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United Nations · 11 hours ago

Chief of Section, Finance, P5

New York, NY

Contract

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

The United Nations is seeking a Chief of Section for the Health and Life Insurance Section within its Finance Division. The role involves providing policy guidance, overseeing service operations, managing financial matters, and ensuring high-quality outputs related to health and life insurance for UN staff and retirees.

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Responsibilities

Provides policy guidance to the Chief of Service, in formulating proposals for policies and procedures in respect of the United Nations health and life insurance programmes, covering staff members and retirees of the United Nations and other participating entities

Plans and oversees the management of health and life insurance service operations undertaken by the Section; ensures delivery of excellent client service; oversees the resolution of benefit issues, coordinating diverse projects in the Section, and, in liaison with other organizations of the United Nations System, donors and agencies as appropriate

Manages, supervises and carries out the work programme of the Section under his/her responsibility

Co-ordinates and oversees the financial management, benefit provision, and benefit plan communication and operational work carried out by the Section; provides programmatic and substantive reviews of drafts prepared by others

Provides substantive input in the preparation of position papers and reports for presentation to intergovernmental bodies such as the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budget Questions, Committee for Programme Coordination, the General Assembly and other policy-making organs, as appropriate; ensures the adherence to premium sharing ratios prescribed by the General Assembly

Contributes to the reporting to intergovernmental bodies on budget/programme performance or on programmatic/ substantive issues, as appropriate, particularly those presented in annual reports

Ensures that the outputs produced by the Section maintain high-quality standards; that reports are clear, objective and based on comprehensive data

Ensures that all outputs produced by the Section under his/her supervision meet required standards before completion to ensure they comply with the relevant mandates

Prepares inputs for the work programme of the Service, determining priorities, and allocating resources for the completion of outputs and their timely delivery

Carries out programmatic/administrative tasks necessary for the functioning of the Section, including preparation of budgets, assigning and monitoring of performance parameters and critical indicators, reporting on budget/programme performance, preparation of inputs for results-based budgeting, evaluation of staff performance (PAS), interviews of candidates for job openings and evaluation of candidates

Recruits staff for Section taking due account of geographical and gender balance and other institutional values

Manages, guides, develops and trains staff under his/her supervision

Fosters teamwork and communication among staff in Section and across organizational boundaries

Represents the Organization at Medical Insurance Plan (MIP) meetings, acting as focal point on substantive and administrative-related issues for local staff members and retirees

Serves as Secretary of the Health and Life Insurance Committee and provides programmatic/substantive expertise on the full range of health and life insurance issues falling under the purview of the Committee

Qualification

Health insurance managementFinancial managementPolicy formulationHuman resources managementBudget preparationTeam leadershipClient servicePlanningOrganizingGender balance awarenessPerformance managementReport writingCommunication skillsCollaborationProblem-solvingStrategic thinking

Required

Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business or public administration, finance, accounting, law or related area

A first-level degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree

A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in administration, budget, finance, human resources management or related field is required

Experience servicing a large number of clients, dealing with time sensitive and complex health administration matters is required

Experience leading a large team is required

English is required

Preferred

Experience working with United Nations or an International organization's policies and procedures as they relate to Staff Rules and Regulations including entitlements such as health and life insurance; and Financial Regulations, Rules and procedures is desirable

Experience in the United States health insurance environment is desirable