Resident Coordinator (South Africa), D2

The UN Resident Coordinator System seeks a Resident Coordinator in Pretoria to represent the UN, lead the country team and Cooperation Framework, align system-wide support with South Africa's priorities, build high-level partnerships, mobilize financing and oversee humanitarian, security and office leadership duties.

• Represent the United Nations at the highest levels and engage government, diplomatic and national partners
• Lead the UN country team, Cooperation Framework, joint analysis and Sustainable Development Goal delivery
• Coordinate system-wide development support and peace-humanitarian-development-human-rights linkages
• Build strategic partnerships and mobilize financing for joint priorities
• Promote human rights, gender equality, inclusion, safeguarding and preventive action
• Manage the Resident Coordinator's Office and inter-agency security arrangements where designated

• A master's degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification in a relevant field, or an accepted first degree with suitable qualifications and experience
• More than 15 years of substantive international leadership experience
• At least five cumulative years of relevant country-level work outside the candidate's own country
• Previous Resident Coordinator experience or qualifying senior-level inter-agency coordination experience

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