
Chief, Corporate Performance and Accountability Unit
Category | Grade:Professional | P-5Deadline:7 Aug 2026Job ID:35577Posted on:17 Jul 2026
Overview
Leads integrated corporate performance, risk, accountability and governance functions to strengthen organisational effectiveness across UN Women. The role aligns performance monitoring, oversight follow-up and institutional change with strategic planning and senior decision-making.
Department: Strategy, Planning, Results, and Effectiveness Division
Languages
Required: English
Desired: Another UN language
Job Functions
- Strategy and Organisational Performance
- Compliance, Ethics and Risk
Minimum Experience
10 years
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Lead implementation of the organisational effectiveness and efficiency component of the Strategic Plan
- Align strategic planning, performance monitoring, risk management and accountability mechanisms
- Lead quarterly business reviews and annual organisational-effectiveness reporting
- Oversee follow-up to internal audit recommendations and other oversight findings
- Integrate enterprise risk information into planning, resource allocation and senior decisions
- Advise senior management and offices on governance, accountability and organisational effectiveness
- Lead organisational-design, restructuring and business-transformation initiatives
- Manage divisional resources and provide quality assurance for management submissions
Requirements
- Master’s degree in business administration, management, computer science, economics, international development or a related field
- First-level university degree with 2 additional years of qualifying experience may substitute for the advanced degree
- At least 10 years of experience in business transformation, change management or organisational development in a large or international institution
- Experience developing strategy or leading business-transformation processes for a global organisation
- Experience in management, administration, business processes, accountability or related fields
Skills
Corporate Performance ManagementEnterprise Risk ManagementOrganisational DevelopmentChange ManagementStrategic PlanningCorporate GovernanceBusiness Transformation
Tools
Business Intelligence ToolsData Analytics ToolsOnline Collaboration Tools
Additional info
- Supervises a team of 5, including 3 direct reports