Team Assistant (ITPO Bonn)

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization, and environmental sustainability. The mission of UNIDO, as described in the Lima Declaration adopted at the fifteenth session of the UNIDO General Conference in 2013, is to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) in the Member States. The relevance of ISID as an integrated approach to all three pillars of sustainable development is recognized by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will frame United Nations and country efforts towards sustainable development in the next fifteen years. This post is for local recruitment only.

The position is located in the ITPO Office in Bonn, Germany. The main objective of the position is to directly support the Professional Team and the Head of the ITPO Office. He/she assists the Professional Officers by coordinating various projects and/or finance-related inputs for matters dealt with and by the ITPO Office, being responsible for the day-to-day operational running of the office and providing administrative, logistical and clerical support. The introduction of the new Enterprise Resource Planning system (SAP-Systems, Applications, and Products in Data processing) is an essential element of UNIDO and it is a major enabler in achieving the objectives, e.g. higher demand fulfillment, increased efficiency, and effectiveness of our services, improved donor and stakeholder reporting, etc. The incumbent shall keep abreast with the development of the SAP system, master the different user aspects and use it regularly for monitoring projects, funds and human resource management at the unit level; .guide professional and general service staff as and when necessary for proper utilization of UNIDO ERP to improve effectiveness and efficiency.