Apply for Deputy Director (Talent Management), D-1, Division of People and Culture, Istanbul, Türkiye Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

UNICEF works in some of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 international locations and territories, we work for each child, all over the place, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each child, dedication.

UNICEF is within the course of of reworking its People and Culture perform, with the goal to measurably enhance the group’s potential to ship outcomes for youngsters, present donors with the knowledge that their contributions are properly spent and improve the employment worth proposition for its workers. The main targets of the place embody revolutionary and built-in expertise administration, efficiency administration, skilled and profession improvement, succession planning, in addition to efficient inner and exterior partnerships improvement.

Together with the Director, People and Culture, the Deputy Director, Talent Management the Associate Director-Humanitarian Action, and the broader folks and tradition management workforce, the Deputy Director-Talent Management is accountable for co-leading the  perform and the continuing folks and tradition transformation initiatives at UNICEF. The place is straight accountable for and oversees the Talent Engagement and Partnerships, Talent Development, Performance Management capabilities of the Division of People and Culture.  This consists of co-leading the event of organizational methods that drive folks and tradition transformation and tradition change throughout UNICEF.

How are you able to make a difference?

Key perform, accountabilities and associated duties/duties:

1.   Co-lead the human assets perform and the continuing transformation as part of the divisional management workforce and the worldwide OnePC management workforce

• Co-lead organizational transformation and change initiatives, in shut collaboration with administration in any respect ranges and the Global Staff Association.

2.   Provide mental management within the design and administration of organizational transformation priorities

• Steer the implementation of the continuing  transformation initiatives based mostly on a sound understanding of the strategic course of the group, its construction, tradition, and in shut collaboration with key stakeholders and opinion leaders;
• Proactively interact with key stakeholders and opinion leaders to create buy-in and co-create, implement, consider and report on plans that meet key organizational targets;
• Leverage information and analytics to proactively analyse, determine, and monitor potential dangers and unintended penalties of the transformation initiatives, and suggest mitigating measures;
• Spearhead folks and tradition capability constructing inside the world UNICEF folks and tradition neighborhood, and foster studying and coaching efforts that handle the wants of workers throughout UNICEF. This consists of the dissemination of classes discovered, finest practices, and profitable change administration processes and instruments;
• Create and handle measurement methods and metrics to trace the adoption, utilization and effectiveness of the varied HR transformation initiatives.

3.   Oversee the efficient administration of the Talent Engagement and Partnerships, Talent Development, Performance Management capabilities

• Inspire and present efficient management to the Talent Engagement and Partnerships, Talent Development, Performance Management capabilities;
• Keep abreast of rising tendencies and finest practices within the business to advertise and assist the introduction of revolutionary and built-in expertise administration, efficiency administration, skilled and profession improvement, and succession planning;
• Develop and preserve efficient inner and exterior partnerships to additional the achievement of key organizational transformation initiatives.

To qualify as a champion for each child, you should have:

• An superior college diploma (grasp’s diploma) in Human Resources Management, Organizational Development, Business Administration or in a associated space is required. An extra two years of skilled expertise in human assets administration could also be thought of in lieu of the superior college diploma.
• A minimal of 13 years of progressive skilled work expertise in human assets administration, significantly in expertise administration, organizational design and improvement, organizational studying and improvement, organizational tradition, organizational psychology, human assets insurance policies, worker relations, or in a related area, of which a minimum of 5 years within the United Nations or different worldwide organizations, is required.
• Oral and written proficiency in English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language is an asset.
• Membership in a acknowledged skilled human assets affiliation is a powerful asset.

Person Profile:

In addition to the above key necessities, the Deputy Director-Talent Management ought to have:

• Progressive duty and expertise in:
  • Understanding of how folks undergo change processes, the important thing success and threat components and sensible expertise within the improvement of mitigation methods;
  • Designing, managing, and constantly enhancing state of the artwork revolutionary folks and tradition transformation initiatives;
  • Effectively working throughout organizational boundaries and constructing stable working relationships in any respect ranges based mostly on belief;
  • Leading vital organizational change in a big, complicated, and decentralized group.
• A stable observe document of efficient collaboration inside a fancy folks and tradition enterprise partnering atmosphere;
• Successful observe document in successfully main and managing giant, complicated, numerous, and geographically unfold groups, together with managing senior degree managers;
• A stable understanding of folks and tradition administration ideas, insurance policies, and processes, in addition to rising tendencies within the business;
• Utilizing and leveraging complicated information and analytics to provide compelling, evidence-based rationales and narratives to drive sustainable organizational tradition change.

For each child, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every thing we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness
• Drive to attain outcomes for impression
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically  
• Works collaboratively with others
• Nurtures, leads and manages folks

During the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges: competency framework here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should mirror the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.
We supply a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of versatile working preparations.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of tutorial credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to supply extra data to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

UNICEF is dedicated to variety and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, non secular and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals residing with disabilities, to apply to turn into a part of the group.

Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict child safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station, which will likely be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice will likely be cancelled.

Government workers which can be thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or needed inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive.

Only shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.