Programme Officer, P3

The Programme Officer supports the International Civil Service Commission's Salaries and Allowance Division by conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis and research related to salaries, allowances, and benefits of United Nations common system staff. The role involves developing policy proposals, conducting surveys, managing content for the division's website, and supporting commission meetings.

Responsibilities

• Develop independently, or participate as a team member in developing, proposals relating to the existing policies and levels of salaries, allowances and benefits of staff of the common system, for submission to the Commission in regular sessions.
• Present studies and policy recommendations directly to the Commission if required.
• Conduct research from a variety of sources, including large and complex staff demographic and pay data, to process and analyze them and prepare documents with relevant findings as required.
• Conduct surveys on conditions of service for locally recruited staff at headquarters duty stations; deliver training to Local Salary Survey Committees; provide guidance in the selection of employers and the collection of data; analyze data; determine the relevant salary scale and make recommendations to the Commission for its adoption.
• Function as Content Manager of the Division segment of the ICSC public website, research and introduce relevant information for organizations of the common system based on queries submitted to the ICSC and other questions from the field.
• Ensure that the information provided to internal and external users is up to date and accurate.
• Participate in, and substantively support, sessions of working groups and other meetings of the International Civil Service Commission in any of the areas of competence.
• Perform other duties relevant to this position.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent degree) in Management, Business Administration, Law, Social Sciences or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in compensation, administration, project management, human resources management, or other related area is required.
• At least 2 years of work experience should be in an international environment, in the project management, and/or related area is required.
• Experience in preparing contextual information such as papers and other relevant documents, using various sources, including non-UN and academic sources are desirable.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Knowledge of the United Nations common system of salary and benefits.
• Knowledge of salary systems in the private and public sectors across various countries.
• Ability to analyze new developments in the field, to synthesize various ideas and to develop appropriate proposals for the revision or introduction of new salary systems for the United Nations common system.
• English language proficiency at UN Level III is required.
• French language proficiency at UN Level II is desirable.

Skills

• Compensation Management
• Project Management
• Human Resources Management
• Policy Development
• Quantitative Analysis
• Qualitative Analysis
• Salary System Knowledge
• United Nations Common System
• Research and Analysis
• Report Writing
• Survey Administration
• IT Skills
• Content Management
• International Work Experience

Languages

English, French