Vacancy Announcement Details

The Office of Internal Oversight Services is the internal oversight body of the United Nations and assists the Secretary-General in fulfilling his oversight responsibilities in respect of the resources and staff of the Organization through the provision of audit, investigation, and inspection and evaluation services. IED performs independent inspections and evaluations on behalf of the Secretary-General and Member States. The purpose of these activities is to assist intergovernmental bodies and programme managers to determine the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of the Secretariat’s programmes, as well as to enhance the Secretariat’s evaluation capacity. IED conducts its inspections and evaluations in accordance with the regulatory framework of the United Nations and international best practices”. IED comprises 38 staff operating across two locations in New York and Entebbe. The Director reports directly to the Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services (USG/OIOS).

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Director will be responsible for planning, directing, and managing the activities undertaken by the Inspection and Evaluation Division.

These responsibilities include:

• Formulating and implementing the Division’s substantive programme of work, including managing the activities, staff, and financial resources of the Division to ensure its timely implementation, the achievement of performance goals, and the optimal use of resources;
• Establishing and maintaining the operating guidelines, lines of authority and communication, work objectives, and priorities of reporting that guide the Division’s activities;
• Providing leadership oversight and supervision of the Division’s inspection and evaluation assignments, including through input into and substantive review of assignment plans, risk assessments, evaluation designs, and draft and final reports, with a view to ensuring that the Division’s outputs are of a high quality, meet required standards, and achieve the desired impact;
• Coordinating the work of the Division with other Divisions and units within OIOS, as well as outside OIOS with internal and external oversight bodies such as the System-Wide Evaluation Office, the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and Board of Auditors (BOA);
• Undertaking or overseeing administrative matters necessary for the functioning of the Division, including preparing budgets, reporting on programme performance in the context of results-based management, evaluating staff performance, and candidates for recruitment;
• Managing, guiding, developing, and training staff under his/her supervision; fostering teamwork and communication among staff in the Division and across organizational boundaries;
• Providing programmatic and substantive expertise on issues relating to inspection and evaluation;
• Representing OIOS in meetings with intergovernmental bodies on budget or programme performance or on substantive issues pertaining to inspection and evaluation activities and resources;
• Performing other related duties as requested by the USG/OIOS, including, but not limited to, liaising with inter-governmental bodies and counterparts in other international organizations on matters relating to the inspection and evaluation function in the United Nations, participating in meetings, seminars, etc. on substantive related issues and representing the Division at inter-divisional meetings of OIOS and international, regional, and inter-agency meetings, seminars and conferences.

Full details available on the UN website. Application deadline is May 22, 2024​.