UN Women: Management Specialist

Background:

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

In line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, General Assembly resolution 72/279 on the repositioning of the United Nations Development System, and the evaluation of UN Women’s Regional Architecture in 2017, UN Women has been reviewing its current organizational structure to further solidify its operating and implementation model in order to break silos and improve the delivery of our mandate in an integrated manner.

Under the supervision of the Business Transformation Advisor, the Management Specialist is responsible for providing technical support to Organizational Performance Management, Evidence Based & Risk informed Corporate Decision Making through Data Analytics. Responsibilities include developing comprehensive, cross-cutting corporate analysis and decision-making tools through forward looking data modelling, forecasting and scenario planning; managing business intelligence, data management and reporting for strategic planning and organizational development purposes; coordinating with stakeholders across UN Women to reach consensus on data management and data analysis; and developing and disseminating knowledge management products in the area of corporate data analysis and management.

This is a temporary position for a duration of 364 days through to 30 December 2025. Whereas an external candidate will be offered a temporary appointment, subject to release agreements, staff members in UN Women may be administered as a temporary assignment and staff members in the UN Common system may be administered under a loan arrangement.

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

Lead the design, development and provision of tools that will support decision making:

• Develop or improve solutions for gaps and needs, as it relates to data and tools.
• Develop or improve solutions on technical tools that are instrumental for strengthening the organization.
• Develop and strengthen technical abilities, in order to ensure analysis mechanisms are well integrated in work and processes.
• Develop and strengthen tools and data models to directly support UN Women's forward looking management efforts.

Lead and manage UN Women's internal management mechanism:

• Lead and ensure preparations (requirements, data preparation, analysis etc.) for management reviews.
• Lead in the creation of reports, presentations, data visualizations.
• Ensure that materials are effective and appropriate for high-level management review.
• Facilitate management review processes and support all UN Women Regions, Countries and HQ in their respective reviews.
• Steward and support continuous improvement efforts, as a result of identified findings from management review mechanisms.

Support (and lead as appropriate) on special corporate projects with technical capacity:

• Support and lead and ensure preparations (requirements, data preparation, analysis etc.) for management reviews.
• Support and lead in organizational roll-outs.
• Support and lead in developing indicators of success measurement.
• Support, lead and steward continuous improvement efforts.

Lead and manage UN Women's Organizational Effectiveness & Efficiency elements:

• Oversee and coordinate all aspects related to the UN Women OEE framework, ensuring the management of diverse stakeholder interests.
• Provide support and technical expertise for change management and business transformation projects, either as a project lead or team member, as needed.
• Enhance the capacity for data analysis and management wherever possible.
• Support development of the OEE dimension of the forthcoming UN Women Strategic Plan, including organization-wide liaising with stakeholders.
• Support, lead and develop key organizational indicators for the forthcoming UN Women Strategic Plan’s Integrated Results and Resources Framework (IRRF).

Lead and support on increasing leverage of UN Women data and systems:

• Ensure that more organization data finds its way into intelligence sources, and offers added value for decision making.
• Ensure that definitions are established and increased corporate literacy and understanding of these are increased.
• Where possible, to develop or find new metrics that provide added intelligence to corporate performance.
• Show leadership in guiding team efforts in a concise and clear direction.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Functional Competencies:

• Proven understanding of UN Women’s mandate on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective analytical outputs.
• Demonstrated leadership in strengthening processes.
• Knowledge of data tools and platforms related to data management, business intelligence, web applications, and software development.
• Ability to lead and manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously, with the ability to prioritize and deliver.
• Ability to identify and analyze clients' needs and develop appropriate solutions to meet business requirements.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate messages to different audiences.

Recruitment Qualifications:

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in information technology, computer science, business administration or other related discipline is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with 2 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the master’s degree.
• APMG Prince2, MSP or similar certification an asset.
• APMG Change Management (Foundation/Practitioner) or similar a strong asset.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in data management, analysis and modeling with both quantitative and qualitative data is required.
• Experience in handling a Business Intelligence Suite (e.g. MS Power BI, Google Looker Studio, Tableau or similar) required.
• Experience in systems analysis / business intelligence experience required.
• Experience in data management in multiple diverse domains (i.e. not just in one domain e.g. HR, Procurement, Finance etc.) is desirable.
• Experience in change management is desirable.
• Experience in forecasting/predictive analytics concepts is desirable.
• Experience in international organization contexts is desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Fluency in French is desirable.
• Knowledge of another UN official language(s) is desirable (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.