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United Nations Resident Coordinator System Chief, Country Business Strategies Section United States RCS Jobs 2024

United Nations Resident Coordinator System looking for “Chief, Country Business Strategies Section”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 09-Aug-24.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator System has published a job vacancy announcement on 27-Jun-24 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Chief, Country Business Strategies Section to be based in New York, United States. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: United Nations Resident Coordinator System

Job Title: Chief, Country Business Strategies Section

Duty Station: New York, United States

Country: United States

Application Deadline: 09-Aug-24

Responsibilities:

Within delegated authority, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties: I. Programme strategy, development, and implementation ? Provides advisory and secretariat support to the Co-Chairs of the Business Innovations Group, and relevant subsidiary bodies. ? Leads, supervises and carries out the work programme of the section under his/her responsibility. Co-ordinates the work carried out by the different units under the section; provides programmatic/substantive reviews of the drafts prepared by others. ? Co-ordinates and oversees the preparation of reports for presentation to committees and intergovernmental bodies. ? Leads and supervises the organization of meetings, seminars, etc. Manages the substantive preparation and organization of such meetings or seminars. ? Directs resources to enable UNDCO to deliver effective support to operationalize the UNSDG Efficiency Roadmap and in improving and optimizing UN internal business process transformation with the aim of accelerating efficiency and cost effectiveness. ? Guides coordinated and timely support to the BIG in each work-stream, drawing attention to strategic issues and opportunities as required and ensuring coordination across different task teams. ? Alerts the Chief, Business Management Branch, and UNDCO senior management on implications and leadership of the Resident Coordinator (RC) system on advancing system-wide efficiencies and engages with relevant DCO managers and RCs to enable effective implementation. ? Ensures consistency of conceptual strategy development and management of the implementation of overall strategies in line with agency / departmental policies and procedures, including implications for the RC system in line with UN Secretariat requirements. ? Enables quality support to the United Nations Country Teams (UNCT) through support to the BIG for formulation and implementation of guidance and monitoring on BOS, Global shared Services and Common Back Offices implementation. ? Ensures well-functioning and responsive data systems to monitor and report on UN development system business operations, enabling accurate and timely data through relevant platforms such as UN INFO, as well as platforms supporting the BOS, CBO and Common Premises. ? Engages in UN-wide processes to improve innovative approaches on harmonization, optimisation, and consolidation set by business private sectors. II. Communications and reporting ? Prepares regular, strategic updates for the UNSDG Chair and Principals on progress and challenges on implementation of the Efficiency Roadmap, identifying key actions to be taken. ? Enables effective DCO support for specific initiatives and related consultations. ? Serves as an effective spokesperson and establishes collaboration and partnerships with senior officials inside and outside the Organization. Leads field missions, including provision of guidance to government officials, external consultants and other parties, as appropriate. ? Represents the Organization at inter-agency meetings and seminars, providing programmatic and substantive expertise relating to business efficiencies and harmonization. ? Provides substantive input in the preparation of position papers and ensures high-quality reporting for the annual report of the Secretary-General on QCPR implementation, including the processes of collection of data from UNSDG entities on the various efficiency agenda workstreams. III. Management ? Leads the DCO Country Business Strategies section, including its work-planning, budgeting, financial and human resource management, promoting teambuilding and ensuring a professionally rewarding working environment for staf., ensuring effective coordination and collaboration with other sections of the Business Management Branch. ? Ensures that progress reports and briefings are provided internally as well as to the BIG and relevant task teams, and provides key inputs to Senior Management and UNSDG deliberations on improvements going forward. ? Reviews and reorients the work programme and workplan as necessary to respond to evolving needs stemming from relevant BIG and DCO SMT decisions and field offices exigencies, in lines with new priorities and feedback. ? Identifies and implements measures that support sound project planning and implementation. ? Defines and adopts measure that ensure monitoring of progress and reporting on achievements and results. Monitors and controls programme and project budgeting and expenditures, including from possible external funds and counterpart contributions. ? Leads team members efforts to collect and analyze data and provides insight to identify trends or patterns for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting. Ensures that everyone can discover, access, integrate and share the data they need. ? Performs other related duties as required.