Overview
The Director, Office of Human Resources leads the provision of HR business focused services, delivering best practice HR services and interventions that deliver results. The role ensures the availability of a highly skilled, aligned, and engaged workforce to deliver today and tomorrow.
Key Responsibilities
- Defines the global vision and strategic direction of the organization’s human-resources-management practice.
- Exercises thought leadership, introduces and originates methods and systems to align talent.
- Ensures the provision of critical business reporting, information and insight to senior management on workforce trends.
- Identifies risks and ensures quality assurance for all people processes and systems.
- Establishes the parameters and provides strategic direction to the work programmes and strategies of the accountable areas of the Office of Human Resources.
- Oversees the administration of the Resident Representative assessment, selection and placement processes.
- Provides technical leadership to the HR community.
- Provides crisis response as appropriate for people matters.
- Oversees and directs the planning, resources provision, management, operations, activities and change priorities of specialized team leaders.
- Approves the Office’s annual work plans.
- Guides and shapes the development and implementation of updated HR systems, processes, and tools.
- Builds capability for HR expertise.
- Defines the vision and establishes methods for building and maintaining strategic partnerships.
- Positions UNDP as a leader in UN Human Resources reform.
- Works with HR colleagues in UN sister agencies.
- Serves as UNDP's principal representative with the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), the HR Directors Forum and other policy making bodies.
- Supports the management of the strategic partnership with the Staff Association.
- Supports the Bureau for External Relations.
- Develops new partnerships for strategic alignments.
- Contributes to the design and delivery of a vision for management services.
- Works collaboratively with peers and colleagues to provide joined up services.
- Provides leadership across UNDP.
- Acts as a confidential and trusted advisor to the Administrator and Senior Executives.
- Provides authoritative, forward-looking advice concerning management strategies, services and systems design and implementation.
- Identifies areas for change and supports the transformation process.
- Demonstrates a commitment to the provision of quality services to clients.
- Provides leadership to support innovation, learning and knowledge sharing.
- Identifies and manages risk.
- Works collaboratively with UN System and external partners.
- Creates and promotes an enabling environment for open communication.
- Develops regional/global strategic partnerships and networks.
- Oversees the entire personnel of the Office of Human Resources.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible professional experience in Human Resources Management is required.
- At least 5 years of experience managing teams in a diverse workplace in private or public international organizations.
- Demonstrated professional expertise in Strategic Human Resources Management developed through significant experience at a senior level in large and complex organizations.
- Proven track record of excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and analytical skills is required.
- Proven track record of High level of integrity, professionalism, and discretion is required.
- Demonstrated ability to advise senior leadership and contribute to high-level decision-making is an advantage.
- Demonstrated experience of strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage large multi-cultural teams and engage effectively with stakeholders including donors, staff representatives, and interagency fora is desired.
- Familiarity with international development and the UN system is an advantage.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Human Resources, Public or Business Administration, Management or related field is required.
- OR A first level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the fields of study mentioned above, in combination with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience, which will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
