Juliana de Araujo Ribeiro

Juliana is a learning and development professional with more than 15 years of experience working in a diverse range of countries and organizations under the UN Secretariat, and an additional 5 years working in the area of public information in the private sector. After a long period working for peacekeeping and special political missions, she currently oversees the UN Secretariat Leadership and Management Development portfolio in the Organizational Development Section of the Office of Human. This includes the creation and coordination of initiatives that support the development of formal and informal leaders and managers across the Secretariat, supporting a leadership culture that focuses on achieving impact for the people the UN serves, drives transformational change, employs system-thinking, and co-creates solutions through partnerships. In addition, her work also focuses on designing inclusive and iterative dialogue processes that aim at shifting organizational culture, and at preparing the organization to deliver on goals and face the challenges of the next few years. Previously, Juliana worked in various learning and development positions in UN field missions, contributing to the design and mainstreaming of capacity development programmes targeting national staff in Liberia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burundi and Syria. She also served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia before moving to UN Headquarters in November 2019.