Position Title: Administration Assistant to PAHAL Project
Minimum 2 years’ experience with office administration; computer skills are required, must be an independent thinker and have strong organizational skills; demonstrated experience scheduling and managing staff from multiple departments; Fluency in English (written and spoken) is a benefit
ï‚· Minimum of intermediate level of education and a minimum of two years experience in administrative or operational support functions with a humanitarian non-governmental organization.
ï‚· Experience in setting up and managing office administration systems.
ï‚· Minimum of two years experience in humanitarian assistance field emergency/relief settings. Preferred experience with USAID funded projects will be preferred.
ï‚· Demonstrated understanding of complex emergencies, related security concerns, and appropriate responses to such emergencies
ï‚· Excellent writing and communications skills
ï‚· Excellent negotiation, representation, skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff.
ï‚· Effective verbal and written communication, organizational, prioritization and computer skills in Microsoft Office applications.
ï‚· Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
ï‚· Proven ability to solve problems independently without direct supervision
Interested candidates are requested to submit a CV and cover letter by 16 March, 2015 to the address below. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. Telephone enquiries will not be entertained. Attn: (Tittle of the Position for which you are Applying) Email to: jobs@np.mercycorps.org OR GPO Box: 24374 Kathmandu, Nepal
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Mercy Corps is an international, non-governmental humanitarian relief and development agency that exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people to build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps was established in 1979, and has headquarters in the USA and UK. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has worked in over 100 countries. Mercy Corps currently works in 41 countries around the world and improving the lives of 19 million people. The agency focuses on countries in transition, where countries are in the midst of - or recovering from - conflict, economic collapse, or disaster; Mercy Corps sees these crisis situations as moments of opportunity to go beyond traditional boundaries of relief and catalyze lasting change. Globally, Mercy Corps implements programs in a range of sectors, including: agriculture & food security; market development; emergency response; disaster risk reduction; climate change; health; conflict management; youth engagement; and, community mobilization/ governance.
Mercy Corps Nepal works to build the absorptive, adaptive and transformative potential of vulnerable individuals and communities across Nepal. The goal is attained through a systems based approach to market development, financial services, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and youth engagement. Mercy Corps began its operation in Nepal in 2005, with projects focusing on the sectors of economic and food security; climate, natural resource and disaster risk management; youth engagement; with the inclusion of women and disadvantaged groups as important cross-cutting themes throughout each intervention area.
