Team Administrator - Commonwealth Secretariat

Job Title:          Team Administrator

Division:          Strategic Planning and Evaluation Division

Grade:              L

Closing date:    9 June 2015 at 17:00 BST

Our Strategic Planning and Evaluation Division (SPED) partners closely with all divisions across the Secretariat. This is an opportunity to join SPED as the primary administrative and logistical support to the team’s professional and diplomatic officers, and work closely with the divisional Director. 

You will be responsible for arranging payments on the financial system (CODA); monitoring divisional expenditure and attending budgetary meetings; filing and records management; arranging meetings and travel; preparing documents for internal governance committees and meetings; coordinating the division’s mail and Director’s diary; and acting as the division’s representative on the Health and Safety Committee. You will also manage a Programme Assistant who will provide supplementary administrative and logistical support to SPED. 

It is a role in which every day will be different, and to succeed you will have at least three years’ experience working in an administrative capacity for various levels of stakeholders as well as a first degree from a nationally recognised institution, ideally in Business Administration or Management. You must have at least three years’ demonstrable work experience in financial management and budgeting, drafting correspondence, producing Excel reports and statistics, and using MS Office and other digital platforms to enhance your work. Experience within an international organisation and working with senior executives and managers will be highly regarded. 

If you are customer-focused, diplomatic and credible with a positive, can-do approach, please apply via the link provided. To be considered, you must be a citizen of a Commonwealth country with the right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

As the inter-governmental body of the Commonwealth, comprising 53 independent sovereign states, our overall aim is to provide sustainable and people-centred development through professional advice, transfer of best practice and the enhancement of skills and knowledge. This is an exciting time to join us as we make tangible improvements to the wellbeing of 2.2 billion citizens, 60% of whom are under 30 years of age. 

Please apply via: http://thecommonwealth.org/jobs/team-administrator