MANAGEMENT
the measures to be presented to the
High Commissioner.
• UN Human Rights in the Republic of
Moldova conducted a Diversity Study
to assess the diversity of UN national
staff working in the country. Based on
the results of the study, the UNCT identified major gaps in terms of diversity in
the areas of ethnicity, age, language,
geography and persons with disabilities and decided to re-establish a
diversity task force to assess potential
activities to increase diversity.
• At a retreat of the Southern Africa
Regional Office, in February, for
staff and Heads of field presences in
Southern Africa, a discussion was held
on gender and diversity. A number of
action points were agreed to, including
the development of a gender strategy, the need for all field presences
in the subregion to integrate gender
mainstreaming into their reporting
and a proposal for additional training
on gender mainstreaming. A draft of
the regional Gender and Diversity
Strategy 2019-2021 was finalized. The
implementation of the Strategy, which
is in line with UN Human Rights’ and
UN’s policy commitments, will continue
in 2020.
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Talent and Career Management
UN Human Rights is actively unleashing
the full potential of its staff with focused
talent and career management accessible to all.
• A review of the work undertaken
by the General Services staff in UN
Human Rights Headquarters commenced, to review assigned work, the
organizational structure and related
classification levels. In addition, the
regularization of staff was underway
throughout the year and a comprehensive review of the conditions of
service for national staff in field offices
was concluded.
• In 2019, UN Human Rights targeted
support and access to learning opportunities for field-based staff members
through the promotion of the new learning platform, LinkedIn Learning, and
through the organization of the Field
Administrative Staff Consultations that
took place in Geneva, in May, for 28
field-based administrative staff. A total
of 46 UN Human Rights staff members
used LinkedIn Learning in 2019.
• Following the 2018 launch of the
360-degree feedback project as a
pilot for senior leaders (D1 level and
above), UN Human Rights facilitated
the delivery of the executive coaching
package. The 360-degree feedback
cycle for all managers supervising four
or more staff members was rolled out
in November 2018. Over 160 managers received feedback until the survey
campaign closed. After reaching out to
colleagues in Geneva, New York and all
field presences, the data was collected
and uploaded to the Vision Metrics
platform, which was the main tool used
to facilitate the implementation of the
process. The survey was reviewed
and adjusted according to the lessons
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