Recruitment Assistant (home-based)

UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Based in Geneva, the Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECR) supports UNOPS offices throughout the region through management, financial and programmatic oversight of global and country-specific portfolios, clusters and operations centres, including hosting services; fund and management advisory services; project implementation; procuring goods and services; and managing human resources.

ECR ensures that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated between business units and projects across the entire region.

The Recruitment Assistant will support the HR Officers and the Portfolio Teams on recruitment related activities. The incumbent will report to the responsible HR Officer, and assist on recruitment activities such as coordinating interviews, recording and drafting interview minutes, conducting reference checks and managing records. Specific responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Meet with the responsible HR Officer to plan and discuss recruitment-related activities
• In consultation with the HR Officer, schedule and facilitate telephone/skype/in-person interviews by managing lines and recording minutes (Incumbent might be required to be physically present during some interviews) 
• Draft and submit finalized interview minutes to HR Officer  before specified deadline, and make revisions upon request
• Conduct reference checks via telephone and/or email on potential candidates
• Collect educational credentials and other relevant recruitment documents  from candidates
• Ensure the standard documentation required by the HR Officer is complete
• Assist in coordinating various aspects of the interview process or the recruitment process as needed
• Perform any other duties as required

• High school diploma required.
• Secondary Education with specialized certification in HR an asset.
• A BA or MA degree may substitute required years of work experience. 

• Minimum 3 year of working experience in general administration is required
• Excellent grammar, punctuation, and general writing skills are required
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Skype is required
• Excellent typing skills is required
• Fluency (Writing, speaking and reading) in English is required

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.