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UN Women: Programme Analyst, New York, USA, P2 FTA

New York, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

UN Women is dedicated to the elimination of discrimination against women and girls, and the empowerment of women. The Programme Analyst will support the Deputy Chief of Staff and contribute to the effective execution of management and representation duties, including providing analytical and organizational support on strategic issues and facilitating engagement with partners.

AssociationNon Profit

Responsibilities

Provide internal coordination and technical support to the ASGs/DEDs

Assist in the strategic management of the ASGs/DEDs’ agendas, ensuring timely coordination, quality control and clearance of briefing materials and compiling the daily/weekly briefing folders. This includes coordination and support around key corporate and inter-agency engagements, such as the Deputies Committee meetings, the High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM), the High-Level Committee on Programme (HLCP), CSW, UNGA, HLPF, Executive Board sessions, and Global Management Team meetings

Under the guidance of the Special Assistants, provide coordination support to the planning and organization of the ASGs/DEDs’ official travel to ensure missions are strategic, well-prepared, and results-driven. This includes coordinating the timely and high-quality preparation of official travel files and background documents by the relevant divisions and teams; preparing electronic travel folders, as required; and ensuring the completion of official travel reports, partner correspondence, and systematic follow-up actions, as requested

Support systematic, proactive and timely follow-up to meetings and corporate initiatives, including the preparation of notes, summaries, and correspondence, and liaising with relevant divisions and offices to ensure accountability and implementation of agreed actions

Support the management of UN Women’s governance bodies

Ensure the organization’s governance bodies meet as planned/requested, and, in close collaboration with relevant staff in the Executive Office, that discussions are strategic in nature – advising on agenda items and topics for collective discussion and decision making

Ensure relevant documents, such as the agenda, background documents, etc., reach members of different bodies in sufficient time for strategic decisions

Provide quality assurance of all materials submitted to UN Women’s governance bodies

Address challenges with governance bodies in real time, advising senior management on changes needed to make governance bodies more effective collective decision-making spaces within UN Women

Support the management of global retreats, as required

Ensure minutes and documents are accurately maintained and stored

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation

Qualification

Gender equality issuesEvent coordinationPartnership developmentGovernance processesResearchAnalytical skillsMicrosoft Office proficiencyWriting skillsOrganizational skillsMulticultural environmentUN languagesFluency in EnglishEffective communicationTeamworkAttention to detail

Required

Master's degree or equivalent in Gender equality issues, political affairs, international relations, social sciences, communications or journalism or a related field is required

A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree

At least 2 years of progressively responsible experience working on internal and event coordination, partnerships or related field is required

Experience working in a front office is required

Fluency in English is required