Pay and conditions
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Job Description
Directs UN Women’s global talent-management, workforce-planning, leadership-development and organisational-design agenda. The role leads a specialist branch, builds workforce analytics and succession capabilities, transforms performance and career development, and steers organisation-wide change.
Key Details
Department
Talent Management, Leadership Development and Organizational Design Branch
Position details
Experience level
Senior
Minimum experience
10 years
Category
Professional
Grade
P-5
Arrangement
Onsite
Education
Bachelor degree or equivalent
Recruitment scope
International
Job areas
Language Requirements
Required
English
Desired
Spanish or French, Another official language
Summary of Responsibilities
- Direct an integrated talent-management strategy aligned with UN Women’s workforce priorities
- Institutionalise talent analytics and strategic workforce-planning capabilities
- Shape workforce strategies for staffing models, talent deployment and development
- Transform performance management towards continuous skills growth and multi-source feedback
- Oversee coaching, mentoring, career advisory and developmental-assignment programmes
- Set learning and professional-development priorities and oversee funding allocation
- Establish a shared leadership model, leadership programmes and succession-planning framework
- Lead three HR specialists and one administrative staff member with delegated authority
Role Requirements
- Master's degree or equivalent in human resources, business administration, public administration, organizational development or a related field, or a first-level degree with two additional years of experience
- At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in human resources or workforce management
- Experience in talent management and organisational-development or change interventions
- Experience leading and managing personnel in international settings
- Experience using computers, office software, spreadsheets, databases and analytical software
- Fluency in English
Desired Criteria
- Professional certification in HR Management, Talent Management or Talent Analytics
- Experience enhancing performance-management systems
- Experience in workforce planning
- Experience using a modern web-based ERP system, preferably Oracle Cloud
Skills to Have
Tools Knowledge
Additional info
- Fixed-term international appointment
- Supervises three professional staff and one support staff
- Previously submitted applications remain valid and do not need to be resubmitted
Source & verification
IGO Jobs sourced this vacancy from UN Women Careers, on 10 Aug 2026.