Administrative Officer Travel, NO-B in Travel Hub, (Post #135402) Operations Section, Global Shared Services Centre, Budapest, Hungary (Only for Hungarian Nationals)

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For every child, a calling.

We are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not a job, it’s a calling.

UNICEF's Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC) in Budapest, Hungary provides services to UNICEF offices globally in the areas of Finance, Human Resources, Payroll and Information Technology. For more information about GSSC please visit our webpage at Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC)  and check this YouTube.

How can you make a difference? 

UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre in Budapest is recruiting highly dedicated individuals for travel administration function to GSSC, UNICEF will be able to streamline processes, better utilize resources, improve reporting, monitor policy compliance ensuring quality of work, performance delivery, service excellence and compliance with the Travel unit.

Summary of tasks:

• Technical leadership, operational support and guidance
• Transactional service management
• People Management
• Strategic Partnership

For detailed key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks, please check: Job Description

Specific work conditions: As part of their regular duties, staff may be assigned as duty officers on a rotational basis.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

Education:  A completed university degree in Public/Business Administration or any other related field is required

Work Experience: 

• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience in administration, preferably with an international organization and involved in the administration of Travel Management, is required.
• Proven supervisory and people management experience including developing and maintaining high performing teams is highly desirable.
• Working experience in ERP system (SAP) is required
• Experience in UNICEF/UN Travel Units and Travel administration and handling travel in a shared services/business support center is highly desirable.
• Experience in planning, organizing and delivering administrative support services is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of UN/UNICEF'S rules, regulations and procedures is considered an asset.

Skills Required:

• Supervisory and People Management
• Knowledge Management:
• Client Orientation:

 Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in both spoken and written English is required.
• Working knowledge of French and/or Spanish is an advantage. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese or Russian) is an asset.

Internal applicants from the GSSC are required to complete the Learning Path corresponding to their current level before applying for another position. Additionally, they must attach a snapshot of the completed path to their applications. Applications that do not meet these two minimum requirements will not be considered. For further details on learning paths, please visit the L&D Portal: Learning in the GSSC

 

Applicants must be nationals of Hungary and UNICEF GSSC does not facilitate MFA accreditation for locally recruited staff.

 

As an advocate for every child, you will receive

• A competitive sala