ThaiNGO

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Representation in Thailand

Vacancy Announcement No. 37/2015   

Internal/External Circulation

Availability of the Position      As soon as possible

Duties and Responsibilities

- Processes entitlements, issues of contracts and maintains various personnel records and files;

- Assists in the recruitment of GS staff by evaluating candidate applications and conducting preliminary interviews;

- Assists in surveys on local cost of living, local salaries, housing rental and collecting the information on the above-mentioned;

- Processing requests for visas, identity cards, driving licences and other personnel-related documents; Prepare travel authorization and assist in the submission of travel claims;

- Attends meetings on day-to-day admin. matters; administers the movement of local staff members, their attendance, leave plan, overtime, etc.  Assists in the preparation of inventory records of non-expendable equipment for submission to Hqs and takes care of stationary order;

- Maintains financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements and other data for day-to-day transactions and reports;

- Assists in preparing financial vouchers and monthly accounts; 

- Selects and enters data from a wide variety of documents, verifying accuracy by checking sources, making necessary calculations and assuring inclusion of all relevant data;

- Assists in preparing admin. budget submission for entire year; maintains liaison with officials of local bank to obtain day-to-day information in exchange and interest rates, changes in procedures and regulations and matters pertaining to maintenance of office bank accounts.

- Performs other duties as required.

Qualification Requirements

Essential:

- Thai nationality is preferable.

- Completion of Secondary Education or equivalent technical or commercial school with certificate/training in Business Administration, Finance, Office Management, Human Resources or other related field.

- Minimum 5 years of job experience relevant to the function;

- Computer skills (MS office and People Soft applications).

- Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant UN language or local language (as applicable in the duty station).

- In offices where the working language is not English, excellent knowledge of working language of duty station and working knowledge of English.

Desirable:

- Knowledge in UNHCR Admin and financial rules, procedures and processes;

- Knowledge and working experience of MSRP (Peoplesoft);

- Completion of UNHCR learning programmes or specific training relevant to functions of the position.

- Knowledge of another relevant UN or local languages.

Please submit your Motivation Letter, P.11 and Curriculum Vitae indicating the vacancy announcement number and position title to: THABAHR@unhcr.org

Applications will not be acknowledged.  Only the successful candidate will be notified of the outcome of the selection process. 

P.11 form can be down loaded from: http://unhcr.or.th/sites/default/files/p11.doc