ESS / MSS

The Umoja Employee and Manager Self-Service tutorials provide step-by-step guidance for the most common transactions in Time Management, Personal Information, Entitlements, Travel and well as management approvals. Guidance is available through Quick Reference guides in PDF format.

For information on Human Resources processes, please review the HR Information sheets in the HR portal in English and French.

Also, you can find ESS/MSS FAQs here.

All Time Management how-to guides are now available on the Umoja Learning Hub in the UN Knowledge Gateway (login required).
All HR Information Sheets have moved to the relevant theme pages of the UN Knowledge Gateway (login required)

If you have trouble accessing the how-to guides or the HR information sheets, please contact the Knowledge Management Team at dos-km@un.org.

Address

Quick Reference
(PDF) Update Address

Marital Status

Quick Reference
(PDF) Change of Marital Status

Beneficiaries

Quick Reference
(PDF) Record Beneficiaries

Rental Subsidy

Quick Reference
(PDF) Submit a First Time Request for Rental Subsidy

Dependents

Quick Reference
(PDF) Record Household Member / Dependents: Spouse
(PDF) Record Household Member / Dependents: Child
(PDF) Add a Secondary Household Member / Dependent in Umoja

Annual Declaration

Quick Reference
(PDF) Annual Declaration Instructions

Danger Pay

Quick Reference
(PDF) Initiate and Self-Certify a Danger Pay Form

Official Travel

Quick Reference
(PDF) Create Official Travel Request

Approval or Endorsement of Leave Requests

Quick Reference
(PDF) Approve Leave Absence Requests

Time Mass Approval for Time Managers

Quick Reference
(PDF) Approve Multiple Leave requests in one Action

Assign a Secondary Time Manager by Primary Time Manager

Quick Reference
(PDF) Assign a Secondary Time Manager by Primary Time Manager