Senior Strategic Coordination Advisor, P5

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WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

JOB PURPOSE

The Senior Strategic Coordination Advisor provides strategic coordination and specialized advice for high-level requirements of the Human Resources Director (HRD) and HR Division as well as departmental and cross-divisional processes and activities. This includes ensuring general oversight and compliance, providing a wide range of integrated technical support and guidance to the HRD and HR Management Team to enable effective and efficient HRM operations and positioning within WFP to meet strategic aims.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Wednesday 21 December 2022 at 23:59 Rome Time Zone

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Lead cross-team coordination of the HR functional strategy implementation to position HR as a strategic business partner for the organization.
• Provide integrated HR advice to inform HR management decision-making as well as lead and strategically position engagements or requirements for high-level internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Leadership Group/OMG/Oversight and Policy Committee (OPC); Regional/Country Office visits/meetings; HR meetings (HQ/Regional); Member States; UN System and other multi-lateral bodies).
• Develop new reporting approaches to meet evolving needs of stakeholders’ concerns, while overseeing accurate and timely reporting that includes the consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Provide strategic and operational recommendations and produce comprehensive specialized reports that contribute to decision making for the workings of the division and function.
• Drive HR submissions to the Executive Board/LG/OMG/OPC and other high-level bodies and processes and provide advice for follow up actions.
• Promote collaboration of different thematic areas within the Division to identify specific cross-cutting issues and advance effective implementation of key business processes and initiatives (e.g., work planning and establishing monitoring mechanisms to ensure that activities are continually assessed, and the findings used to inform direction).
• Align divisional priorities through active relationships with substantive team leaders to ensure a coherent approach to achieve strategic goals.
• Represent HRM senior management in external fora as required and advocating and driving the HR agenda.
• Oversee effective quality-control of HRM integrated divisional workflows (e.g. develop and implement standards and processes) as well as monitoring and follow-up of key internal issues.
• Oversee and manage the HRM Budget and any other Divisional level funds (e.g. Professional Staff Association (PSA), Investment Cases, Critical Corporate Initiative (CCI), etc.)

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• Provide advice and make recommendations to the HRD and HR Management on complex oversight and compliance issues including that related to enhancing and/or establishing adequate internal control and compliance with clear accountabilities and monitoring as well as coordinating the implementation of resulting actions.
• Lead risk reviews with management and agree on the corporate and divisional risk registers; propose, implement and report on agreed and appropriate risk responses.
• Provide oversight of the compliance with corporate policies and procedures, contributing to the overall effectiveness of HRM.
• Promote general accountability across HRM, review/prepare comprehensive periodic progress reports summarizing the status of compliance with corporate requirements, internal controls, key oversight issues as well as highlight areas of concern and formulate sound recommendations on required actions.
• Effectively manage a team and ensure appropriate development and enable high performance.
• Accountable for an equitable and inclusive workplace which incorporates all dimensions of the WFP diversity and inclusion framework such as but not limited to racial equity, gender equality and disability inclusion.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in social sciences, international development, business/public administration, finance, accounting, or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience.

Experience: Minimum of 11 years of relevant and progressively responsible experience in leading and/or coordinating strategic level activities as well as general oversight and compliance activities in a multi-national organization. Experience in program and project management is essential.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to coordinate processes involving multiple stakeholders, maintain productive working relationships with people at all levels and foster interdepartmental cooperation.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of tactfulness, judgment, as well as discretion and confidentiality.
• Deep understanding of monitoring and reporting activities, demonstrating knowledge of results hierarchy, performance metrics and measurement.
• Knowledge of risk analysis and developed risk mitigation strategies.
• Ability to work at a fast pace and under tight deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, independently and with minimal supervision.
• Ability to think creatively, proactively, strategically and problem-solve with flexibility and adaptability.
• Ability to write clear and concise briefing papers, presentations, and external communications.

Language:

• Fluency (level C) in English language.
• Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (a WFP working language).

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

These are the common standards of behaviour that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.

Different expectations of behaviour are defined depending on your grade and role/responsibilities within WFP

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• This is an International Professional position (non-rotational) and is open to all nationalities.
• Mobility is and continues to be a core contractual requirement in WFP. This position is however classified as "non-rotational" which means the incubent shall not be subject to the regular reassignment process unless the position is reclassified as rotational. The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year. This position is open to both internal and external candidates.
• WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel, visa and shipment allowances, 30 days' annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, a pension plan, and medical insurance. For more information, visit https://icsc.un.org/.
• The selected candidate will be required to relocate to Rome, Italy to take up this assignment.

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.

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