Deputy Executive Director, ITC

GloJobs; Genf; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The ITC in Geneva invites applications for Deputy Executive Director to oversee programme operations and ensure optimal use of human and financial resources to deliver practical solutions for member countries and beneficiaries.

You will guide strategy formulation, advise the Executive Director, lead Division Directors, and drive cross‑division collaboration to enhance efficiency and impact in trade support services.

Responsibilities

• Directs and manages ITC’s programmes, aligning human and financial resources to deliver practical solutions.
• Contributes to formulating ITC’s strategies and policies and advising the Executive Director; contributes to ITC’s activities and operations.
• Provides leadership to all Division Directors, overseeing administrative and technical divisions to optimize synergies and efficiencies; oversees development of trade support services considering MSME trends.

Job description

Deputy Executive Director, ITC

Grade: D-2. Location: Geneva, Switzerland. Application deadline: 5 August 2026.

Responsibilities

• Directs and manages the operationalization of ITC’s programmes, and ensures that ITC’s human and financial resources are aligned to deliver practical solutions to the countries and beneficiaries ITC seeks to serve.
• Contributes to the formulation of ITC’s overall strategies and policies and acting, as required, in an advisory capacity to the Executive Director; contributes to the overall management of the ITC’s activities and operations.
• Provides leadership to all Division Directors, and oversees the work of the administrative and technical divisions with a view to optimizing synergies and leveraging on efficiencies; oversees development of trade support services taking into account global trends of MSMEs.