Workshop and Meeting Assistant

Job Description

Join our team as a Result of Service in Bonn, where you will play a crucial role in facilitating delegate participation for Global Mechanism conferences and meetings. 🌍 Your responsibilities will include managing notifications, travel, visa arrangements, and ensuring smooth registration and accreditation processes for participants. You’ll work closely with the Global Mechanism unit to support countries in their efforts to combat desertification and land degradation, making an impact on a global scale. The position is expected to last for 9 months from August 2025 to August 2026. If you have a background in administrative support within international organizations and fluency in English (with knowledge of additional UN languages being a plus), we encourage you to apply! 📅🌐

Only individuals who can act as independent, individual economical operators are qualified to apply. Individuals who can provide their services only on account of an institution or enterprise are not eligible under this procedure. Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations Secretariat and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultant and individual contractor is responsible for determining tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.