Recruitment Administration Intern
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
- Location:
- Amman, Jordan
- Grade:
- I-1
- Category:
- General Staff
Posted Oct 14, 2026Apply by Oct 27, 2026 (5d left)
See your match score & applyThe Recruitment Administration Intern supports the Recruitment Centre in managing HR recruitment functions, data entry, coordination of recruitment activities, and administrative tasks. The intern gains hands-on experience in recruitment workflows, HR systems, and talent acquisition processes within a humanitarian organization.
Responsibilities
- Provides substantive support in the management of HR recruitment functions, ensuring compliance with applicable Staff Regulations and Rules, Personnel Directives and other instructions.
- Enters and reviews data and transactions related to HR services in various Human Resources Information systems such as INSPIRA, eservice etc., including supporting system improvements, configuration updates, and implementations; checks discrepancies and coordinates with other staff members as necessary for resolution; responsible for monitoring and reporting on HR statistics, monitors data entry.
- Develops, maintains, and updates relevant databases or spreadsheets and contributes to its design; prepares, consolidates and updates relevant statistical reports as requested; monitors various records, forms and tables for accuracy and reports issues to supervisor.
- Assists in day-to-day operations of recruitment services and activities, including preparing Job Openings, screening applicants, inviting for tests and interviews, participating in interviews as HR ex-officio; coordinates and follows up on administrative arrangements including archiving, support in e-recruitment system and preparing statistical reports.
- Researches, extracts relevant facts, background information and practices; analyses and presents information with recommendations; supports ad hoc HR projects.
- Responds and drafts responses to a wide range of correspondences, queries and other communications as assigned; produces documents and reports using standard word processing packages.
- Coordinates with other Units within the Department or other Departments in relation to HR functions; prepares regular and ad-hoc reports, including basic translation from Arabic to English and vice versa as required.
- Performs office management and administrative functions in support of the centre.
Requirements
- Applicants must be students who are currently enrolled in, or recently graduated (within one year of start date) from a graduate programme (second university degree or equivalent from an accredited educational institution), or the final year of a first university degree (minimum bachelor's level from an accredited educational institution) in Human Resources, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Public Administration, Psychology, or related fields.
- Advanced English language skills is required.
- Knowledge of Arabic or other UN languages is an asset.
- Strong organizational and administrative skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); familiarity with SharePoint is an asset.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, multicultural team environment.
- Discretion and ability to handle confidential information.
Skills
- Recruitment Administration
- HR Recruitment
- Data Entry
- Recruitment Coordination
- Administrative Support
- Talent Acquisition
- HR Systems and Databases
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Word
- Excel
- Power Point
- SharePoint Development
- Organizational Skills
- Administrative Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Multitasking
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Confidentiality Management
Languages
English, Arabic