Corporate Policy Specialist

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Description

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Position Purpose:

• The Corporate Governance Specialist plays an important role in supporting strategic coordination and integration across several critical workstreams led by the Executive Office. 
• UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. This is a recognition of interconnected nature of development risks & crises that the world is facing and that call for assembling of multidisciplinary teams for an integrated & systemic response. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across issues, units, functions, teams and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Corporate Governance Specialist will be responsible for the following functions:

• Provide strategic support to the integrated management of UNDP’s corporate committees by serving as secretariat for UNDP’s Executive Group, Organizational Performance Group, and by serving in the secretariat of the Risk Committee.
• Support monitoring and tracking of implementation of key management decisions, processes, and other corporate requirements, as required, including in relation to documentation for the Executive Board
• Knowledge Management, including in relation to the Executive Office’s annual reporting on UN system-wide gender equality and women’s empowerment and disability inclusion mandates.
• Representational Activities, as requested

Provide strategic support to the integrated management of corporate committees (Executive Group, Organizational Performance Group, and Risk Committee) 

• Under the chairmanship of the Administrator, and in consultation with the Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Chief/Corporate Performance Unit, and other Executive Office and Bureau colleagues, coordinate the strategic agenda for the Executive Group (EG) and support effective EG operations.
• Under the chairmanship of the Associate Administrator, and in consultation with the Chief of Staff, Chief/Corporate Performance Unit, Deputy Chief of Staff, other Executive Office colleagues, Bureaus, independent offices, and hosted entities, coordinate the strategic agenda for the Organizational Performance Group (OPG) and support effective OPG operations.
• Working with the committee Chairs and relevant colleagues in the Executive Office, organize regular meetings, retreats, and other engagements of the OPG and EG, as required.
• Draft minutes/decisions of EG/OPG meetings, actively consult on forward calendars of EG/OPG meeting dates and ensure timely dissemination of EG/OPG meeting documentation and related communications as required, including through the maintenance of internal EG/OPG document libraries/information platforms.
• In consultation with other relevant personnel in the Executive Office, provide quality assurance review on written submissions to the EG/OPG and assist submitting units on improving their capacities for writing and submitting EG/OPG documentation.
• Working with the Corporate Performance Unit, serve as an active member of the Risk Committee Secretariat, contributing to coordination of the Risk Committee agenda, preparing meeting materials, minutes and related documentation and ensuring alignment with the work of other corporate committees (e.g. the EG/OPG).
• Provide advice on issues arising in or related to the corporate management committees as required, identifying emerging challenges and propose measures to address them.

Support monitoring and tracking of implementation of key management decisions, processes, and other corporate requirements, as required, including in relation to documentation for the Executive Board

• Working closely with the Corporate Performance Unit and other relevant colleagues, monitor, track and report, and follow-up on the status of implementation of EG and OPG decisions/recommendations, and support tracking by the Executive Office of corporate requirements emanating from other internal management committees and external governance bodies.
• In consultation with the Deputy Chief of Staff, Chief/CPU, and the Secretary/Secretariat of the Executive Board, ensure coherence between EG/OPG and the Executive Board processes, including internal follow up on timely delivery of Executive Board documentation, obtaining relevant clearances, and follow up to Executive Board decisions, as required.
• Working closely with the Special Assistants of the Administrator and Associate Administrator and other relevant colleagues, coordinates and tracks UNDP’s contribution to reports of the Secretary-General and other related reports. 

Knowledge Management, including in relation to the Executive Office’s annual reporting on UN system-wide mandates on gender equality and women’s empowerment and disability inclusion

• Serve as the Executive Office’s (co-)focal point for annual reporting on UNDP’s leadership’s implementation of UN system-wide mandates on gender equality and women’s empowerment and disability inclusion, including serving as an Executive Office focal point for UNDP’s Gender Steering and Implementation Committee (GSIC)
• Participate in relevant knowledge management and practice networks to keep abreast of events and issues that are of interest and relevance to the Executive Office and in particular to the Corporate Performance Unit
• Ensure that the Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Chief/CPU are well informed within the working process and documentation of the EG, OPG and other corporate meetings as required and as related to corporate management issues
• Prepare for the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff aid briefs, concept papers, and other substantive documents as required in relation to corporate management issues, as required
• Draft correspondence as requested/required

Representational Activities

• Represent the Executive Office, as required, in internal or external meetings within pre-determined guidelines and as directed by the Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, or Chief of the Corporate Performance Unit (such meetings could include, for example, UNDP’s internal Digital Governance Group).
• Under the overall supervision of the Deputy Chief of Staff, provide backstopping support for the functions of other Executive Office colleagues/teams, as required.
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s Degree or equivalent) in International Affairs, International Relations, Public Administration, or related disciplines is required, OR 
• A first level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the above-mentioned field, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience, will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• At least 7 years (with master’s degree) or 9 years (with bachelor’s degree) of professional work experience with the United Nations system, with sound knowledge of UN/UNDP systems, procedures and policies.
• Experience with writing policy briefs and documents and providing policy advice in a UN setting.
• Experience with coordination and/or performing secretariat functions in a UN setting is an asset.  
• Familiarity with the rules of procedure and legislation of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board is an asset.

Language Requirement:

• Excellent verbal and drafting skills in English required.
• Fluency in other UN languages is an asset.

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