Senior Intergovernmental Affairs Officer position available at at the Economic and Social Council Affairs Branch (EAB), General Assembly and ECOSOC Affairs Division (GAEAD), Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), New York.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and direct the provision of secretariat services to the sessions of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and subsidiary organs as well as United Nations conferences, including continuous guidance and authoritative advice to the presiding officers as well as other elected officers on the organization of work, status of negotiations, conduct of business, rules of procedure and the established practices, programme budget and conference servicing implications and administrative issues;
• Supervise preparations of the procedural notes for the presiding officer for each meeting and on each agenda item;
• Supervise the timely and accurate submission and issuance of all pre-session, in-session, and post-session documentation (including draft resolutions, decisions and reports);
• Oversee the research and preparation of studies on the procedure and practice of the intergovernmental bodies covered by the Branch;
• Assist the Chief of the Branch with the management of the Branch and the supervision of the staff, the recruitment of temporary assistance, the preparation of the Branch’s contribution to the budget and the review of the work of the Branch and its various outputs. Acts as officer-in-charge of the Branch in the absence of the Chief of the Branch, as required.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in international relations, law, diplomacy or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in political science, international relations, law, diplomacy or related area is required.
• Experience in dealing with international political issues in a multilateral context is required.
• Experience in the provision of substantive support to intergovernmental processes and legislative machinery in an international organization such as the United Nations is required.
• Experience in provision of procedural advice to a presiding officer/Bureau of an intergovernmental body is desirable.
• Experience in preparation/coordination of parliamentary documentation is desirable.