ActionAid International Team Administrator Job

ActionAid International
Directorate: Campaigns and Policy

Position: Team Administrator

Location: Nairobi

Contract Type: Open ended

Grade and Salary: AAI Grade B, KES 202,262

Are you experienced in providing senior executive support, including diary and travel management and management of correspondence?
Do you have good organisational support and outstanding attention to detail?
Are you experienced in supporting teams, project assistance, oversight of finances and people?

Your role will entail providing executive support, team support and project management, track the Directorate’s expenditure against budget, including where necessary, coordinating inputs from relevant staff to establish expenditure history to guide future budgeting, internal and external communications, support the Director and Directorate Management Team in processes of annual planning and budgeting, regular monitoring, production of periodic reports, ensuring good internal and external communications among others.
Are you now looking for a new challenge where your work will make a positive difference?
This Team Administrator position with ActionAid International is just the position you are looking for.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Relevant degree, would be advantageous or Recognition or Prior Learning (RPL)
• At least 4 years proven executive support experience where initiative, problem-solving, liaison and diplomacy are required
• Experience of managing diary, travel and correspondence for a senior leader
• Experience of financial administration, including budget monitoring within an international agency
• Good experience of undertaking research, fact-checks, and writing for an external audience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, ability to inform and engage through written communication and in accessible language
• Adept at technology, familiar with standard Microsoft platforms and with social media and internet-based work-sharing and virtual seminar platforms
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build good working relationships with multi-cultural teams spanning multiple geographies
• Interest in campaigning, preferably with previous involvement in campaigning
• Excellent written and spoken English.

How to Apply

If you have the experience to take a lead in ensuring we deliver positive change please visit our website for further information www.actionaid.org/jobs.

Are you the right person for the job?
Please read this carefully before you apply

ActionAid International welcomes applications from all sections of the community and promotes diversity.

In order to be considered for this position, you will need to have eligibility to work in Kenya and you will need to provide proof of your eligibility to work in these locations.
Your application will not be considered if you do not have the eligibility to work in these locations.

Application Procedures

Applications should be sent with your CV, motivation cover letter by no later than 10th August, 2015.
You are requested to highlight in the motivation letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role.
Please indicate on the subject Line TEAM ADMINISTRATOR – REF 02/TA/C&P/2015

Internal Applications send to: applications.jhb@actionaid.org

External Applications send to: programmes.jhb@actionaid.org

Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants.