Project Administrator (PA) for Research Projects, School of Sciences and Humanities

  • Full-time
  • Department: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Job Type: Administrative staff

Company Description

School of Sciences and Humanities

Job Description

1.       PA is imposed with the following functions:
1)       preparing the necessary documentation, organizing and conducting informative presentations on travel expenses and membership fees for School staff;
2)       providing consultation and methodological assistance to the School staff on issues related to business trips and membership fees within one's competence;
3)       interaction with structural divisions and subsidiaries of the university on supervised issues;
4)       conducting correspondence in the circle of one's functional duties;
5)       processing requests for business trips and membership fees received from the faculty of the School (hereinafter the “Faculty”), providing consultation on the possibility of filling out the necessary documentation for the relevant expenses;
6)       taking part in the formation (adjustment) of the annual (medium-term) budget of the School in the framework of the supervised area, with the collection and formation of supporting documents;
7)       monitoring of the implementation of the annual budget within the supervised direction and making proposals for adjustment;
8)       monitoring of the correctness of the reflection of expenses in the accounting system and consolidate with the Department of Finance to make adjustments;
9)       preparing reports on budget execution with explanatory notes with a full description of the reasons for deviations in the context of supervised item costs;
10)  including primary information into the database of faculty's research activities;
11)  timely and proper inclusion of data on the budget of the School into the information system for budgeting, and, if necessary, making suggestions for its improvement and further development;
2.       In order to fulfill abovementioned functions, PA executes following duties:
1)      observe the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the University`s internal documents;
3)       perform job duties in good faith;
4)       strictly respect labor and performance discipline;
5)       observe provision of the University`s mandatory internal documents;
6)       in case of dismissal or transfer to another position –pass all paper and digital information, to another person, specified by the Head, under act of acceptance-transfer, and submit the inventory assets to the accountable officers of the University.
 

Qualifications

Higher-professional, preferable from the higher education institutions with English language of instruction.
Priority specializations:
- Business Administration;
- Project Management;
- Management;
- Economics;
- Finance.
Required work experience is defined in accordance with standard qualifications for administrative positions at the autonomous organization of education Nazarbayev University.
 

Additional Information

- The University competency model;
- commitment to goals and values of the University;
- critical thinking;
- building effective relations;
- responsibility;
- interpersonal skills;
- teamwork skills;
- developed leadership skills;
- ability to work in multicultural environment


 

Recruitment and selection process
Recruitment and selection at Nazarbayev University include the following process: preliminary selection based on experience and qualifications, assessments (e.g. technical skills/capabilities, aptitude, personality, work samples, in-basket exercises, and informal interviews), and motivation.

Formal interviews form the final stage of the selection process.
They are typically based on organizational values and behaviors and conducted in English.
You are encouraged to share your views and values  to identify how they fit into  Nazarbayev University core values