Chief, Salaries and Allowances Division

The Chief of the Salaries and Allowances Division directs the division responsible for the determination and review of salaries, allowances, and related conditions of service for staff in the United Nations common system. The role involves policy development, stakeholder engagement, and representation at high-level meetings to ensure relevant and effective remuneration policies.

Responsibilities

• Directs the work programme of the Salaries and Allowances Division; establishing priorities and work plans and allocating its human resources across the policy workstreams assigned by the Commission; exercises delegated authority for the technical positions and methodological determinations issued by the Division; manages staff performance through the encouragement of professional growth and a results-oriented environment; approves the Division's technical outputs prior to their submission to the Commission.
• Leads the development of policy positions and technical studies on all aspects of remuneration of the internationally-recruited staff in the Professional and higher categories as well as the General Service and other locally recruited categories, including budgetary impact of possible changes.
• Assists the Commission in developing and reviewing methodologies for determination and/or comparison of various remuneration elements and their application, including salary scales, dependency allowances, the education grant, pensionable remuneration, separation payments and other related allowances and benefits; and engages directly with the Commission, Member States and the Commission’s stakeholders on matters under the Division’s purview.
• Formulates policy recommendations in the relevant functional areas and provides authoritative advice to the Commission and the General Assembly on matters falling within the Division’s competence, including matters where the positions of participating organizations and staff federations diverge.
• Leads the development and review of the local salary survey methodology for staff in the General Service and other locally-recruited categories in particular duty stations and directs the programme of such surveys in Headquarters duty stations.
• Manages the day-to-day operational work in connection with the establishment and adjustment of travel per diem rates and other allowances, applicable in common system organizations worldwide.
• Maintains on-going liaison on the above matters with the organizations of the common system as well as with other divisions of the secretariat.
• Advises the Commission on the position of the common system relative to the comparator civil service and on the cost and policy implications of proposed changes to the remuneration package.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or Doctorate degree, or equivalent) in human resources administration, business management, economics or related fields is required.
• A first-level degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience, including team leadership, in the development, review or administration of international or national compensation policies is required.
• Experience in drafting substantive reports, policy papers or other conceptual or technical documents on compensation matters is required.
• Knowledge of the UN salary system and compensation framework, preferably with practical experience at a responsible level in salary and allowances administration is desirable.
• Experience with the United Nations common system salary and compensation framework is desirable.
• Experience in conducting or overseeing local salary surveys or reviews is desirable.
• Knowledge of the compensation of the United States federal civil service, as the comparator service of the common system, is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level III proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
• French is desirable at UN Level II proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Skills

• Salary Administration
• Allowances Management
• International Compensation Framework
• UN Salary System
• Policy Paper Writing
• Report Writing
• Team Leadership
• Salary Survey Management
• United Nations Common System
• Stakeholder Engagement
• High-Level Representation
• Compensation Policies
• Compensation and Benefits Analysis

Languages

English, French