Operations Associate

About the role

UN Women is recruiting a local Operations Associate in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, under the National Partner Personnel Service Agreement. The post is open to nationals of Cambodia and applicants holding a valid work permit. Reporting to the Country Programme Coordinator, the Operations Associate delivers high-quality, timely administrative, financial and logistical support to the Cambodia Office.

Key responsibilities

• Support the Cambodia Office administration and operations, contribute to the annual workplan and spend plan, and help prepare concept notes, budgets and human resource plans
• Take part in partner capacity assessments and support the year-end closure and audit readiness, including pre-audit checklists and audit follow-up
• Administer procurement: review requests, run RFPs, invitations to bid and tender evaluations, negotiate contracts, prepare purchase orders and vendor profiles, and review project procurement
• Coordinate office assets, stationery stock and inventory, and lead the preparation of VAT refunds
• Manage office rental and common service agreements
• Administer human resources: vacancies, interviews, attendance and leave, visa and contract renewals, national benefits and allowances, and home leave entitlements
• Support training organisation, lessons learned documentation and UNCT OMT sub-group work

Required profile

• Secondary education; a university degree in Business, Administration and Finance is desirable
• At least 6 years of progressively responsible experience in administration, finance, procurement, HR or logistics (or 3 years with a bachelor's degree)
• Fluent English and Cambodian, working knowledge of another official UN language
• Experience with MS Word, Excel and office software; ATLAS experience is an asset

Required skills

• Administration and procurement processes
• Confidential work handling a large volume of tasks
• Data extraction and interpretation
• Prioritisation and multi-tasking