Org. Setting and Reporting
- Responsibilities
- Under the overall supervision of the Travel Supervisor, the Travel Assistant will be responsible for the following duties: - Calculates airfare, excess baggage entitlements, terminal expenses, daily subsistence allowance for staff and dependents traveling on missions, etc. - Provides information to staff and consultants on the most direct and economical route, and plans routings and itineraries plus the most economical airfare rates for such travel as permitted by the rules and regulations. - Provides information on rates and travel schedules for specific itineraries - Contacts airlines or travel agency to make reservations at least expensive fares, and requests issuance of tickets. - Initiates requests for visas. - Reviews of travel claims and supporting documentation for completeness, accuracy, reasonableness, validity, and conformity with UN Rules. - Advises substantive offices, travelers, and other relevant staff of arrival information, requesting arrangements to be made accordingly for traveler. - 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. - Coordinates with regional UN offices to complete travel requests in accordance with regional cost recovery agreements,



ensuring client orientation and effective communication - Assists with visualizations and updating information material such as web pages or brochures.
- Competencies
- Education
- Job - Specific Qualification
- Supplemental technical university courses in a field of travel, administration, tourism, hospitality management, or related fields is required.
- Work Experience
- Languages
- English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Spanish is a working language of ECLAC. For the position advertised, fluency in both English and Spanish is required; Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable. Knowledge of the second language (English/Spanish) will be tested, unless it can be supported by a certificate from a recognized institution.
- Assessment
- Applicants will be assessed based on the information provided in their APs. Short-listed applicants might be contact by the Hiring Manager for further assessment.
- Special Notice
- United Nations Considerations
- No Fee
- THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

📌 Travel Assistant (Ciudad de México)
🏢 United Nations
📍 Ciudad de México