The Editorial Associate will assist in the development, production and of print and digital editions of the UNFPA Annual Report and the flagship UNFPA State of World Population report, serve as secretariat to the inter-divisional UNFPA Publishing Group, administer contracts and budgets, support the development and maintenance of a photo library and serve as photo researcher and editor.

The incumbent provides senior level communication, administrative, organizational and operational support to the Regional Director in close collaboration, and under the supervision of the Special Assistant to the Director. The incumbent supports the day to day functioning of the Regional Director’s Office by effectively managing the Director’s schedule; maintaining the correspondence and filing system; providing timely logistical support, including documents and files for meetings and missions, and coordinating the administrative services of the office.

The PA provides senior level communications, administrative and secretarial support, maintaining full confidentiality in all aspects of assignment, maintenance of protocol procedures, information flow and follow-up on deadlines and commitments made. The PA also provides organizational functions to the CO in terms of: providing effective communications support; ensuring facilitation of knowledge building and management; providing logistical support; and coordinating the secretarial services.

The incumbent will provide support to Country Offices and Headquarters units in the areas of accounting; finance and accounting policies application; Atlas (UNFPAs PeopleSoft-Based Enterprise Resource Planning system) processing; and other financial management matters.