Job Vacancy - ForestAction (a NGO)

ForestAction is a Nepali NGO working in the field of environmental governance and rural livelihoods since 2000. Its mission is to transform policies, institutions and practices towards economically productive, socially equitable and environmentally sustainable natural resources management. Its professional team comes from environmental governance, natural resource managemnet and rural livelihoods.

Job Position: Office Secretary cum Graphic Designer
No. of vacancies: 1
Job Location: Kathmandu
Deadline to apply: December 05, 2012

Educational Description:

Completion of 10+2 or Bachelor’s Degree preferably in management;

Job Specification:

- Working experience as a secretary or Graphic designer preferably with the government and donor organizations, development agencies and programmes;
- Experience in general office administration including dealing with the public;
- Working knowledge of Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, power point, e-mail, Internet  and graphic design packages (freehand, Photoshop, PageMaker) and excellent ability to type both English and Nepali;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skill in both English and Nepali; and
- Good interpersonal skill.

Job Description:

Overall responsibility of the position will be to carryout communication and secretarial functions and handle the ForestAction reception and publication desktop design. Besides these, the office secretary cum graphic designer must be able to carry out the full range of normal office administration tasks. Under overall guidance and direct supervision of the Administration Head, s/he will be responsible for the following administrative and secretarial functions:

- Necessary official correspondence including official letters and e-mail;
- Provide support in resource centre and library management;
- Provide support in logistic management;
- Make travel and accommodation arrangements;
- Secretarial, reception and documentation work;
- Assist project leaders in preparing and formatting documents/reports as per the requirements of the  government and/or donors;
- Assist in providing logistic and administrative support for workshops/seminars and meetings organised by ForestAction and its project teams;
- Nepali typing and journals, books, leaflets and reports designing
- Undertake other related tasks as assigned by the Admin Head, Executive Coordinator and Project Leaders.

ForestAction Nepal provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or marital status.

Interested candidates must submit their updated CV with cover letter to amrit@forestaction.org or fa@forestaction.org. The submission deadline is within office time on 05 December 2012.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a test and interview. The selection will be solely based on qualifications, professional experience and performance of the candidate during test/interview.