Operations Analyst, Bonn, Germany, NOB FTA

This vacancy is re-opened to broaden the applicant pool. Candidates who have already applied for this position remain under consideration and are not required to reapply.

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations System efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world.

It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

The Strategy, Planning, Results and Effectiveness Division (SPRED) of UN Women is to integrate corporate strategy and performance measurement to improve decision-making in order to drive the implementation of UN Women’s Strategic Plan and to manage for results while increasing transparency and accountability to its Governing Bodies and Stakeholders. Specifically, the Division formulates corporate strategies aligned to the corporate objectives, ensures internal controls and risk management are fully in place.

Additionally, the Division monitors and report on the implementation of the Strategic Plan. SPRED helps strengthen UN Women, improve services to the field by defining a clear set of priorities with aligned resources, ownership, accountability and oversight. It will also provide arm’s length analysis of the performance of the organization. The Strategic Planning Unit (SPU) within SPRED is the custodian of Results-Based Management (RBM) and strategic planning in UN Women.

SPU manages the development and roll‑out of relevant policies, procedures and guidance (PPG) associated with planning, monitoring and reporting of Strategic Plan, Strategic Notes and workplans. SPU also serves as the business owner for corporate systems associated with results management and strategic planning, monitoring and reporting functions associated with Strategic Plan, Strategic Notes and workplans. Furthermore, SPU makes further efforts to improve quality of results and financial data published on its Transparency Portal and to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), which contributes to further strengthening transparency and openness of the entity.

Under the supervision of the Chief of SPU, the Operations Analyst has the oversight responsibilities for all aspects of SPU’s operations, this includes financial and human resources management, efficient procurement and logistical services, security management, information and communications technology (ICT) and common services consistent with UN Women rules and regulations. In close collaboration the rest of SPU team, the Operations Analyst also supports some of the programmatic functions of SPU, including the overall coordination for knowledge and documents management of SPU, supporting internal/external audits and other assessments, planning, monitoring and reporting on SPU’s components of workplans with the use of corporate systems.

The Operations Analyst provides guidance to SPU programme staff who perform adjunct operations functions, ensuring that such staff are knowledgeable of the relevant corporate policies, procedures and relevant corporate systems. The Operations Analyst also coordinates and collaborates with SPRED Directorate as well as with the relevant HQ Divisions as relevant, including…