Programme Management Officer, P4

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, so as 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”.

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