View Vacancy - Accommodations Assistant (01/21 ADD)

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Estates

Main purpose of job:

Ensuring office and staff accommodation is fully furnished, estates inventory maintained and compliant with OneHMG (UK Government) accommodation standards and health and safety policies.  

Roles and responsibilities:

Warehousing and information management

  • Day to day maintenance of warehouse and float stores, keeping accurate inventory list of all estate assets - furniture, float and fittings.

  • Ensure adequate inventory cover for all estate accommodation and office needs. Advise Estate Manager on future needs and purchasing requirements.

  • Maintain correct information on Pyramid for the whole of estate and housing stock.

  • Completing disposal of goods in line with Post’s Disposal of Assets policy.

  • Maintain up to date electronic and hard copy filing systems.

Housing stock/Estate furnishing and maintenance

  • Furnish all the properties in accordance with OneHMG accommodation policy, ensuring required standard.

  • Manage individual property inventory lists, including float, furniture and fittings.  

  • Ensure furnishings and float items requested by officer are in place on arrival.

  • Ensure the officer signs and returns float list to accommodation section within three days of arrival.

  • Property checks on arrival and departure – ensuring inventory is correct and accounted for, notifying Estate Manager of damaged and missing items and ensuring the relevant officer is charged as appropriate.

  • Ensure all property is maintained to required standard and manage work request with TWG as required and ensure timely completion.

Resources managed (staff and expenditure):

Warehouse and float stores, rolling inventory

  • Class 3 Ethiopian Driving license

  • Customer Service Background in property or logistics

  • Language: Fluent in written and spoken English

  • Microsoft Office suite of applications, general computer and internet search engine skills
27 January 2021
Administrative Officer (AO)
Permanent
36
Africa
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
British Embassy
1
ETB 19,950.25
1 March 2021

Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):

All the FCDO Mandatory e-learnings should be completed. The individual should also complete Requisitioning & Receiving in Prism e-learning. There are also opportunities for learning and development Global Learning Opportunities (GLO) Network. 

Internal system courses and training:

  • Prism

  • Pyramid

Locally engaged staff of all grades will be entitled to paid annual leave as follows:
Up to 2 years 22 days
After 2 years services 25 days
After 5 years services 30 days

In addition to annual leave, the British Embassy observes up to a maximum number of 14 Ethiopian, British and Religious public holidays each year. A list of such Embassy holidays will be published each year. Office Staff required to work on these holidays will be granted time off in lieu or overtime where circumstances permit.

  • Please complete the application form in full as the information provided is used during screening.
  • Please check your application carefully before you submit, as no changes can be made once submitted.
  • The British Embassy will never request any payment or fees to apply for a position.
  • Employees recruited locally by the British Embassy in Addis Ababa are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in Ethiopia.
  • All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit. The responsibility lies on the successful candidate to;
    • Obtain the relevant permit
    • Pay the fees for the permit
    • Make arrangements to relocate
    • Meet the costs to relocation
  • Employees who are not eligible to pay local income tax: e.g. certain third-country nationals and spouses/partners of UK diplomats will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.
  • Information about the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Competency Framework can be found on this link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-competency-framework Please note:  Job grade AA=A1, AO=A2, EO=B3, HEO=C4, SEO=C5
  • Reference checking and security clearances will be conducted on successful candidates.
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