Director Political Affairs UNO Latest Jobs In New York 2022

Duties & Responsibilities

• Contributes to the formulation of the Office’s overall strategies and policies by participating in various committees, preparing documents on policy issues, and acting, as required, in an advisory capacity to the USG; contributes to the overall executive direction and management of the Office’s activities and operations.
• Provides leadership to the development of innovative and/or change management programmes as well as the implementation of ODA’s Strategic Plan.
• Formulates and implements the substantive work programme of the Office under his/her supervision, determining priorities, and allocating resources for the completion of outputs and their timely delivery.
• Oversees the management of activities undertaken by the Office, ensuring that programmed activities are carried out in a timely fashion and coordinates work in the different areas both within the Office, and with other departments, organizations or entities of the United Nations System, donors and agencies as appropriate.
• Co-ordinates and oversees the preparation of reports for presentation to intergovernmental bodies such as the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budget Questions, Committee for Programme Coordination, the General Assembly and other policy-making organs, as appropriate.
• Reports to intergovernmental bodies on budget/programme performance or on programmatic/substantive issues, as appropriate, particularly those presented in annual reports.
• Ensures that the outputs produced by the Office maintain high-quality standards; that reports are clear, objective and based on comprehensive data. Ensures that all outputs produced by the Office under his/her supervision meet required standards before completion to ensure they comply with the relevant mandates.
• Undertakes or oversees the programmatic/administrative tasks necessary for the functioning of the Office, including preparation of budgets, assigning and monitoring of performance parameters and critical indicators, reporting on budget/programme performance, preparation of inputs for results-based budgeting, evaluation of staff performance (PAS), interviews of candidates for job openings and evaluation of candidates.
• Oversees the recruitment of staff for Office taking due account geographical and gender parity and other factors related to diversity and inclusion.
• Manages, guides, develops and trains staff under his/her supervision; foster teamwork and communication among staff in the Office and across organizational boundaries.
• Chairs meetings, seminars, etc., on substantive-related issues; represents the Organization at international, regional, inter-agency meetings, seminars and conference; provides programmatic/substantive expertise on an issue, or holds programmatic/substantive and organizational discussions with representatives of other institutions.
• Perform other related duties as requested by the senior management of the Organization.

Compitencies

• Professionalism
• Communication
• Accountability
• Leadership
• Judgement/Decision-making