Job Network : Economic, Social and Development Job Family : Programme Management Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-4 Job Opening ID : 253733 Duty Station : GENEVA Department/Office : Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology Date Posted : Feb 27, 2025 Deadline : Mar 12, 2025 The position is located in the United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (UNODET). UNODET was established on 1 January 2025, with a mandate to: Advise the senior leadership of the United Nations on key trends in technology, to guide the strategic approach taken by the Organization on such issues. Serve as advocate and focal point for digital cooperation, through engagement with Member States, the technology industry, civil society, and other stakeholders. Facilitate multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on digital and emerging technologies. Strengthen system-wide coordination within and across the United Nations system on digital and emerging technologies. Support the follow-up and implementation of the Global Digital Compact (A/RES/79/1 Annex 1). Through the Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, UNODET also leads the implementation of the Secretary-General's vision on digital cooperation by working closely with various UN entities and multi-stakeholder groups, facilitating dialogue to accelerate global digital cooperation, seizing on the opportunities that are presented by technology – while mitigating the risks – so that progress towards achieving the Goals by 2030 can be made collectively, as well as carrying out other related duties and responsibilities assigned by the Secretary-General, including follow-up actions from the Secretary-General's Roadmap for Digital Cooperation and the report "Our Common Agenda". This position is based in the UN Offices at Geneva (UNOG), Switzerland, and will report to the Senior Programme Management Officer. #J-18808-Ljbffr