Administrative Officer

Vacancy Announcement

Practical Action invites applications for the position of Administrative Officer to work for Practical Action Office. 

About the role

The purpose of the position is to provide administrative support to Nepal Country Office and Cluster/project Offices by handling procurement, providing logistic support and keeping/reporting inventory of equipment/assets.

About you

You have willingness and enthusiasm to work in challenging and difficult situations. You have a proven experience in the administration and procurement. You have experience of team works and managing relationships with good networking and communication skills.

Why join us?

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values-driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

In addition, we offer the following benefits in addition to the Social Security Fund benefits in Nepal:

• Annual holiday entitlement is 18 days in addition to public holidays
• Agile working arrangements 
• Baby care room, flexible lactating hours for new mothers and appropriate arrangement for childminders

We treat all applications for employment fairly, regardless of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability. 

Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults, and candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing. To ensure that Practical Action meets its obligations of safer recruitment, appointment to positions within Practical Action will be subject to a satisfactory criminal check. Criminal checks will be conducted for all roles.

Interested candidates can download a detailed job description form from www.practicalaction.org/jobs.

Submit a cover letter along with job application form to hr@practicalaction.org.np by 4 June 2023.