View Vacancy - Estates Officer AO x 2 (11/22 KSH)
Main purpose of job:
This is an interesting and stretching position operating within the British Embassy Kinshasa’s (BEK) core Estates Management Team. The position will focus on providing timely and effective administrative support to the Estates Team, with a specific focus on supporting direct property management of our staff accommodation. It may also include providing support in the management of BEK’s warehouse. To do this job well, you will need to build and maintain good relationships with BEK staff, with the Landlord’s technical maintenance staff and also with contacts for the procurement suppliers that we use. We are looking for a person who is: · Dynamic and enthusiastic about their job · Proactive and approachable · Patient and understanding in dealing with others · Focussed on good customer care Able to apply their best judgement to work without constant supervision while knowing when to escalate issues when they arise
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· Experience of building good internal and external relationships and working well across teams. · An ability to be proactive and managing your own workload well – even when there is pressure. · A flexible approach to your work in general, with experience of adapting quickly to changing priorities. · Good organisational skills and the ability to complete your tasks on time. · A working knowledge of all Microsoft Office suite of programmes (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.). |
· Experience of working in a multicultural environment. · Familiar with HERA or similar systems. |
Learning and development opportunities: There are opportunities to undertake learning and development on the job. This might include opportunities for formal training or job-shadowing etc. Learning and development will be discussed with the successful applicant upon appointment, and delivered in partnership with our Human Resource Hub in Pretoria where appropriate. |
Working patterns: The standard working schedule is 5 days per week, Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:00 and on Fridays, 08:00 to 14:00. Regular attendance at the office and visits to residential properties is required as part of this role. We will try to be as accommodating as possible, but the nature of this role means that some flexible working patterns cannot be accommodated. This role will also require some ad-hoc out of hours working when necessary.
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PLEASE NOTE THIS ADVERT IS FOR 2 POSITIONS, ONE IS A PERMANENT ROLE AND THE OTHER IS A FIXED TERM ROLE.
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- The British Embassy will never request any payment or fees to apply for a position.
- Employees recruited locally by the British Embassy in Kinshasa are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in Democratic Republic of Congo.
- 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 British Embassy does not sponsor visas/work permits except where it may be local practice to do so.
- Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.
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- Reference checking and security clearances will be conducted on successful candidates.
This opportunity is closed to applications.