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UN SecretariatDepartment of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance Office of Human Resources
Job opening

Talent Management and Job Analysis Specialist

LevelCON
LocationNew York, United States
Application period2026-10-28 / 2026-11-04
Work arrangementOn-site / Duty station

Organizational Context

The Office of Human Resources (OHR) within the UN Secretariat's Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance is undertaking a comprehensive job analysis. This initiative aims to modernize talent attraction, recruitment, and nurturing strategies, focusing on young and diverse talent. The role supports the creation of future-ready, inclusive, and bias-free generic job profiles.

Job Purpose

This role serves to facilitate the UN Secretariat's talent management process by developing up-to-date, future-ready job profiles that align with organizational needs. It ensures job responsibilities are formulated inclusively, considering diverse demographic experiences. A key objective is to enhance the recruitment process's inclusivity and effectiveness by accurately identifying skills that enable fair candidate assessment, thereby attracting a broader global talent pool. The consultant will support the development of generic job profiles (GJPs) that reflect current and future workforce requirements.

Responsibilities

The Specialist will conduct job analyses using the GJP 2.0 methodology, collaborating with HR teams and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to define responsibilities, skills, and requirements. Responsibilities include mapping skills to duties, ensuring quality standards for consistency and differentiation, and utilizing generative AI tools for drafting and quality-checking profile content. The role involves facilitating SME consultations, consolidating input, preparing GJPs for review and publication, and supporting change requests. Additional duties include organizing and analyzing workstream data, preparing reports and presentations for senior management, responding to queries about GJPs, documenting the development process, and providing regular progress updates.

Work Experience

A minimum of five years of experience in management consulting, human resources management, organizational development, workforce planning, job analysis, or business analysis is required. Experience with SMEs, data analysis (Excel), generative AI tools, stakeholder engagement, report writing, and managing concurrent projects is essential.

Skills

Job analysis, talent management, GJP 2.0 methodology, skills mapping, generative AI tools, SME consultation, data analysis, report preparation, stakeholder engagement, project management, inclusive recruitment practices.

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