Requirements

Education (required)

• A master's degree (or equivalent) in business administration, management, computational social science, economics, policy analysis, data management or a related field.

• Or a first university degree plus two extra years of qualifying work experience.

Experience (required)

• At least 10 years of growing responsibility in project or programme management, administration or a related area.

• Experience advising a head of an organization (or similar senior manager) on strategy or policy.

• Experience managing teams that coordinate strategic planning or organizational change in an international or intergovernmental organization.

• Experience in programme, policy or analysis work on Africa's development, including the African Union's Agenda 2063.

• Experience in data analysis and checking the quality of data products, using tools such as Excel or Power BI.

Languages

• Required: English (UN Level II in reading, writing, listening and speaking).

• Desirable: French (UN Level I).

Desirable (not required)

• A completed degree or non-degree programme in data analytics, business analytics or data science.

• Experience using artificial intelligence tools, including large language models, in policy or analysis work.

Other conditions

• Consultants and individual contractors who worked in the UN Secretariat in the last six months cannot apply.

• People who have reached the UN mandatory age of separation are not eligible.

• The selection may include an assessment exercise and a competency-based interview.