National Consultant to Lead and Conduct Implementation Research
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Dhaka
Bangladesh
April 21, 2025
Full-timeApril 21, 2025
HR and Travel Assistant
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) About
To meet the demands posed by major global trends in agricultural development and challenges faced by member nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has identified key priorities on which it is best placed to intervene. A comprehensive review of the Organization’s comparative advantages was undertaken which enabled strategic objectives to be set, representing the main areas of work on which FAO will concentrate its efforts in striving to achieve its vision and global goals.
An intergovernmental organization, FAO has 194 Member Nations, two associate members and one member organization, the European Union. Its employees come from various cultural backgrounds and are experts in the multiple fields of activity FAO engages in. FAO’s staff capacity allows it to support improved governance inter alia, generate, develop and adapt existing tools and guidelines and provide targeted governance support as a resource to country and regional level FAO offices. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, FAO is present in over 130 countries.
Job Description
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FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.
- FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
- Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented member nations and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
- Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold our values. FAO has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and FAO, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
- All selected candidates, therefore, will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
- All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
- The incumbent may be re-assigned to different activities and/or duty stations depending on the evolving needs of the Organization
Organizational Setting
The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by an FAO Representative, is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve security" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #007bff !important;">security" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #007bff !important;">food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors, and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner.
The position is located in the FAO Representation in Bangladesh and the incumbent will be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Reporting Lines
Under the overall guidance of Regional HR Officer (RAP), supervision of the FAO Representative, direct supervision of the Assistant FAO Representative (Admin) and day to day close supervision of the Focal Point - HR Cluster of the representation and in close liaison with all other colleagues in the Representation and projects, the incumbent will carry out the following tasks:
Tasks and Responsibilities
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Assist to process the recruitment/extension of contracts for all national and international staff and consultants;
- Ensure staff hiring is carried out timely, efficiently, transparently and in compliance with organizational HR policy and procedures;
- Assist to maintain personnel files for staff, ensuring all documentation is complete; maintain and update confidential information and documents, and ensure relevant documents are kept in their respective files;
- Assist to manage electronic filing system;
- Assist supervisor(s) in monitoring the contractual status of staff on various appointments; assist in the timely preparation and issuance of contract renewals and personnel action forms;
- Assist to ensure full compliance of HR activities with FAO rules and regulations, policies, procedures and strategies;
- Assist to ensure effective implementation of the internal control and functioning of the HR management system;
- Review, answer and follow-up on standard requests, enquiries and claims regarding human resources matters, polices and procedures.
- Work closely with all projects for the timeliness of emergency and non-emergency contracts
- Support to develop and manage HR rosters for local positions;
- Assist to arrange training programmes;
- Maintain HR records manually (in excel) in addition to the system generated list;
- Maintain database and update regularly the list of different trainings being organized or conducted by FAO country office, regional office or HQ level or online courses offered by the different division of FAO/HQ;
- Draft routine correspondences/letters on administrative and HR matters;
- Share the progress/status report on the assigned activities on a regular basis;
- Assist to arrange travel for all local and international staff and non-staff;
- Assist to make hotel reservation for the international staff/consultants and missions and also ensure their pick-up and drop from and to the airport and hotel;
- Contact with the travel vendors for necessary booking and issuance of tickets;
- Process medical bill claims and liaise with the relevant medical insurance company for any query;
- Process the Disbursement Vouchers (DV) related to the HR and travel related matters for settlement of invoices;
- Assist to make liaise with Service desk (RAP/HQ) for necessary support on the relevant issues
- Any other general administrative tasks to HR as assigned by the supervisor and/or by A-FAOR (Admin)
- University degree in any discipline preferably with an advanced training on HR management.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in any reputed organization preferably with the UN.
- Nationality of Bangladesh
- Results Focus
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Building Effective Relationships
- Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
- Experience in the UN System or an International organization/institution will be an advantage.
- Have good judgment and analytical skills;
- Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision;
- Ability to work under pressure in a professional manner;
- Ability to work quickly and accurately;
- Ability to establish and maintain a good working relationships with people of different national and cultural background;
- Excellent computer skills (especially in MS-Word, MS-Excel and Outlook );
- Working knowledge (level C) of English (spoken and written) and fluency in Bengali language;
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FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing)
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Incomplete applications will not be considered. If you need help please contact: Careers@fao.org
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Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted
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Only language proficiency certificates from UN accredited external providers and/or FAO language official examinations (LPE, ILE, LRT) will be accepted as proof of the level of knowledge of languages indicated in the online applications
- FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.
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