Site Maintenance Assistant G3
World Food Programme
- Location:
- Harare, Zimbabwe
- Grade:
- G3
- Category:
- General Staff
Posted Sep 17, 2026Apply by Oct 1, 2026 (9d left)
See your match score & applyThe Site Maintenance Assistant G3 performs a variety of site maintenance tasks to support a safe, comfortable, and reliable working environment. Responsibilities include preventive maintenance, portering and cleaning services, plumbing repairs, inventory management, reporting, and providing technical guidance to contractors.
Responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate and provide a variety of site maintenance and installation works, to ensure preventive maintenance (e.g., for generators, water heaters, water pumps, etc.) is carried out regularly ensuring well-functioning equipment.
- Coordinate and/or provide portering and cleaning services (e.g., moving assets, reorganizing/installing workstations, assisting in setting up conference/meeting/event locations, removing waste materials, emergency cleaning, etc.), to support organized and safe work environment.
- Perform regular and ad hoc installations, repairs and maintenance of plumbing systems and components, to ensure all installations meet established safety standards.
- Assist in maintaining accurate inventory records through physical check and maintenance of lists/database, and arrange disposal of identified equipment and materials, strictly following WFP assets management guidelines.
- Compile and provide accurate reports on works undertaken, services provided, materials procured and used for installations/repairs including accurate generator fuel logbooks, to support accurate accounting and enable efficient planning for future works/services.
- Provide technical guidance to external contractors during specific maintenance schedules, to enable efficient and cost-effective services.
- Support supervisor in evaluating installation/repair works, compare prices of materials, and contribute to planning of future preventive maintenance works, to contribute to efficient and cost-effective site maintenance services.
Requirements
- Completion of secondary school education.
- Three or more years of related experience in site maintenance and record keeping procedures, and at least one year at G2 level or equivalent.
- Knowledge of machine operations and use of cleaning materials/solutions.
- Ability to operate and maintain equipment and supplies in good working order.
- Knowledge of safety precautions.
- Ability to multi-task and respond simultaneously and in a timely fashion to job requirements.
- Ability to handle a large volume of work quickly and accurately under time constraints.
- Ability to maintain accurate and precise records.
- High sense of responsibility and punctuality.
- Honesty and integrity.
- Ability to draft correspondence and write and spell correctly.
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Ability to work in all weather conditions.
- Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language, if different.
Skills
- Website Maintenance
- Records Keeping
- Machine Operation
- Use of Cleaning Materials
- Basic Equipment Maintenance
- Safety Precautions
- Multi-tasking Skills
- Time Management
- Accurate Record Keeping
- Drafting Correspondence
- Technical Writing
- Inventory Management
- Preventive Maintenance
- Plumbing Repairs
- Contractor Coordination
- Portering Services
Languages
English