Chef (Fe), Design Organisationnel, Planification ...

Geneva Com; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ITU, based in Geneva, Switzerland, seeks a strategic Head of the Organizational Design, Workforce Planning and Talent Acquisition Division to lead a high-impact team within the HR Management Department. The role focuses on defining talent strategy, overseeing job classification, and expanding recruitment through global outreach to attract diverse, highly qualified staff.

The incumbent will drive workforce planning initiatives, partner programmes, and selection processes while ensuring alignment

Responsibilities

• Lead the Division's team, providing strategic direction to ensure effective services and project delivery, managing resources, and assessing performance.
• Lead organizational design and job classification activities, ensuring consistent grading and classification of job descriptions.
• Develop and execute a global talent acquisition strategy, expanding recruitment channels while upholding diversity and equal opportunity.
• Oversee ITU partnership programmes and participate in selection processes including panels and committees.
• Define workforce planning requirements and develop tools to align jobs with organizational needs.
• Provide training and coaching to recruitment staff on best practices in candidate assessment and selection.

Job description

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Apply by: 04 Jan 2027

Administration, HR, Management, Accounting/Finance

Chef (Fe), Design Organisationnel, Planification Des Effectifs Et Acquisition Des Talents

Vacancy notice no. 2447 – Secretariat General, Human Resources Management Department (HRMD). Post number HR11/P5/174, grade P5. Fixed-term contract of 2 years with possibility of renewal. External publication. Duty station: Geneva, Switzerland.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies. Under the supervision of the Head of the Human Resources Management Department (HRMD), the Head of the Organizational Design, Workforce Planning and Talent Acquisition Division leads the team and provides authoritative, expert guidance across all areas of responsibility. The Head plays a key role in defining ITU's talent strategy and strengthening the organization's capacity to attract, engage and retain highly qualified staff, using leadership skills to drive change, improve processes, provide analysis and set strategic direction in organizational design, recruitment, strategic workforce planning and partnership programmes.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Lead the Division's team, providing strategic direction to ensure the effective implementation and monitoring of services, activities, programmes and projects and the efficient management of resources; plan and supervise work, set priorities and allocate resources; manage staff and assess operational performance.
• Lead the substantive development and strategic delivery of organizational design and job classification activities, including overseeing job classification for ITU, ensuring consistent application of grading standards, classifying all job descriptions, advising management, HR professionals and staff, and integrating workforce planning into the organizational planning cycle.
• Lead the development of recruitment and outreach activities, including a global talent acquisition strategy, expanding talent pools and relationships with universities, institutions and communities, ensuring fair and efficient assessment and selection that respects gender, cultural, geographical diversity and equal opportunity, and designing recruitment systems, tools, guidelines and procedures in line with the Staff Regulations and Rules.
• Lead the substantive development and strategic delivery of ITU partnership programmes (Associate Experts, trust funds, internships, loans/secondments, Young Professionals Programme) and take an active part in selection processes (pre-screening panels, interview panels, Appointments and Promotions Committee).
• Lead strategic workforce planning: define business requirements and implement a workforce planning tool, simplify processes, and analyse past and current workforce trends to align jobs with needs, close gaps and remove overlaps.
• Keep abreast of talent acquisition trends and best practices, and train and coach the recruitment team and staff on recruitment and selection.

ITU applies a zero-tolerance policy towards harassment and is committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging all qualified candidates regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, including persons with disabilities, to apply.

Date limite de candidature (Minuit heure de Genève)4 janvier 2027

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)