The Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) mission is to deliver ideas and actions for an empowered and transformed Africa; informed by the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063. The mission will be guided by ECA's five new strategic directions which are: Advancing ECA's position as a premier knowledge institution that builds on its unique position and privilege to bring global solutions to the continent's problems and take local solution to the continent; developing macroeconomic and structural policy options to accelerate economic diversification and job creation; designing and implementing innovative financing models for infrastructure, and for human, physical and social assets for a transforming Africa; contributing solutions to regional and transboundary challenges, with a focus on peace security and social inclusion as an important development nexus; advocating Africa's position at the global level and developing regional responses as a contribution to global governance issues. This position is in the Strategic Planning, Oversight and Results Division (SPORD) of ECA. The Programme Assistant will report to the Chief of Section, Systems-Wide Coherence. The Section promotes the interface between the national, regional and international engagements of ECA including working with the African Union (AU) and its agencies such as AUDA-NEPAD and others. It focuses, among others, on facilitating the implementation of the UN regional reforms in ECA including working with the Regional Collaborative Platform (RCP) and other UN agencies like the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) and UNDESA. The Section also deals with ECA’s engagement with statutory and policy organ institutions and bodies of the United Nations.