Chief of Section, Programme Management

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Duty station New York, United States

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The position is located in the United Nations Youth Office. The Chief of Section, Partnerships, Advocacy and Communications reports to the Chief of Staff and works under the overall guidance of the Assistant Secretary‑General on Youth Affairs. The United Nations Youth Office is a dedicated office for youth affairs in the United Nations Secretariat. More information can be found at https://www.un.org/youth affairs

Within delegated authority, the Chief of Section will serve as an advisor to the Assistant Secretary‑General on Youth Affairs on matters related to strategic partnerships, advocacy and communication activities of the newly established UN Youth Office. The Chief of Section will be responsible for the following:

• Provides policy guidance to the Assistant Secretary‑General on conceptual strategy development and management of the implementation of Office’s mandate on promoting meaningful, inclusive and effective engagement of youth and youth‑led and youth‑focused organizations in the work of the United Nations, forging innovative partnerships and leading communications efforts that adopt youth‑friendly approach and strengthen outreach to marginalized youth, as stipulated in the resolution 76/306, and in line with overall strategies, policies and procedures of the United Nations.
• Plans and oversees the management of activities undertaken by the Section, including, inter alia, Office’s leadership in developing advocacy initiatives on youth, fostering intergenerational and intercultural dialogues, championing youth solutions, contributions and role of youth as active agents of change, conducting analysis and supporting outreach activities to broker meaningful youth participation in decision‑making across the UN system, and commissioning and publishing research and monitoring trends on the topic, and deploying technology and innovation and insightful data analysis in presenting visually compelling data;
  
  ensures that substantive work programmes and programmed activities are carried out in a timely fashion, coordinating diverse projects in the Section, and, in liaison with other organizations of the United Nations System, donors and agencies as appropriate.
• Manages, supervises and carries out the work programme of the Section under his/her responsibility. Co‑ordinates the work carried out by the Section; provides programmatic and substantive reviews of drafts prepared by others.
• Provides substantive input in the preparation of position papers and reports for presentation to intergovernmental bodies such as the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budget Questions, Committee for Programme Coordination, Economic and Social Council, the General Assembly and other policy‑making organs, as appropriate, including the annual report by the Secretary‑General on the activities of the UN Youth Office.
• Contributes to the reporting to intergovernmental bodies on budget/programme performance or on programmatic/ substantive issues, as appropriate, particularly those presented in annual reports.
• Ensures that the outputs produced by the Section maintain high‑quality standards; that reports are clear, objective and based on comprehensive data. Ensures that all outputs produced by the Section under his/her supervision meet required standards before completion to ensure they comply with the relevant mandates.
• Prepares inputs for the work programme of the Section, determining priorities, and…