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| Vacancy Notice No: AFRO/15/TASR2 Title: Administrative Officer(Real Estate ) Grade: P3 Contract type: Temporary Appointment under Staff Rule 420.4 Duration of contract: Eleven (11) months | Date: 8 January 2015 Application Deadline: 22 January 2015 (14 day(s) until closing deadline) Currently accepting applications Duty Station: Brazzaville, Congo Organization unit: AFRO Africa Regional Office (AF/RGO) / AF/GMC General Management (AF/GMC) |
| OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME : The General Management Cluster (GMC) is responsible for the provision of efficient and effective support services to the implementation of health programmes and smooth management in the Africa Region. The Regional Administrative Services is in charge of providing infrastructure, logistics, to WHO Offices in the African Region covering infrastructure management in the areas of building and environment support services, electricity. | |
| Description of duties: The Real Estate Administrator will provide managerial support for : 1.Supervision Role Provide overall supervision to all staff under REA Unit and direct supervision to all his assistants: BIO, BMA, EMA, HSO, MEC, INV, MAG 2; Assist and advise the Regional Administrative and Services Officer in all Human Resources issues (Leave, PMDS, trainings, recruitments, separations, reassignments and Office allocation) in ensuring that actions are initiated and completed in due course; Supervise the contribution the REA unit in the elaboration of the RAS's workplan Provide overall coordination of all activities planned, implemented, monitored and evaluated under REA 2.Preventive maintenance Ensure that the preparation, monitoring and execution of all maintenance contracts including the following, but not limited services, are properly and timely completed: Building, Electrical and Mechanical Equipment maintenances including main buildings, workshops and staff residences, office equipment, working spaces and environment of the Regional Office; 3.Ensure that the above is achieved by: Ensuring that the preparation of updated plans of the various WHO premises and overall plan for office space arrangement and allocation of office space per unit; Ensuring that specifications, tenders, adjudications and contracts are well drafted monitored and executed and also that relevant office equipment is made available and timeously delivered to the end-user. 4.Curative maintenance Supervise major Refurbishment & Maintenance works by : Contributing in the preparation of feasibility studies; sketches, working drawings, specifications, billing of quantities and of small scale projects and also prepare tenders documents; Assisting ASO in analyzing bids and recommending Contractors to the (CRC). 5.Management of major Construction projects Assist ASO in the management of the Real Estate by: Preparing the project document of Real Estate Funds projects; cost projections and time table for feasibility studies of the said projects and tender documents; Analyzing bids and recommending Constructors to the CRC; Supervising construction works; and Enabling finished products to be efficiently used by WHO; 6.Any other duties Supervise , train and guide staff assigned to work under him/her; Supervise and coordinate the activities and formulate recommendations for the continuing improvement of subunits' performance (under his/her jurisdiction); Carry out any other duty as assigned by the first level supervisor or GMC; | |
| REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS | |
| Education: Essential: University degree in Construction, Administration, Management, Leadership, Accounting or related degrees; Desirable: Advanced degree in Construction and/or Administration; | |
| Skills: . Excellent organizational and managerial skills with the ability to multi-task identify and solve problems. 2. Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills. 3. Sound ability to interact, negotiate and deal with officials with tact, discretion and diplomacy. 4. Ability to write in a clear and concise manner. 5. Excellent presentation skills WHO 1) Producing Results 2) Moving forward in a changing environment 3) Communicating in a credible and effective way 4) Fostering integration and team work 5) Respecting and Promoting individual and cultural differences | |
| Experience: Essential: Minimum of 5 years of experience in Administration or Construction, Consultancy/industry and at least four years' experience at managerial level in a national or international organization. Desirable: Experience in Construction, Administration and/or Project management | |
| Languages: Excellent knowledge of French or English with a good working knowledge of the other; knowledge of Portuguese would be an asset | |
| Annual salary: (Net of tax) US$56 198 at single rate US$60 205 with primary dependants | Post Adjustment: 67.4 % of the above figure(s). This percentage is to be considered as indicative since variations may occur each month either upwards or downwards due to currency exchange rate fluctuations or inflation. |
| This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level. | |
| Online applications are strongly encouraged to enable WHO to store your profile in a permanent database. Please visit WHO's e-Recruitment website at: www.who.int/employment. The system provides instructions for online application procedures. | |
| All applicants are encouraged to apply online as soon as possible after the vacancy has been posted and well before the deadline stated in the vacancy announcement. | |
| WHO is committed to workforce diversity. | |
| Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual. Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted. | |
