Responsibilities
Provision of Strategic
Advisory Support:
- Assists
the Director-General in the overall direction and management of the United
Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), and in coordinating functions within the
Office of the Director-General.
Management of the
Office of the Director-General:
- Manages
the operations of the Office of the Director-General by supervising
outputs and organizing workflow and communications.
- Reviews,
prepares, and clears correspondence, official statements, and reports.
- Manages
the team of Special Assistant and other office staff as determined by the
Director-General.
Liaison with Member States and Stakeholders:
- Maintains
liaison with heads of missions and other high-ranking representatives of
Member States, organizations, donors, and partners in the region on
protocol and procedural matters.
- Performs
protocol and liaison functions with the host country authorities.
- Represents
the Director-General, as required, at UN meetings, during high-level
official visits, and at conferences held in Nairobi.
Internal UN
coordination:
- Assists
the Director-General in coordinating among UNON’s divisions and ensuring
that decisions from the Senior Management Team meetings are implemented
and followed up.
- Supports
the Director-General in coordinating with other UN entities based in
Nairobi, including close cooperation with UN Secretariat
entities—particularly Senior Leadership at UNEP and UN-Habitat—as well as
at the inter-agency level with the Senior Management of the Agencies,
Funds, and Programmes present in the country.
- Represents
and assists the Director-General, as required, in coordinating with UN
Secretariat headquarters departments and offices across the UN
Secretariat.
- Coordinates
monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and oversight functions for the United
Nations Office at Nairobi.
- Leads
team members efforts to collect and analyze data and provide insight to
identify trends or patterns for data-driven planning, decision-making,
presentation and reporting. Ensure that all stakeholders can discover,
access, integrate and utilize the data they need as appropriate.
Other duties:
- Undertakes
other assignments as requested by the Director-General.
Qualifications
- Advanced
university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in public
administration, management, social sciences, international relations or a
related area is required.
- A
first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of
qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university
degree.
- Successful
completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics,
business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
How to Apply
