Un Secretary-general call for applications

The Executive Director reports directly to the Secretary-General and is responsible for all the activities of UN Women, including its administration.

The Executive Director:

 serves as the Chief Adviser to the Secretary-General on issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment, and is entrusted with a dual mandate combining normative, analytical, and monitoring functions with policy advisory, coordination, and catalytic programming functions;
 executes the Entity’s mandate to provide normative support functions with normative policy guidance from the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, and the Commission on the Status of Women, pursuant to UN General Assembly resolution 64/289, which established UN Women;
 executes the Entity’s mandate for operational activities with operational policy guidance from the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, and the Executive Board of the Entity, pursuant to UN General Assembly resolution 64/289, which established UN Women;
 provides leadership, management, and oversight of UN Women functions, as well as a global voice for women;
 establishes appropriate mechanisms to assist and support the realization of all the strategic objectives and actions agreed upon in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, as well as the national and international commitments stipulated in the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, in supporting countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals;
 exercises collaborative leadership by contributing to setting system-wide strategic priorities, joint policy formulation, and decision-making of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, as well as operationalizing system-wide policies or normative guidance for the United Nations’ sustainable development activities.

The Secretary-General is seeking an individual with the following attributes:

 a recognized leader with extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of gender equality, women’s empowerment and challenges, needs, and women’s rights, including the ability to be a powerful and convincing advocate on all aspects of gender equality and women's economic empowerment within the United Nations system, with Governments, and externally with civil society organizations, as well as the wider public;
 demonstrated commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, with experience and understanding of the ways in which the normative, coordination, and operational aspects of the entity’s mandate interconnect and create opportunities for social change and measurable impact;
 demonstrated leadership experience with strategic vision and ability to seize emerging opportunities for influence and impact, proven skills to manage a complex organization with a staff of diverse cultural backgrounds in multiple locations, and the ability to mobilize various forms of support from multi-stakeholders and partners;
 demonstrated leadership, proven networks, management experience, and proven skills in leading organizational transformations, organizational development, financial and organizational sustainability, and delivering innovative and ambitious results with measurable impact at scale;
 demonstrated ability to work harmoniously in a multi-cultural team and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization;
 demonstrated commitment to the values and guiding principles of the United Nations, the work and objectives of UN Women, as well as familiarity with the United Nations system and its work across key pillars of peace and security, development, and human rights.