Chief, Executive Board Secretariat - D1

Background

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 centre of all its efforts, UN Women (UNW) 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.

Under the overall guidance of the Executive Director and direct supervision of the Chief of Staff, the Chief of the Executive Board Secretariat provides strategic leadership and executive direction to UN Women's engagement with its Executive Board. The Chief supports the Organization in leading the development of its intergovernmental strategy, directs the comprehensive management of Executive Board relations, and establishes institutional standards for UN Women's governance operations.

The incumbent will also serve as the Secretariat for the Advisory Committee on Oversight (ACO).

The Chief provides strategic counsel to the Executive Director and Executive Leadership Team on politically sensitive intergovernmental matters, shapes the Organization's positioning with Member States, and leads the integration of Executive Board priorities across the Organization's programmatic and operational framework. The Chief advises on politically sensitive matters, organizes and directs inter-governmental negotiations of Executive Board Decisions, oversees preparation of documentation, and manages UN Women's communications with the members of the Executive Board.

Provides strategic, leadership and executive oversight to the UN Women Executive Board :

• Directs the strategic positioning of UN Women with Member States, anticipating political dynamics and shaping the Organization's governance strategy to advance gender equality objectives.
• Serves as the principal interface between the President and the Vice Presidents of the Executive Board (Bureau) and the Executive Director and the Executive Leadership team of UN Women to outline and resolve all matter related to the Executive Board.
• Leads the strategic planning and execution of the three annual official sessions of the Executive Board, ensuring that meetings are effectively and timely organized as per the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, and reported by liaising with the UN Women Executive Director, and President of UN Women Executive Board Bureau; receives agenda items from Executive Board members; circulates these agendas, documents, and reports;
  
  compiles the reports of these sessions; circulates approved minutes; and manages follow-up and response to Executive Board recommendations. Also organizes all informal briefings in between official sessions.
• Guides and coordinates high-level regular Bureau meetings with the President, the Vice Presidents and the Executive Director, and the ELT as needed, where all matters related to the proceedings of the Executive Board are discussed and decided.
• Establishes and maintains effective records and administration including keeping up-to-date contact details (i.e. names, addresses and telephone numbers) for the Bureau members; file minutes and reports of sessions; compile lists of names and addresses that are useful to the Board, including those of appropriate officials or officers of inter-governmental bodies and voluntary organizations; keep a record of the Bureau's activities; and keep a record of future Bureau activities.
• Upholds legal requirements by acting as a custodian of the Board's governing documents; checks that the quorum is present during session.
• Ensures that ECOSOC receives regular update as needed of the Top Contributing Countries for elections at ECOSOC.
• Directs the maintenance and regular update of the…