The Position:
The post is located in the Career Development and Mobility Programs Branch, Division for Human Resources (DHR) in New York. The HR Specialist, Organizational Design and Talent Management reports to the Chief, Career Development and Mobility Programmes Branch.
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Job Purpose:
The HR Specialist designs, executes and/or supports HR related Organizational Design (OD) interventions and change management initiatives applying sound organization development methods and guiding on HR initiatives/realignments. This includes competency modeling, job analysis, and talent mobility.
Following the launch of UNFPA’s 2030 People Strategy and the new Career & Performance Management IT system, this HR Specialist will also support the alignment of talent management practices such as performance management with talent reviews and learning and development, strengthening the linkages between employee performance and organizational results.
Requirements:
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
An advanced university degree from an accredited university in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Administration or other relevant social sciences.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Five years of progressively responsible relevant experience, some of which should be in a company with global presence or an international organization;
- Strong demonstrated capabilities in the delivery of organizational performance improvement through people performance in a complex multicultural environment;
- Strong track record in performance management, talent management and / or organizational design or development interventions;
- Strong collaboration, communication and influencing skills;
- Demonstrated success in project management;
- Demonstrated success in process facilitation;
- Proven success in change management interventions in international environments;
- Strong analytical skills;
- Ability to quickly build credibility;
Languages:
Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable.
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