ICSC: Chief, Salaries and Allowances Division, New York

• Job Opening ID: 285340
• Job Network : Management and Administration
• Job Family : Human Resources
• Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, D-1
• Recruitment Type : Position Specific Job Openings - Fixed Term Limited
• Duty Station : NEW YORK
• Department/Office : International Civil Service Commission
• Date Posted : Sep 25, 2026
• Deadline : Nov 8, 2026

This position is located in the secretariat of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), an independent expert body established by the General Assembly with the mandate to regulate and coordinate conditions of service of staff of the organizations of the United Nations common system. Under the general direction of the Executive Secretary of the Commission, the incumbent directs the Salaries and Allowances Division responsible for the determination and review of salaries, allowances and related conditions of service of staff in the Professional and higher categories and in the General Service and other locally-recruited categories in the organizations of the United Nations common system. Reporting to the Executive Secretary, the Chief of Division maintains close contact with stakeholders and partners and directs the development of policies in the areas under his/her responsibility, to ensure that they are relevant to the needs of common system organizations and Member States, and ensures that work assigned to the Division by the Commission is carried out in an expeditious and professional manner. The incumbent also exercises delegated authority for matters under the Division’s purview and represents the secretariat at the Commission and General Assembly meetings and in inter-agency fora on these matters.