Job Vacancy: Administrative Assistant CALP (Kenyan Nationals Only), NRC
Job Description
If you’re resourceful, curious and amazing at organizing things, we are looking for you! Come work with CALP – a network hosted by Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) – to maximize the potential that humanitarian cash and voucher assistance can bring to populations affected by crisis. In this position you will play a key role in ensuring optimal team productivity. In return, you will work with a dynamic team, meet and interact with a variety of people and have endless opportunities to develop new competencies.
Summary
The Administrative Assistant provides support to the Regional Team and engages with the wider CALP team globally. The role requires attention to detail coupled with excellent organizational skills and great interpersonal skills to get things done efficiently. This is an important role that enables the whole team to be at its best.
CALP is a dynamic global network of over 90 organizations engaged in the critical areas of policy, practice and research in humanitarian cash and voucher assistance (CVA) and financial assistance more broadly. As a CALP team, we work with and for the CALP network – keeping our vision front and center. We mobilize the membership and the wider network to look for collective solutions to collective problems.
Responsibilities
- Support the planning and management of events, mostly on-line and occasionally face-to-face. This includes platform facilitation, technical support for on-line meetings, registration management, note-taking, etc.
- Support procurement and logistical processes, liaising with host agency staff and tracking progress to ensure timely completion of processes; resolving any issues as may arise.
- Support grant management by updating trackers and assisting with grant related administration.
- Provide clerical support to the team, including note taking, the maintenance of contact lists, electronic filing etc.
- Track payments and follow-up as necessary, ensuring correct coding and timely processing.
- Deal with general enquiries, for example, helping people connect with CWGs; signposting to CVA resources; responding to training enquiries.
Qualifications
Essential Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge
- Excellent administrative skills.
- Excellent organizational and planning skills.
- Attention to detail and a persistent mindset to resolve issues.
- Good communication skills.
- Good numeracy skills.
- Good computer skills.
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What we Offer
- The opportunity to work and collaborate with an experience, passionate and diverse team
- Full-time contract 12 months (could be extended)
- Position is open to Kenyan Nationals only
- Salary at grade 5 of NRC grade structure
- Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya
