Chief of Section, Human Resources Management
Organizational Context
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), a UN regional commission established in 1948, focuses on contributing to the region's economic and social development. This role is situated within the Human Resources Section of the Division of Administration in Santiago, Chile, reporting to the Chief of the Division.
Job Purpose
The Chief of Human Resources Section is responsible for planning, organizing, managing, and supervising the unit's work, while developing and implementing new HR policies and practices to meet organizational needs. This role involves advising senior management on all HR matters, including strategic issues, staff appointments, and staff-management relations. The position also entails representing the organization in negotiations and inter-agency bodies, overseeing recruitment and placement strategies, managing entitlements, and promoting staff development and career support. Additionally, the role involves handling staff welfare, disciplinary matters, job classification, salary surveys, and utilizing data for planning and decision-making.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include managing and supervising the Human Resources Section, developing and implementing HR policies and practices, and ensuring their consistent application. The role involves advising senior management on HR policies, procedures, and strategic issues, as well as providing policy advice on staff appointments, movement, and staff-management relations. The Chief will represent the organization in negotiations with staff and inter-agency bodies. Core duties encompass identifying recruitment needs, developing and executing recruitment strategies, and ensuring timely post filling. This includes approving vacancy announcements, overseeing recruitment submissions, and participating in high-level interviews. The position also manages the Internship Programme, monitors and ensures the implementation of entitlements, and proposes changes to conditions of service. Furthermore, it involves designing and promoting staff development and career support programs, providing performance management advice, and assisting with the Performance Management and Development System. Other duties include advising staff on rights and responsibilities, monitoring staff welfare, managing disciplinary matters, mediating conflicts, reviewing job classifications, conducting salary surveys, and coordinating duty station classifications. The role also requires preparing policy papers and leading data analysis for informed decision-making.
Work Experience
A minimum of ten years of progressive experience in human resources management or administrative services is required. This includes at least six years of experience within the United Nations or a similar international organization, and experience in monitoring HR data and reporting to senior management. Experience advising senior managers on administrative and strategic matters, and in data analytics, is desirable.
Skills
• Professionalism: HR policy application, issue analysis, recommendation formulation, competence, efficiency, persistence, stress management, gender perspective integration, data analysis. • Communication: Clear and effective speaking/writing, active listening, appropriate response, information sharing. • Accountability: Ownership of responsibilities, commitment to standards, compliance, oversight, self-responsibility. • Leadership: Role modeling, empowerment, strategic development, relationship building, conflict resolution, driving change. • Judgement/Decision-making: Issue identification, information gathering, impact consideration, informed decision-making, problem-solving.