Director - Corporate Services at United Nations

Director – Corporate Services Job Responsibilities

• Providing leadership to the development of innovative and/or change management programmes.
• Coordinating and overseeing the preparation of reports for presentation to intergovernmental bodies such as the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budget Questions, Committee for Programme Coordination, Economic and Social Council, the General Assembly and other policy-making organs, as appropriate.
• Chairs meetings, seminars, etc., on substantive-related issues; represents the Organization at international, regional, inter-agency meetings, seminars and conference; provides programmatic/substantive expertise on an issue, or holds programmatic/substantive and organizational discussions with representatives of other institutions. Advising on effective implementation modalities for UN Environment’s programmes and projects.
• Coordinating work in the different areas both within the Office, and with other organizations of the United Nations System, donors and agencies as appropriate.
• Ensuring that the outputs produced by the Office maintain high-quality standards; that reports are clear, objective and based on comprehensive data. Ensures that all outputs produced by the office/division under his/her supervision meet required standards before completion to ensure they comply with the relevant mandates.
• Exercising Quality Control at the organizational level in respect to projects, legal instruments and donor agreements and their compliance with applicable financial rules and regulations, including acting as focal point for audit and the implementation of measures that strengthen performance and financial management.
• Reporting to intergovernmental bodies on budget/programme preparation and performance or on programmatic/ substantive issues, as appropriate, particularly those presented in biannual and/or annual reports.
• Managing, guiding, developing and training staff under his/her supervision; fostering teamwork and communication among staff in the Office and across organizational boundaries.
• Providing internal capacity building and business process advice, oversight of the executive joint programmes and providing advice on UN Environment’s relationship with the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON),
• Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and other partners.
• Overseeing UN Environment’s information technology requirements and coordinates the knowledge management and training requirements and activities.
• Performs other related duties as requested by the Executive Director of UN Environment.