Chief People and Culture; Senior Leadership P DPC, Outposted to Budapest, Hungary

Position: Chief People and Culture (Senior Leadership Support), P-5, Fixed Term, #00137551, DPC, Outposted to Budapest, Hungary
Location: Hungary

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job - it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

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How can you make a difference?

UNICEF is a leading humanitarian and development agency working globally for over 75 years to improve the lives of children and their families. UNICEF also lobbies and partners with leaders, thinkers, and policy makers to help all children, everywhere realize their rights, especially the most disadvantaged.

The UNICEF Strategic Plan  identifies building an agile, skilled workforce and fosters an empowering, values-driven workplace culture as the key to enhancing organizational performance. The global One People and Culture function is a key enabler of the Strategic Plan. Through the People and Culture Transition and Transformation Initiative, UNICEF's People and Culture Strategy aims to shape an adaptive and capable people-centered People and Culture Community that actively works with its partners to accelerate results for the children we serve.

The Chief People and Culture, Senior Leadership Support Team is the primary People and Culture business partner to UNICEF senior staff (commonly referred to as "SSR staff"), which includes UNICEF Representatives at all levels, and all other senior staff at D-1 and above levels - a group of about 230 posts globally. They also oversee talent management for UNICEF Deputy Representatives, Chiefs of Field Office, and Chiefs of Field Services/Operations (about 350 posts in total).

In liaison with the Office of the Executive Director and UNICEF directors, and in collaboration with HQ divisions' Business Partners and Regional Chiefs of People and Culture, the incumbent directly supports and partners with UNICEF senior staff pertaining to their mobility and career development, strategic workforce and succession planning, including management of talent groups; recruitment including sourcing and assessment, performance management;

leadership and development; onboarding and offboarding; and contract management.

The portfolio also entails partnering with UNICEF senior staff in the areas of their team management/leadership capacity building, coaching, development and learning initiatives; career advice and development; performance as well as policy guidance, in collaboration with the DPC Integrated Talent Management Team, Policy, Compensation and Social Benefits Team, as well as Regional Chiefs of People and Culture.

The Chief People and Culture, Senior Leadership Support Team works closely with the performance case management function, which supports heads of office in the management of under- and marginal performance cases as well as in continuing to build a stronger performance culture.

Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:

* Strategic workforce and succession planning

* Strategic talent management

* Manage talent pipelines

* Manage the Senior Leadership Support Team

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Minimum requirements:

* Education:

Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Social Sciences or any other related field, e.g., Business Administration, Organization Psychology/Development, Human Resources Management, Management or Industrial Relations.

* Work Experience:

At least ten years of professional experience with increasing responsibility, preferably in the UN or…