Chief of Section, Economic Affairs

Vor 2 Tagen

Genf GE, Schweiz United Nations Vollzeit

Org. Setting and Reporting
- The position is located in the Trade Facilitation Section (TFS) of the Economic Cooperation and Trade Division (ECTD) of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). The incumbent reports directly to the D-1, Chief of Service, and is under the general supervision of the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECE. The Trade Facilitation Section (TFS) services ECE’s a normative machinery in the field of digital and sustainable trade facilitation, notably the Working Party on Trade Facilitation and Electronic Businesses (UN/CEFACT) and its subsidiary bodies: the Team of Specialist (ToS) on ESG Traceability in Value Chains for the Circular Economy (ToS ESG VC CE) and the Advisory Group (AG) on UN/LOCODE. The Section also provides technical assistance and capacity building for the implementation of standards and recommendations and through targeted and demand-driven research, in the ECE region.
- Responsibilities
- Under the direct supervision of the D1, Chief of the Division, the incumbent undertakes the following tasks: -Manages and provides leadership to the Trade Facilitation Section and its staff. This includes: the recruitment processes and performance management for Section staff; managing and ensuring that all programmed activities are carried out in a timely and high-quality fashion; overseeing and supervising the regular budget programme of work and all related activities, planning resource use, monitoring and evaluation activities, and reporting regularly to the Division Director. Leads team members efforts to collect and analyze data and provides insight to identify trends or patterns for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting. Ensures that everyone can discover, access, integrate and share the data they need. -Secretariat servicing: Supervises the efficient servicing of the Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), its Bureau and related normative bodies (e.g. UN/LOCODE, Teams of Specialists), including regular and effective communications with the chairpersons/bureau and other key members of the intergovernmental bodies served. Meeting servicing includes the timely creation and publication of meeting agendas, documents, and reports. -Analytical work: Manages, supervises, coordinates, and carries out the analytical work related to the Section’s programme of work and ensures that the outputs produced by the Trade Facilitation Section maintain high-quality standards; that reports are clear, objective and based on comprehensive data. This includes: commissioning economic studies and analyses that cannot be undertaken internally; providing programmatic and substantive reviews of drafts prepared by others; finalizing documents, including those for submission to the serviced intergovernmental machinery; providing substantive input in the preparation of position papers and reports for presentation to intergovernmental bodies such as the Economic and Social Council, the General Assembly and other policy-making organs, as appropriate. -Capacity-building: Supervises and provides input to capacity-building and implementation projects for sustainable trade facilitation, including the UN Development Account and extra-budgetary projects. This includes the design of and mobilization of funds for, implementation and reporting of impactful and demand driven support to UNECE programme countries. -Provides policy guidance to the Chief of Service, on conceptual strategy development and management for the implementation of overall strategies and intra and inter-divisional/departmental policies and procedures in the areas of sustainable and digital trade facilitation. Leads or participates in the identification of new or emerging development issues of potential concern, particularly for countries with economies in transition. -Promotes UNECE’s work on sustainable and digital trade facilitation to potential users, to governments and to other international organizations, donors and development partners, including non-specialised audiences. In cooperation with UNECE media team, ensures impactful media presence of the Section’s workstreams, including by supervising the maintenance of respective websites, the preparation of brochures, press releases and other promotional materials (including videos and social media content). -Liaises and coordinates work on issues covered by UN/CEFACT with other organizations (such as UN Conference on Trade and Development, the other UN Regional Commissions, WTO, ITC, ISO and the WCO) and represents the UNECE in related cooperation and coordination activities. -Supports the Director of the Division and the UNECE Management in managing the Division including by responding to requests from UN Headquarters and the office of the UNECE Executive Secretary as well as participating in the ongoing information sharing and coordination activities of the Division. -Fosters teamwork and communication among s

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