Publishing Assistant At United Nations – APPLY NOW

• Job TypeFull Time
• QualificationKCSE
• Experience5 years
• LocationNairobi
• Job FieldMedia / Advertising / Branding 

Responsibilities

• Participates, as a member of a team, in operating digital printing equipment.
• Operates the digital printing equipment in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Takes responsibility for identifying hazardous tasks/operations in accordance with the guidelines set out in the SOPs and follows environmental guidelines and recommendations set out by the environmental management review team.
• Operates finishing equipment attached to digital printing equipment.
• Receives jobs in a variety of formats, e.g. PDF or native file (Adobe Creative Suite).
• Interfaces, as required, with the Publishing Section Team Leads to ensure a complete understanding of the job.
• Maintains knowledge to observe health and safety practices requirements of job and equipment.
• Maintains a clean and well-organized work area.
• Informs supervisor of equipment problems.
• Performs operator level maintenance on the digital printing equipment in accordance with manufacturer/vendor’s specifications.
• Monitors and manages inventory of supplies. Orders and stocks supplies as instructed by supervisor.
• Assists more junior staff as required.
• Rotates in shifts, as well as weekend on-call duties, as needed.
• Depending on the needs of the service, availability for overtime is expected.
• Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing, responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision making.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Education

• Completion of high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Supplementary training in digital printing technologies including equipment operations is required.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in pre-press and digital printing is required.
• The minimum years of relevant experience is reduced by (2) years for candidates who possess a first level University degree.
• Experience in the use of digital booklet finishing Units, digital paper cutters, die cutting equipment and thermal wide format laminators is required.
• Experience in the use of UV LED Flat bed large format printers and latex large format printers is desirable.
• One (1) year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to United Nations on careers.un.org to apply.