Leads the United Nations Development Coordination Office's (UNDCO) regional coordination support to Resident Coordinators, ensuring effective horizontal collaboration across the UN Development System and advancing collaboration with regional mechanisms.
A minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressively responsible experience in development cooperation coordination is required, including at least ten (10) years in senior leadership roles in international settings involving interagency and/or inter-organizational collaboration. A minimum of five (5) years of field experience in development cooperation is required, along with demonstrated experience in leading strategy and/or policy formulation in the area of development coordination. Substantive international development experience is required, including demonstrated engagement with public-private sector interfaces, SDG financing, and innovation. Experience in leading organizational reform and/or change management is required, including performance management of senior managers in multicultural environments and integrating gender equality/inclusion. Experience in overseeing both programmatic and administrative functions necessary for the effective operation of a large and complex organizational unit is required. Experience in managing budgets in a development cooperation context, with demonstrated risk awareness and exposure to complex, humanitarian and/or conflict settings, is desirable. Experience as a United Nations Resident Coordinator or demonstrated substantive knowledge of the UN Resident Coordinator system, the United Nations system more broadly, or a comparable international organization, is desirable. Experience working in the Arab region is an advantage. Experience in the application of digital, data, foresight, and/or behavioral science tools and approaches in development contexts is desirable. Experience in strategic resource mobilization and partnership-building, including with governments, the private sector, international financial institutions, and/or civil society, is desirable. A minimum of five (5) years of experience in a regional or sub-regional capacity, coordinating development actions across multiple countries and involving interagency and/or inter-organizational collaboration, is desirable.
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in international relations or public administration, law, social sciences or related area. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
