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Career Opportunity

YPP provides equal opportunity to all qualified female & male including the physically challenged candidates.

Administrative Assistant
Last Date: Friday 18th March, 2016
Background:
Youth Parliament of Pakistan (YPP) is a non-profit, non-political, and non-religious organization.
The main objective of YPP is to foster and transform talent and excellence of adolescents and
youth of Pakistan into tangible action and community service.

Project Title: Empower Youth for Work


Empower Youth for Work promotes a positive enabling environment for youth, especially young
women, to thrive, achieve their potential and contribute to their community. The program focuses
on communities hardest hit by climate change.
There will be better economic prospects through improvements in the job market, better support
and opportunities for youth entrepreneurs; access to better training that enables them to benefit
from these opportunities, including soft, technical and vocational training; an improved social
and political enabling environment that recognizes the contribution youth can make to society and
the economy. We propose to launch an integrated, innovative program collaborating with
stakeholders in private, public and civil society sectors to create new, improved, sustainable
models for youth inclusion in employment, training, youth group support, business development
services and access to finance; community and mass media campaign activities designed to change
norms and policies that hinder opportunities for youth.
Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides administrative and clerical support to the process of preparation and drafting of
project ideas, work plans, budgets and progress reports.
Maintains all proper filing system. Select information and records in specified format or
on the basis of general instructions for use by others in preparing reports, correspondence,
technical papers, project or programme plans and general reference documents.
Administration, including maintaining records and files;
Human Resources, including maintaining attendance and leave records;
Procurement, including getting quotations and tracking deliveries;
Career Opportunity

Assists in the preparation of documents for use in the formulation of the work plans,
progress reports and periodic reviews with national counterparts.
Assists in the development of contacts with different stakeholders.
Maintain and assists in the updating of internal records of donor assistance
Assistance in the organization of seminars, workshops and training activities
Assists in the preparation of terms of reference, programmes and logistics for visiting
experts, missions, delegations, and donor representatives through liaison with local staff
and government authorities.
Makes travel and hotel reservations, prepares travel orders and assembles information
pertinent to the purpose of travel.
Assist in procurement processes and proper assets management, monitoring, recording and
disposal.
Performs other duties (such as general correspondence, attendance at meetings, minutes of
meetings, reports, follow-up, etc.) as required.
Office Management, including stock control
Finance, including managing petty cash vouchers and preparing direct payment request.
Translating and interpreting as required.
Purchase office supplies on competitive basis and store for issuance.
Develop Fixed asset register and update as and when required

Qualifications:

Intermediate or similar qualifications desirable.


Enthusiasm to learn the role.
Experience with computers or non-formal IT experience.
Experience working in an office environment, ideally clerical experience.
Previous experience in administration advantageous.
Three years working experience.
Good written and spoken English is essential.
Honest and trustworthy
Excellent interpersonal skills.

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