Resident Coordinator (South Africa), D2

United Nations; Pretoria; Presencial; ZAR 1.200.000 - 1.600.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

United Nations in Pretoria seeks a senior official to serve as the Resident Coordinator, leading the UN country team and coordinating development activities under the 2030 Agenda. The role focuses on sustaining peace, coordinating operational activities, and ensuring system-wide accountability across UN agencies at the country level.

The incumbent reports to the UN Development Coordination Office and works to deliver sustainable development outcomes, with the aim of leaving no one behind in

Descripción del empleo

Job Network : Economic, Social and Development

Job Family : Sustainable Development

Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories , D-2

Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings

Job Opening Job Opening ID: 286405 Job Network : Economic, Social and Development Job Family : Sustainable Development Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories , D-2
Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings Duty Station : PRETORIA
Department/Office : Resident Coordinator System Date Posted : Oct 26, 2026
Deadline : Nov 9, 2026

In its resolution 72/279 of 31 May 2018, the General Assembly created a dedicated, impartial empowered and sustainable development-focused coordination function for the United Nations development system, drawing on the expertise and assets of all United Nations development system entities, including specialized and non-resident agencies. The Resident Coordinator system ensures the coordination of all organizations of the United Nations dealing with operational activities for development at the country level, regardless of the nature of their presence in the country. It encompasses the UN Resident Coordinator, the UN Country Team and Resident Coordinator's Office and is served by the UN Development Coordination Office. In line with this General Assembly mandate, the Resident Coordinator (RC) is the highest ranking representative of the United Nations development system (UNDS) at the country level, with the responsibility to lead United Nations country teams, and ensure system-wide accountability on the ground – including through a matrixed dual reporting model - for the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and coordinating UN support to countries in their implementation of the 2030 Agenda. She/he brings to the role an appreciation of the breadth of assets of the United Nations in the service of sustaining peace. The Resident Coordinator is the designated representative of – and reports to – the Secretary-General. The Resident Coordinator also reports annually to the host Government on the system-wide implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. The Resident Coordinator system is focused on the advancement of sustainable development, leaving no one behind, and with the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions as an overarching objective, consistent with the integrated nature of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In performing her/his functions, the Resident Coordinator is guided by the respective United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and international frameworks, norms and standards agreed amongst the Member States of the United Nations.