Deputy Director, Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division
Organizational Context
UN Women's Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division (PPID) drives development results under the Strategic Plan 2026-2029. PPID provides strategic direction, technical guidance, and analysis to global, regional, and country offices. It leads intergovernmental engagement, supports Member States in gender equality norms, and coordinates UN-system thematic leadership. This role supports the Director PPID, managing divisional operations and ensuring alignment with corporate policies and strategic objectives.
Job Purpose
The Deputy Director, Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division (PPID) provides strategic leadership for the planning and implementation of the Division's strategy and the delivery of UN Women's Strategic Plan results. This role ensures the coordination, monitoring, and accountability of development results at the global level. It also involves corporate stewardship of knowledge management for development results, leading PPID's engagement in corporate governance, and overseeing the day-to-day executive management of the Division. The position supports the Director PPID in achieving divisional priorities and contributing to UN Women's mandate.
Responsibilities
The Deputy Director provides strategic leadership for the formulation, implementation, and review of the Division’s Strategic Note, ensuring alignment with UN Women's Strategic Plan. This includes overseeing the coherence and quality of policy, programme, and intergovernmental work, and ensuring global programming frameworks translate mandates into actionable results. The role involves coordinating, monitoring, and consolidating Strategic Plan development results, establishing mechanisms for tracking and analyzing results, and providing strategic oversight to outcome and impact leads. Additionally, the Deputy Director establishes institutional standards for knowledge management, champions evidence-based decision-making, and oversees corporate governance for knowledge products. The position leads the day-to-day executive management of the Division, ensuring operational coherence, compliance, and effective planning, budgeting, and resource management. It also involves representing the Division in corporate governance mechanisms, providing executive oversight of Trust Funds, and leading Directorate workplanning, resource, and personnel management.
Work Experience
Requires at least 15 years of extensive experience in programme management and/or policy development. This includes at least 10 years of hands-on experience in designing, monitoring, and evaluating development strategies related to gender equality and women's empowerment, preferably with multilateral agencies. Experience leading and managing personnel in international settings, change management, strategic planning, and Results-Based Management is also required. Experience in knowledge generation and management, research, and normative support is a strong asset.
Skills
Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues, Accountability, Creative Problem Solving, Effective Communication, Inclusive Collaboration, Stakeholder Engagement, Leading by Example, Strategy Development and Implementation, Performance Management Systems, Systems Thinking, Structured Problem Solving, Strategic Business Planning, Project Management, Change Management, People Management, Team Building.