This position is located in UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The future incumbent will lead the Division on Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes and will report to the Secretary-General (SG) and Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) of UNCTAD. The mandate of the Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes (ALDC) is to promote development of national policies and international support measures to build productive capacities for economic development and poverty reduction in Africa, least developed countries and other groups of countries in special situations (landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and other structurally weak, vulnerable and small economies) and to progressively and beneficially integrate them into the global economy.