VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: 72069623R00005

Position Title: Administrative Assistant

Position Grade:  FSN-08

Annual Gross Salary Range: From 15,913,692 FRW to 26,019,190 FRW

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Vacancy Opens:  December 12, 2022

Applications Must Be Received By:  12:00 p.m. CAT, December 30, 2023

USAID/Rwanda seeks an Ordinarily Resident individual with the required work authorization for employment as an Administrative Assistant. USAID/Rwanda is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (Including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.  USAID encourages all individuals, including those from disadvantaged and underrepresented groups, to respond to the solicitation.

BASIC FUNCTION OF THE POSITION

The Administrative Assistant is located in the Office of the Mission Director. The Administrative Assistant serves as the personal assistant to the Mission Director, operating independently of any other position in the performance of the full range of secretarial, protocol, and administrative functions essential to the efficient operation of the Mission’s Front Office.  The Administrative Assistant is the primary contact person responsible for the Mission’s Front Office customer service to internal and external partners and other stakeholders, including Mission staff, contractors and grantees and potential contractors and grantees, Implementing Partners (IPs), host-government officials, the Embassy, USAID/Washington, and other customers. In this capacity, the Administrative Assistant is responsible for coordinating information about the USAID Mission and making sure that information gets to customers on a timely basis and in a professional manner.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

1. Education: Two or more years of post-secondary schooling in Secretarial Science or Business Administration, or other related field equivalent to a US junior college or community college diploma, is required.
2. Prior Work Experience: A minimum of five years of administrative or secretarial work experience, including experience gained in related work with a U.S. Government Agency, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), other donor organizations, host-government organizations, or private-sector institutions is required.
3. Language Proficiency: Level IV English is required.