Administrative Office Assistant – Rome

FAO; Roma; In loco; EUR 25.000 - 35.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

FAO in Rome is seeking an Office Assistant to perform a wide range of routine administrative and office support tasks within the NSA unit. The role requires handling meetings, correspondence, travel arrangements, and document preparation to ensure smooth operations at FAO headquarters in Italy.

Ideal candidates have secondary education and at least three years of relevant office support experience, along with proficient English and MS Office skills.

Competenze

• Secondary School Education.
• Three years of relevant experience in office support.
• Working knowledge of English.

Mansioni

• Arrange appointments for the supervisor, receive visitors, screen and send e-mails and respond to routine requests for information.
• Provide office, protocol, administrative and logistics support to meetings, committees, conferences, etc.
• Review, record, distribute and process incoming mail and correspondence; follow-up on pending actions.
• Respond or draft responses to standard/routine correspondence and other communications; use word processing package to produce a wide variety of large, complex documents and reports.
• Proofread documents and format texts for accuracy, grammar, punctuation and style, as well as for adherence to established standards.
• Initiate general administrative tasks in the computerized general administration, procurement, finance, travel, human resources system.
• Prepare purchase orders, purchase requisitions and support the preparation of Letters of Agreement (LoA), obtain clarification and follow up, when necessary.
• Make travel and hotel arrangements and prepare travel authorizations/claims for staff and affiliate workforce as required.
• Provide assistance in the administrative processing of vacancy announcements and consultants' contracts.
• Research, compile and organize information and reference materials from various sources for reports; create spreadsheets and presentations; manage and update databases for mailing lists and other information; and maintain electronic and paper files.
• Perform other duties as required.

Conoscenze

Office administration

Time management

Communication

Formazione

Secondary School Education

Strumenti

MS Office

Descrizione del lavoro

FAO in Rome is seeking an Office Assistant to perform a wide range of routine administrative and office support tasks within the NSA unit. The role requires handling meetings, correspondence, travel arrangements, and document preparation to ensure smooth operations at FAO headquarters in Italy.

Ideal candidates have secondary education and at least three years of relevant office support experience, along with proficient English and MS Office skills.