Admin and Travel Specialist
Background:
Atlantean seeks to identify a qualified Administrative Program Logistics Support candidate to support USAID/Kenya’s Office of Population and Health (OPH) and USAID/East Africa’s Regional Health and HIV/AIDS Office (RHH).
This position
will be based in Nairobi, Kenya with possible travel throughout East and
Central Africa.
The Admin and Travel
Specialist candidate will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following
duties and deliverables:
Responsibilities and Deliverables:
- Coordinate
travel plans for both full‐time and consultant staff including bus,
air, and car travel as well as accommodations and meals, as required.
- Carry out day‐to‐day business
administrative needs of the field office including answering the main
phone line, serving as the point of contact for subscriptions such as phone and
internet, maintaining office supply levels, logistical coordination for
facility upkeep, and other various support administrative support tasks as
needed to meet the needs of the field office staff.
- Provide
assistance and support to all program staff by ensuring travel requirements
are met and administrative tasks are carried out in a timely manner.
- Coordinate
closely with the HR, Staffing & Outreach Specialist and Contracts
& Finance Specialist to coordinate travel plans with consultants and
ensure prompt payment of all travel plans.
- Any other duties
as required.
Minimum
Qualifications:
- Applicants must
have a Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferred) in a relevant field (such as
such as Program Management, Public Administration, Business Management or
related field) and at least 5 years of related experience.
- Demonstrated
experience and understanding of program management administration,
logistics, and support issues.
- Excellent
communication skills in written and spoken English.
- Demonstrated
proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint, Word and MS
Excel.
Atlantean provides
global services focused on government solutions, security sector capacity
building, camp operations and risk management in austere and high‐risk environments.
Atlantean was created
to bring together the resources of a diverse leadership team and to leverage
their combined experience in security, intelligence, diplomacy, government
relations, law, and business.
We employ individuals
with specialized backgrounds and recruit exceptional local talent in every
country in which we operate, fully integrating them into our teams so our
clients benefit from their local knowledge and experience.
Please send your resume to africahr@atlanteanworldwide.com and be sure to put FirstName LastName@Recruiting #Admin & Travel Specialist (ex: John Doe @Recruiting #Admin & Travel Specialist) in the subject line of your email.
Closing Date: 31 July 2013
