Political Affairs Officer, P4

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  • Organisation: EOSG - Executive Office of the Secretary-General
  • Location: New York
  • Contract: J
  • Deadline: 22 September 2026

Org. Setting and Reporting

The position is located in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG), in the Political, Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Human Rights Unit (PU), which reports to the Chef de Cabinet. The Political Affairs Officer reports to the Officer-in-Charge/Acting Director of the Political Unit. The EOSG, under the guidance of the Secretary-General (SG), works as a team pursuing in a cohesive and coherent manner, the SG's vision, priorities and policies for his second mandate in office. It seeks alignment of the United Nations family with the SG's vision, priorities and policies. It is guided by the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity and of achieving gender and regional balance among staff. All EOSG units will support the EOSG senior officials, as appropriate, depending on the tasks at hand, regardless of which senior official they formally report to, and will work together through a matrix team approach, as necessary, to ensure EOSG leads by example on integration and cross-pillar work.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Political Officer will be responsible for the following: • Monitor, identify and analyze geographic or thematic political and related developments with a view to provide early warning advice to the Officer-in-Charge/Acting Director of the Unit; • Prepare political and other analytical reports, background papers, talking points and correspondences of concern to the EOSG, the General Assembly, the Security Council and other bodies as appropriate; • Prepare for official meetings, events, talks, visits of political and related nature involving the leadership of the EOSG; • Conduct and direct research, initiate and carry out in-depth analysis on political, peacekeeping, humanitarian and human rights issues related to the assigned geographic or thematic areas. Follow up on current trends and political and security problems related to assigned geographical areas, with a view to provide early warning advice to EOSG senior officials. • Support senior management decision-making on country situations and relevant thematic files, through provision of incisive analysis and highlighting potential areas for system-wide actions. • Perform other related duties as requested by the EOSG.

Competencies