Maintain and operate quality and efficient communication services through handling incoming/outgoing calls,mail, and fax correspondence.
Assist team members in administrative rules and regulations pertaining to the interpretation and submission of various admin forms, mail delivery form, expense payment form, Miscellaneous Expense Payment form, petty cash form, etc.
Receive guests and visitors, provide assistance and appropriate information, and/or facilitate their visit as per schedule provided.
Assist the office attendant in photocopying, duplicating, binding, and distributing materials, correspondence, and documents to Addis-based staff as needed.
Send and receive mails, parcels for official business through DHL, the Post Office, or hand-carried by staff or visitors, and check the payment for such services obtained.
Request procurement of staff communication both phone and internet on a monthly basis as per their monthly allowance.
Assist the Administrative Manager in coordinating travel arrangements like hotel booking and reservations for meeting rooms, internal and external, in accordance with the TechnoServe travel policy.
Assist the Senior Driver in coordinating vehicle arrangements in Addis.
Maintain enough stock of sanitary materials and refreshments (coffee and tea) in consultation with the Senior Admin Manager.
Maintain the petty cash fund and ensure timely replenishment.
Collect and update all information/emergency file related to the office list of interlocutors.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date contact lists of staff and clients using an Excel sheet and announce for all staff if there is a change.
Store Keeping:
- Receive items as per purchase order or dispatch note, and inspect their condition. Report items that are missing or in bad condition and to the Admin Manager.
Support the office attendant by issuing and receiving store items only upon proper authorization, and by maintaining accurate bin and stock cards with updated balances after each transaction.
Register all fixed items in the asset register book, update the register after every issuance, disposal, transfer, or receipt of all fixed assets.
Assist in the clearance process when employment of staff terminates by ensuring all materials under the custody of the existing staff is returned.
Handle other assignments assigned by the supervisor as required.
Skills Required
- Intermediate communication skills
What We Do
TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. We are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital and markets. Our work is rooted in the idea that hardworking people can generate income, jobs and wealth for their families and communities. With five decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives. Our success in creating business solutions to poverty is due in large part to our talented and highly committed team. TechnoServe employs more than 1,500 people, the vast majority of them host-country nationals working in the field. Our staff combine business expertise with local knowledge, relationships, and context to help hardworking men and women generate income, jobs and wealth for their families and communities. In 2020, TechnoServe's work helped transform the lives of 1.3 million people in Puerto Rico as well as countries throughout Africa, Latin American, and Asia by targeting improvements in farms, businesses, and industries. Learn more about our impact at www.technoserve.org/impact








