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Geneva, Switzerland

Leads a large and diverse team that provides the full range of corporate and administrative services to the organization and its stakeholders. As part of the WMO leadership team, provides strategic and operational advice and guidance to the Secretary-General and executive management.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Serves as the Deputy Director of the Human resources Service Division and heads the Staffing Service.Support the Director in her management of the Division as part of senior management team. Represent her in meetings and act as OIC of the Division in her absence. Leads the development and implementation the organization's talent acquisition and workforce planning strategy. Ensures the Division maintains and refreshes talent pools in order to meet future staffing needs for skilled personnel in the various job families in line with the Organization's imperatives of a balanced gender, geographical and troop- and police-contributing country representation among the global workforce.Oversee the Organization's operational workforce planning. Provide guidance on organizational design and staffing structures, review staffing against models and benchmarks on a regular basis and link the operational and evolving needs of clients with staffing programmes to anticipate vacancies and required skills/potential applicants.Oversee specialist assessment support to hiring managers. Develop and support for psychometric and technical testing, examination and assessments to all entities in the form of tools, testing content and platforms. Oversee Language Proficiency Exam (LPE) and the Global General Service Test (GGST). Administration of the young professionals programme (YPP) and the managed reassignment programmeReview existing UN HR policies, procedures and practices with a view to streamlining and making a better client experience for all involved. Take the lead on proposing, developing and implementing HR process improvements with a current focus on recruitment and onboarding.Represent the Department in Interagency (OneHR, Field Group, SMC and the HR network), staff management (Staff Management Committee, Field Joint Negotiating Committee) and legislative fora ( ACABQ, Fifth Committee, JIU, ICSC)

Greater New York City Area

Frequent interaction with senior leadership on all aspects of human resources policies, procedures and substance and provides proactive and innovative approaches to delivery of human resources services as well as to strategic and policy issues. Drive change and reform initiatives, ensuring FPD is effectively positioned as a trusted partner in designing and implementing organisational change. Influence, facilitate and lead organisational change and development using effective HR expertise and change strategies. Develop and implement innovative approaches to field recruitment to meet the evolving needs of the Organization through critical business intelligence to senior management on workforce trends to proactively anticipate and meet workforce needs. Direct targeted outreach campaigns to attract prospective candidates to field careers, and manage donor engagement including regular interaction with Member States on strategic staffing, and liaise with key partners to explore creative opportunities for collaboration. Lead and strengthen FPD’s capacity-building strategy for human resources professionals in the field.

Greater New York City Area

Provided authoritative advice on legal, policy and management issues UN rules, procedures as part of the DFS senior management team. Guided the review of human resources management policies, procedures and practices to identify shortcomings and opportunities for improvement. Managed the review of cases referred for management evaluation to the dispute and appeals tribunal and cases referred by the Ombudsman Office, ensuring an objective assessment of the claims/allegations and assisting in defending or resolving cases through mediation, as appropriate. Oversaw the management, production, analysis and dissemination of statistical data used in the management of HR in UN field missions and reporting to the legislative bodies, member states and senior leadership.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Led the HR Section to ensure that the work of the Tribunal was effectively facilitated both in headquarters and the field offices. Championed the well-being and development of staff including means of addressing work/life balance issues, while focusing on gender parity and diversity as a key aspect of HR strategy. Provided authoritative advice on UN rules, procedures and policies as part of the Tribunal's senior management team. Established a transparent and fair downsizing mechanism to determine the downsizing schedule for the Tribunal's 900 posts in cooperation with the Staff Union. This allowed the Tribunal to plan and implement its downsizing and mandate in a controlled and efficient manner and was cited as a best practice during several audits and reviews.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Managed, organized and supervised the full range of Human Resources for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Monitored the contractual status of staff, and ensured all administrative decisions and actions were taken in a timely manner and in accordance with the staff rules. Undertook all required recruitment actions for posts in headquarters and the field to ensure they were filled with the most suitable candidates in a timely manner. Provided authoritative advice on UN rules and procedures to staff and management and evaluated HR entitlements requests.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Responsible for the management, organization and supervision of the Staff Administration Unit which is responsible for the HR administration of some 1000 staff both in headquarters and the field offices: Analyze and evaluate requests relating to HR entitlements. Monitor the contractual status of staff, ensure all administrative decisions are taken in a timely manner and in accordance with the staff rules. Provide instruction to staff of the Unit on unusual, complicated or sensitive cases. Review policies, procedures and practices and initiate amendments and proposals for improvement; draft relevant position papers for Chief of Human Resources and the Chief Administrative Officer. Supervise the maintenance and management of the official status files of all Tribunal Staff members. Provide authoritative advice on UN rules and procedures and explain the scope and implications of the requests and subsequent actions

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Support the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) by researching, evaluating and making recommendations on operational issues, monitoring the progress and expediting completion of on-going projects, drafting policy statements and related substantive correspondence and by liaising with senior staff on matters relating to Administration. Assist the CAO with review of budget proposals, allocations and the status of accounts including trust funds, and in the monitoring of staffing tables and other human resources issues. Assist in the preparation of management reports and statistics. Serve as the focal point and primary coordinator for all matters relating to Audits, management reviews and investigations of the Tribunal. Organize and draft replies to observations and management letters. Serve as focal point for the implementation of the e-pas system. Serve as Job Classification Officer for GS and P jobs, undertake job audits and review appeals. Act as bank signatory and serve on other administrative bodies (LCC, LPSB, CRB, VEC).

Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina

Assist the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) in providing administrative and technical services for a large and complex UN peacekeeping mission. Draft correspondence for the CAO on matters relating to UNHQ, other missions, organizations and government ministries. Assist in review of project proposals for the Sarajevo Trust Fund. Co-ordinate visits of auditors to the mission. Organize replies and follow-up to audit observations.Act as official liaison and signatory between UNMIBH and the Bosnian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Supervise administrative and technical support to VIP delegations visiting UNMIBH, including monthly meetings of the Sarajevo Diplomatic Corp. Draft policy proposals in order to address deficiencies or provide for more efficient operation of administrative and technical sections. Responsible for ensuring administrative and technical support for the UN Liaison Offices (Belgrade and Zagreb) and the UNMOs in Prevlaka

Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina

Established UNMIBH Claims Unit, designed and implemented the claims settlement system. Responsible for all facets of processing third party claims in Bosnia, including the large backlog of complex residual UNPROFOR claims, many of which were highly politically sensitive.Dealt with claims from various Bosnian Government agencies, individuals and UN Staff members. Served as Secretary of the Local Claims Review Board, and Secretary of Local Property Survey Board. Supervised the Claims assistants in the Mission's four Regional Offices

Montreal, Canada Area

In progressively responsible posts assisted in running all facets of ICAOs Central registry. Major tasks included acting as system administrator for the Registry MINISIS computerised database. Served as focal point for the review of the ICAO filing and archive system. Supervised the ICAO Communication Centre (fax, telex, cable and SITA) and was responsible for the establishment of an e-mail system. Responsible for monitoring unit expenditure relative to budget.