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Senior Professional Officer at the Executive Office of the Secretary-General
Seniorekspert til International Maritime Organization
Norge har mulighet til å fremme aktuelle kandidater til stillingen som seniorekspert ved Generalsekretærens kontor hos IMO.
Stillingen krever minimum syv års relevant yrkeserfaring fra arbeid i FN-systemet, med solid kompetanse innen global styring, multilateralt diplomati eller maritim politikk og regelverk.
Stillingen er lyst ut åpent av IMO, der alle medlemsland kan fremme sine kandidater. Kun norske borgere kan søke på denne stillingen der norske kandidater kan fremmes for finansiering over bistandsbudsjettet.
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Main duties and responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Executive Officer, the Senior Professional Officer (SPO) will contribute to the successful implementation of activities led by the Executive Office of the Secretary General. The incumbent will provide strategic coordination, analytical support, project oversight, and quality assurance functions to strengthen governance implementation, organizational performance, and institutional coherence.
1. Governance, Intergovernmental Support, and Strategy
- Assist EOSG in advancing IMO’s strategic engagement with Member States and governing bodies (coordination, documentation preparation, speechwriting).
- Support the preparation and coordination of IMO governing body sessions (Council, Assembly, and Committees), as needed.
- Maintain implementation-tracking and accountability mechanisms to support senior leadership oversight of governing body decision implementation.
- Coordinate internal review processes for IMO governing body related documentation to ensure consistency, quality, and timely submission.
- Prepare briefs and background documents on emerging issues affecting organizational effectiveness and delivery of the Strategic Plan.
- Support development of performance dashboards as well as follow-up summaries and tracking on action items across the Secretariat arising from SMC, Assembly, Council, Working Groups, HLCP follow‑up, and cross‑divisional groups for senior leadership.
- Support preparation of strategic planning inputs and performance reporting to IMO’s governing bodies
- Provide analytical support.
2. Strategic Partnerships and External Engagement
- Support the planning and delivery of high-level engagements, including briefings, retreats, and bilateral or multilateral dialogues.
- Prepare analytical materials for senior management participation in UN system meetings, identifying opportunities for organizational positioning.
- Support internal consultations to prepare strategic messages, ensuring consistency with organizational priorities and cross-divisional inputs.
- Monitor follow-up actions arising from strategic engagements and maintain tracking tools.
3. Regulatory effectiveness in International Shipping
- Support activities related to the theme of the International Maritime Day.
- Coordinate cross-divisional contributions to thematic initiatives and SG-led messages.
- Conduct targeted reviews to identify how strategic regulatory themes link with the Strategic Plan and organizational priorities.
- Assist in synthesizing technical inputs into strategic-level documentation.
4. Organizational Performance, Strategic Projects, and Reform Coordination
- Support the coordination of strategic EOSG-led strategic projects, or other cross-divisional initiatives, ensuring structured project management, KPIs, milestones, and risk analysis.
- Develop structured monitoring tools, timelines, and reporting mechanisms for projects under EOSG oversight.
- Analyze Secretariat performance across Strategic Plan related activities (performance indicators, outputs, business plan, risk management) producing insights and options for senior leadership.
- Drive internal process improvement and digitalization initiatives within EOSG, aligned with organizational and UN reform priorities.
- Support development and implementation of internal standards, templates, and quality-assurance practices for EOSG-led documentation.
5. Gender equality, diversity and institutional culture
- Support the EOSG in promoting/facilitating gender equality in the IMO secretariat.
- Support the coordination of gender equality initiatives, ensuring alignment with UN system expectations and internal commitments.
- Support the coordination of relevant cross-divisional working groups (gender, diversity, inclusion, internal communication) and produce action plans and monitoring reports.
- Draft analytical inputs on gender and diversity for leadership briefings, strategic planning processes, and organization-wide and UN system reporting.
- Support alignment of EOSG initiatives with UN system gender equality frameworks and standards.
Competence
Professionalism, strategic judgement, political acumen, communication excellence, planning and organizing, client orientation, teamwork, and leadership.
Advanced university degree (minimum masters) in political science, international relations or law, public administration, or a related field.
Fluency in English required; additional UN languages is an advantage.
Experience
- A minimum of seven years of experience within the UN system and/diplomacy, with experience in UN governing body processes, intergovernmental negotiations, and/or executive-level decision-making.
- Proven experience in strategic partnerships, including engagement with Member States, contributing to sustained political and financial support at scale.
- Demonstrated experience supporting senior leadership, including strategic briefings, speechwriting, and political analysis.
- Experience implementing or coordinating internal corporate initiatives, change management efforts, or organization-wide policy harmonisation.
- Demonstrated experience with digitalization or innovation initiatives, including the use of digital tools, AI, and emerging technologies.
- Experience in organizational performance analysis, strategic project management, policy synthesis or reform initiatives.
- Experience at both UN Headquarters and in field/country-level or operational contexts
- Demonstrated knowledge of the International Maritime Organization and/or experience in maritime administration is an advantage
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge of UN system-wide reform initiatives or cross-agency collaboration is an advantage.
- Demonstrated experience engaging with parliamentary systems is an advantage.
Behandling av personopplysninger ved søknader til International Maritime Organization
Når du søker på stillingen i IMO gjennom Norec, må vi sende videre informasjon om deg til HR-avdelingen i IMO. Ved å søke på stillingene samtykker du dermed til at vi kan levere dine personopplysninger, inkludert CV og vitnemål til IMO. Informasjonen blir kryptert med passord før disse blir sendt fra Norec for å ivareta sikkerheten for personopplysningene dine.
Har du spørsmål til hvordan dine personopplysninger blir ivaretatt kan du kontakte oss på fn_stillinger@norec.no
Spørsmål om stillingen
Camilla Ericsson Valvik, Seksjonsleiar rekruttering til internasjonale organisasjonar
Edin Elgsæther, Seniorrådgivar rekruttering til internasjonale organisasjonar
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