HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

Org. Setting and Reporting

The Global Strategy and Policy Division serves as the central strategic authority for all matters pertaining to the management of human resources. It ensures that the Organization has the strategies, policies, frameworks and tools to attract, develop and retain a talented and diverse global workforce. It nurtures a culture of engagement, leadership and results. It provides policy, strategic and thought leadership, innovations and solutions for the end-to-end management of talent: from strategic workforce planning; talent acquisition; organizational and staff development and growth; performance management; including Organization-wide mobility and appropriate duty of care, for all Secretariat staff. The position is located in the Field Strategy and Conditions of Service Section (FSCS), Strategy and Policy Development Service (SPDS), Global Strategy and Policy Division (GSPD), Office of Human Resources (OHR), Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance (DMSPC). The Human Resources Officer reports to the Chief of Section.

Responsibilities

Strategy and policy development

• Develops innovative and modern new human resources (HR) policies, to meet the evolving needs of the Organization by making contributions to the implementation of the Secretary-General's agenda in areas such as the achievement of gender parity, the development of a family-friendly work place, recruitment and mobility, delegation of authority and enabling a flexible working environment;
• Conducts and/or leads the comprehensive review of existing human resources-related internal policies (Secretary-General's bulletins, Administrative Instructions, Information Circulars and OHR Policy Guidelines and Directives), with a view to streamline, simplify, consolidate, revise, amend or abolish outdated or obsolete issuances to ensure the current human resources policy framework remains comprehensive, up-to-date and responsive to the needs of the Organization on the entirety of the conditions of service, including salaries, benefits and allowances, of staff members as well as affiliate personnel;
• Makes recommendations on HR policy-related practices and procedures. Maintains OHR policy guidelines, develops capacity-building and learning materials, workflow processes and other relevant tools working in collaboration with other entities of the UN Secretariat and other organizations the UN common system;
• Provides authoritative policy interpretation of the United Nations Staff Regulations and Rules and HR policies on substantive policy and procedural questions related to the management of staff and the administration of their conditions of service (including but not limited to benefits and allowances), to senior management, HR practitioners in other entities of the UN Secretariat and counterparts in other organizations of the UN common system; and;
• Keeps abreast of developments and best p...