Deputy Director, OHR [Open to internal and external applicants]

• Organizational context: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's lead agency for international development, operating globally to address development challenges and advance sustainable development. The Bureau for Management Services (BMS) provides corporate management architecture and services. Within BMS, the Office of Human Resources (OHR) focuses on enabling UNDP's capacity and culture for effective people management. This role sits within OHR's leadership team.
• Job purpose: The Deputy Director, Office of Human Resources (OHR) provides strategic leadership for the development and implementation of an integrated talent management system. This role fosters innovation by leveraging data and digital solutions to enhance decision-making, user experience, and operational efficiency. The Deputy Director ensures talent management strategies align with UNDP's priorities and evolving business models, driving strategic coherence and operational excellence across the talent lifecycle. The position is crucial for enabling a high-performing, adaptable, and healthy workforce capable of delivering sustainable development results, while also deputizing for the Director and championing organizational excellence and inclusive leadership.
• Responsibilities: The Deputy Director, OHR provides strategic leadership and portfolio oversight for OHR, ensuring integrated, client-focused delivery aligned with UNDP's People Strategy. This includes building partnerships, leading the adoption of emerging technologies, and ensuring the quality of integrated talent management programs. The role oversees strategic workforce planning and architecture, including job design and organizational alignment. Responsibilities also encompass leading talent acquisition and deployment strategies, overseeing senior-level recruitment, and leveraging analytics for talent pipelines. Furthermore, the Deputy Director leads succession management, talent development, performance management, and shapes organizational culture, workplace experience, and employee engagement, promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, and overseeing wellbeing initiatives.
  The role involves direct supervision of HR staff.
• Education: An advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field is required. A first-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience may be considered. Professional HR certification is desired.
• Work experience: A minimum of 15 years (with Master's) or 17 years (with Bachelor's) of progressively responsible professional experience in human resources management at senior levels is required. This includes at least five years of experience managing teams in diverse international organizations. Experience within the UN system or other international organizations is desired.
• Skills: Core competencies include achieving results, innovative thinking, continuous learning, adaptability, determination, engagement and partnering, and enabling diversity and inclusion. Technical skills encompass systems thinking, strategic thinking, portfolio management, change management, partnership management, HR People Strategy & Planning (Organizational Design and Development), and HR Talent Management (Performance Management).
• Required languages: English

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