Jan Beagle

Jan Margaret Beagle is a diplomat from New Zealand and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. She is currently the Under-Secretary-General for Management, appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 1 June 2017 [1]

Prior to this appointment, Beagle held the position of Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS,[2] known as UNAIDS. From 2008 to 2009, she was the Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and from 2005 to 2007, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management.

Beagle is an International Gender Champion[3]—a member of a leadership network that brings together senior female and male decision makers to break down gender barriers—and is the co-Chair of the Champions Working Group on Change Management.

Education

Beagle holds a master's degree with first class honours in History and International Relations from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Career

Beginning her career in the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as a delegate to the United Nations in New York, Beagle worked across the peace and security, human rights, development, management and gender sectors.

As Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director UNAIDS, she played a leading role in the development of the UNAIDS Strategy 2016-2021, the first UN system strategy to be fully aligned with the SDGs following their adoption in September 2015, after a broad consultation in all regions and virtually. She has led a comprehensive organisational realignment, reform and mobility programme. She has consistently introduced new and innovative ways of doing business, including at UNAIDS leading the development and implementation of a unique joint planning, budgeting and accountability framework mechanism encompassing the Secretariat and eleven cosponsoring organisations which has important implications for recognition of collective work in the SDG era.

Previously, Beagle served as Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva,[4] As Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management in the United Nations,[5] she had responsibility for the development and implementation of organizational human resources policies and programmes for the global Secretariat. In this capacity, she led the development of the comprehensive human resources management reform strategy “Investing in People”.

Beagle has also held senior positions in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, the Office of the Administrator of UNDP, and the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs. Throughout her career, Beagle has been actively involved in intergovernmental and interagency fora, as well as numerous international conferences. She has represented the Secretary-General as spokesperson for the system in the General Assembly, International Civil Service Commission and the Pension Board, and as a member of the Boards of the UN System Staff College and UNITAR.

References

  1. ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Jan Beagle of New Zealand Under-Secretary-General for Management". United Nations.
  2. ↑ "Paul De Lay and Jan Beagle appointed as UNAIDS' new Deputy Executive Directors". UNAIDS. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  3. ↑ "International Gender Champions Geneva - Jan Beagle". United Nations. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  4. ↑ "Secretary General appoints Jan Beagle of New Zealand to be Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Geneva Office". United Nations. 18 October 2009. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  5. ↑ "Secretary General appoints Jan Beagle of New Zealand as Assistant Secretary General for Human Resources". United Nations. 22 September 2007. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
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