Under-Secretary-General for Field Support
The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the following job opening at the Under-Secretary-General (USG) level:
Under-Secretary-General for Field Support
The Under-Secretary-General for Field Support is accountable to the Secretary-General and is responsible for all activities of the Department of Field Support (DFS), including directing all support for United Nations field operations led by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Political Affairs in about 30 field operations comprising 120,000 military, police and civilian personnel.
The Under-Secretary-General is also responsible for leading the development of organizational support strategies, policies and procedures to meet specific field requirements and ensuring the recruitment and retention of high-quality civilian personnel for deployment to field operations; liaising and conducting negotiations with Member States and other organizations regarding their contributions to field operations and related administrative and logistical support modalities and acting as focal point within the Secretariat for all requests for information on matters related to the administrative and logistical aspects of field operations.
In addition, the Under-Secretary-General is responsible for ensuring effective management and implementation of integrated support for field operations through the coordination of financial and personnel matters, logistics support activities and communications and information technology in support of field operations, monitoring issues related to field administrative, logistic, communications and information technology support and liaising with Member States on these matters; overseeing the delivery of operational, administrative and logistics support to ensure the safety and security of staff serving in field operations within the parameters established by the United Nations security management system; overseeing the development and maintenance of strategic support partnerships with peacekeeping partners, including regional organizations and entities of the United Nations system; and providing policy guidance for the effective and efficient administration of field operations.
In order to enlarge the pool of candidates for the position, the United Nations welcomes applications to supplement the Secretary-General’s own search and consultations.
The Organization would especially welcome applications of female candidates. All applications should include a curriculum vitae and be received by 19 March 2012.
Applications should be sent to eosgapplications10@un.org
Under-Secretary-General for Field Support
The Under-Secretary-General for Field Support is accountable to the Secretary-General and is responsible for all activities of the Department of Field Support (DFS), including directing all support for United Nations field operations led by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Political Affairs in about 30 field operations comprising 120,000 military, police and civilian personnel.
The Under-Secretary-General is also responsible for leading the development of organizational support strategies, policies and procedures to meet specific field requirements and ensuring the recruitment and retention of high-quality civilian personnel for deployment to field operations; liaising and conducting negotiations with Member States and other organizations regarding their contributions to field operations and related administrative and logistical support modalities and acting as focal point within the Secretariat for all requests for information on matters related to the administrative and logistical aspects of field operations.
In addition, the Under-Secretary-General is responsible for ensuring effective management and implementation of integrated support for field operations through the coordination of financial and personnel matters, logistics support activities and communications and information technology in support of field operations, monitoring issues related to field administrative, logistic, communications and information technology support and liaising with Member States on these matters; overseeing the delivery of operational, administrative and logistics support to ensure the safety and security of staff serving in field operations within the parameters established by the United Nations security management system; overseeing the development and maintenance of strategic support partnerships with peacekeeping partners, including regional organizations and entities of the United Nations system; and providing policy guidance for the effective and efficient administration of field operations.
In order to enlarge the pool of candidates for the position, the United Nations welcomes applications to supplement the Secretary-General’s own search and consultations.
The Organization would especially welcome applications of female candidates. All applications should include a curriculum vitae and be received by 19 March 2012.
Applications should be sent to eosgapplications10@un.org
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