Org. Setting and Reporting - This position is located in the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC) in Bogota. The Chief of Unit, Human Resources Management/Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at this level is responsible for a fully integrated and regulatory-compliant human resources section in the mission. S/he serves as the Mission Human Resources adviser to the senior leadership team and hiring managers on human resources planning and management, policy implementation and monitoring in order to ensure that HR and mission's strategy are aligned and responsive to evolving changes in mandate and phase, operational priorities and budgetary imperatives. The CHRO reports to the Chief of Operations and Resource Management (CORM). - Responsibilities - Within delegated authority, the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) will be responsible for the following duties: Strategic Planning: - Participates in the mission planning process throughout the mission lifecycle and plays a critical role in determining the staffing requirements and structures. - Advises the Senior Management Team on emerging capacity gaps in accordance with the evolution of the mission mandate; - Advises Senior Mission Leadership on workforce planning, including implementation of succession planning and forecasting of human resources requirements during the start-up, mission transition and draw down, including closely coordinating with the Field Operations Finance Division (FOFD) to manage the drawdown and retrenchment of staff and works with individual staff to advise them on potential future placements within UN secretariat and beyond; - In coordination with all mission components, develops coherent staffing strategies to support the implementation of the mission’s mandate including recruitment and deployment plan; - He/she is also responsible for assessment of the workforce per function, skill, level, category, occupational group, gender and geography and for identifying the gap and determining actions to respond to needs taking into account existing vacancies, projected changes due to retirements, returns to parent duty station and turnover rates; - Advises mission leadership on the implementation of Organization-wide change initiatives especially those related to and have impact on the human resources; - Reviews mission structures to establish required adjustments that may lead to consolidation, retrenching and reduction of posts. Budget Process: - Participates in the budget development process of the entire mission and provides guidance and advice to the Senior Management Team on the human resources requirements, staffing table and organizational structure of all sections based on the FOFD guidelines on budget review; - Coordinates with FOFD on the review of the staffing aspects of the mission’s budget and manages preparation of documentation for classification of posts and the implementation of classification result; - Ensures that expenditures related to staffing are within the budgeted staffing costs, coordinating with the Finance and Budget Unit at mission level to ensure availability of funds; - Ensures the integrity of the staffing table as approved in the budget without discrepancy in units/sections and locations; - Facilitates the mission’s participation in expert panels to evaluate applicants to generic job openings; - Manages recruitment and selection related process in a transparent, consistent, merit-based and fair manner, complying with policies related to gender balance, geographic diversity, as well as enhancing both the management and staff awareness of these policies; - Manages the recruitment and selection of national staff ensuring the development of job descriptions for approved posts, liaising with the UNHQ on the classification of such posts, advertising and guiding managers on the selection process in line with UN staff rules and regulations. Human Resources Management: - Advises and communicates to Senior Management and staff on Human Resources policies and practices and provides direction and coherence to all HR activities and systems in the mission; - Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of related guidelines, HR rules, regulations practices and procedures, and recommends revisions to FOFD, where necessary; - Responsible for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of delegated authorities through inter-alia, the Human Resources Management Scorecard (HRM-S), Service Level Agreements, Human Resources Accountability Indicator Monitoring (AIM) (KPIs), and the Senior Managers’ Compact; - Represents Senior Mission Management on a variety of joint staff-management advisory bodies in an ex officio advisory or active capacity, as appropriate; - Serves as primary interface regarding cross-cutting HR issues between the Head of Mission and UNHQ, with a key proactive role of open communications, advisory services, and collaborative problem resolution; Performance Management: - Supports the mission i