Requisition ID: 3744
Grade: D2
Country: Austria
Duty Station: Vienna
Category: Professional and Higher
Type of Job Posting: Internal and External
Employment Type: Staff-Full-time
Appointment Type: Fixed Term - 100 series
Indicative Minimum Annual Salary: 187,413 USD
Application Deadline: 19-Apr-2024, 11:59 PM (CEST)
Vacancy Announcement
Female candidates from all Member States are particularly encouraged to apply.
Organizational Context
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. The mission of UNIDO, as described in the Lima Declaration adopted at the fifteenth session of the UNIDO General Conference in 2013 as well as the Abu Dhabi Declaration adopted at the eighteenth session of UNIDO General Conference in 2019, is to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) in Member States. The relevance of ISID as an integrated approach to all three pillars of sustainable development is recognized by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will frame United Nations and country efforts towards sustainable development. UNIDO’s mandate is fully recognized in SDG-9, which calls to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”. The relevance of ISID, however, applies in greater or lesser extent to all SDGs. Accordingly, the Organization’s programmatic focus is structured in four strategic priorities: Creating shared prosperity; Advancing economic competitiveness; Safeguarding the environment; and Strengthening knowledge and institutions.
Each of these programmatic fields of activity contains a number of individual programmes, which are implemented in a holistic manner to achieve effective outcomes and impacts through UNIDO’s four enabling functions: (i) technical cooperation; (ii) analytical and research functions and policy advisory services; (iii) normative functions and standards and quality-related activities; and (iv) convening and partnerships for knowledge transfer, networking and industrial cooperation. Such core functions are carried out in Divisions/Offices in its Headquarters, Regional Offices and Hubs and Country Offices.
The Directorate of Strategic Programming and Policy is newly established and its mandate will be aligned with the functions described below.
At the D2 level, the incumbent is expected to deliver:
The measure of success is establishing Visionary management and successful organization-wide results.
A Managing Director position is the most senior level after the Director General, the requirements and expectations of the position are high, and they include:
Under the overall direction of the Director General, the Managing Director for Strategic Programming and Policy supports strategic planning at UNIDO through provision of coordinated and cohesive frameworks and related policy advice, taking into account the Directorate’s products on, inter alia, Quality Assurance, Impact Assessment and Results Reporting, and other Organizational inputs. The Managing Director fosters UNIDO’s strategic engagement in the area of South-South & Triangular Cooperation; G20/G7 and BRICS, and drives strategic engagement with UN system organizations.
The Managing Director promotes Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in UNIDO’s work, including through gender mainstreaming of UNIDO’s programmes and policies.
Main functions include:
Generic:
This vacancy is archived.