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ECHO Office in Syria - Beirut is seeking to recruit an Operational Assistant - Reference: OA 2022-05

The ECHO Office in Syria is seeking to recruit one national staff to be based in Lebanon-Beirut for the position of Operational Assistant.

This is a local position opened to nationals and other residents of Lebanon with valid work and residence permits. DG ECHO applies a policy of equal opportunities. Our recruitment policy is based on respect for diversity, maintaining the gender balance, as well as the balance between professional and private life, and support for training and developments opportunities.

Job description:

The jobholder efficiently assists and contributes to the tasks of the team assigned, through support, research and analysis activities.

The candidates for this position need to demonstrate the following criteria:

Knowledge and Experience:
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience at national or international level in operational/ assistance positions
  • Relevant experience in programme/project operations would be an asset
  • Excellent drafting skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Capable of working under pressure in a multitasking position
  • Ability to work in a multicultural environment
  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, PPT etc).
  • Experience in the Syrian humanitarian crisis would be an asset
Job description:

The jobholder efficiently assists and contributes to the tasks of the team assigned, through support, research and analysis activities.

Languages:
  • An excellent knowledge of English (verbal & writing).
  • An excellent knowledge of Arabic (verbal & writing).
  • Knowledge of French language is an asset.
Intervention Sectors
Humanitarian & Development Financing
Location
  • Lebanon
  • Beirut
Application Deadline
Salary Range
2500 to 3000 (USD)
Contract Type
Full Time
Application Submission Guidelines

Shortlisted candidates will have to bring the full supporting documentation in original with them during the testing or interview stage in addition to references (including contact details of the HR department and the supervisor) that can be consulted by ECHO. At least one of the references has to include a recent employer.

Interested candidates MUST submit a cover letter, a detailed CV (EUROPASS), academic and employment certificates. Documents should be uploaded through www.akhtaboot.com until 03/07/2022 midnight Local Time Lebanon at the latest. The vacancy reference must be clearly indicated in the subject line

The EUROPASS application and detailed Terms of Reference are available on the EU Delegation’s website https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/lebanon/operational-assistant_en?s=203.

Only the short-listed candidates will be contacted. Candidates who will not have been contacted by 05/08/2022 should consider that they have not been selected.

 The national staff members observe the NS Code of Conduct as published on https://ec.europa.eu/echo/who/about-echo/field-network_en.

Any processing of your personal data will be done in accordance with the applicable EU legislation (Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data. The privacy statement can be found on ECHO website.

https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/3033/privacy-statements_ja

Any form of canvassing, soliciting or influencing will be treated as grounds for disqualification
Requires a Cover Letter?
No
Experience Requirements
3 to 5 years
Education Degree
High School
Education Degree Details
Secondary Education.
University Degree in Political Science, Humanitarian and Development Studies, Business and Administration is an asset.
Arabic
Excellent
English
Excellent
French
None
Hide guidelines for wrong answers
No