Lucas Allner

About Lucas Allner

I have over 19 years of professional experience in project, resources and information management, with 17 of those years based at the United Nations. Throughout my time at the UN I have worked across multiple departments at Headquarters (Department of Field Support, Department of Management and Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance), and in with peacekeeping operations (MINUSCA - Central African Republic, MINUSMA - Mali, ONUCI - Cote d\'Ivoire, MINUJUSTH - Haiti) which have exposed me to complex strategic issues and processes, and the intricacies specific to a field based operation, specifically its political and managerial dimensions. Prior to joining the UN, I have worked in fields as varied as artificial intelligence research, cosmetics, banking, customer relationship management and interactive publishing.So, shall we?

Experience

1. Onehr Centre Manager

   United Nations

   Jan 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US

   My functions in the Global Policy and Development Service is three fold:First of all, and occupying most of my time, I manage OneHR. OneHR is a system-wide HR service center which aims at unifying processes across UN agencies, funds and programmes, as well as the Secretariat. OneHR is working through a charge-back mechanism, providing efficient and quality services to our clients for a per-transaction fee. The model is very scalable and modern in the sense that it doesn\'t require an actual physical space: people contributing are mostly consultants and working from anywhere, making it also very cost effective. The two main workstreams we provide services on are classification and background verification.Secondly, I am in charge of job classification for Secretariat entities, going through up to 1,200 classifications per year.Lastly, I am a salary survey specialist, conducting salary surveys on the ground to assess the suitability of UN local salaries, and adjusting them when necessary.

Education

• Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Human Computer Interaction

  2003 — 2004

• New York University

  Masters of Science, Computer Science

  2005 — 2006

• ESIEA - École d'Ingénieur·e·s d'un numérique utile

  Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Engineering

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Program Management
• Artificial Intelligence
• Business Intelligence
• Oracle HR
• Change Management
• Human Resources
• Program Coordination
• Data Warehousing
• Field Operations
• Strategy
• Prince2
• International Relations
• Analysis
• Data Science
• Project Planning
• Ngos
• HR Strategy
• International Development
• Data Analysis
• Management
• Statistics
• Training
• Policy
• HR Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Computational Linguistics
• Business Analysis
• Project Management
• Management Consulting
• Personnel Management