fluent in both spoken and written English and Bahasa
Indonesia.

Competencies:

  • Proven ability to use word processing software and email. Ability to use
    other software packages required by the work unit. Proven typing abilities.
  • Thorough knowledge of ILO administrative procedures and secretarial practices,
    including in-house procedures for the preparation of documents, administrative
    forms, and for the creation and maintenance of filing systems.
  • Knowledge of protocol. Knowledge of procedures governing missions and other
    official travel. 
  • Excellent knowledge of the work of the office, and the work carried out in
    other work units. Proven ability to draft routine correspondence and to ensure
    correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. 
  • Proven ability to take minutes of meetings. 
  • Ability to respond to requests from high-ranking officials, and to deal
    with high-level visitors with tact and diplomacy. 
  • Ability to reply in an appropriate manner to telephone and in-person
    inquiries. 
  • Ability to work well with colleagues and work under pressure.
  • Good organizational skills. Ability to plan, organise and
    distribute tasks in a highly effective manner. Ability to handle many issues at
    once.

  • Ability to obtain services from other work units inside or outside the
    office for completion of tasks. 
  • Ability to determine relevant background and reference materials for
    others, to screen requests for urgency and priority, and to respond to requests
    requiring input from various sources. 
  • Ability to deal with confidential matters with discretion. Supervisory
    skills. Discernment. Excellent time management skills.

Nationality
 Indonesian

Remuneration
General
Services Level 6 of the UN common remuneration system and/or commensurate with
the qualifications and competency of the selected candidate, when the
candidates contracted by the national organization, the remuneration will adopt
UN and national regulation.

Written Examination and Interview
Prospective
candidates will be required to sit in a written examination and take part in an
interview.

Application:       Qualified women and men are encouraged to apply. Only qualified
candidates will be notified. Please submit application indicating the Vacancy Announcement Number along with your CV, 3
references and the Statement of Competencies to:  

INTERNATIONAL
LABOUR OFFICE

Only qualified
candidates will be notified.

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