Human Resources Specialist, Learning Design Expert, Career Development & Mobility Branch, Division for Human Resources, New York, P-3

The Position:
 
As a member of the Learning Team in the Career Development & Mobility Branch, you will be responsible for participating in needs assessments, developing core learning programs as envisioned in the Learning Strategy and facilitating implementation and evaluation of learning activities.
You will report to the HR Specialist, Leadership Development & Management Learning.
 
How you can make a difference:
 
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2018-2021), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments to accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
 
Job Purpose:
 
As a member of the Learning Team, the HR Specialist, Learning Design Expert oversees program design and development and contributes to needs assessments, developing, implementing and contributing to evaluation of core learning programmes in close collaboration with functional heads and under the guidance of the Leadership Development and Management Learning Specialist.

Requirements:
 

Qualifications and Experience
 

Education:  
 
Advanced university degree in Human Resources, Instructional Design, Adult Education, Organization Development, Training or related discipline.  
 
Knowledge and Experience: 
 
● Five years of relevant progressively responsible experience in training, adult education and/or staff development, some of which should be at the international level;  
● Demonstrated professional competence and success in the delivery of innovative and cost-effective delivery of learning programmes and related staff development interventions in a complex multicultural environment; 
● Demonstrated ability to identify, contract and manage vendors effectively, assuring high quality standards and timely delivery of learning programmes/interventions;
● Ability to communicate clearly and concisely; 
● A track record of success in managing learning programmes / processes to develop capabilities across teams;
● Experience with social media and gamification to drive engagement and sustainability;
● Creativity and flexibility in addressing future challenges in alignment with long-term goals;
● Proven skills in facilitation and presentation. 
 
Languages: 
 
Fluency in English is required;  knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable.