BACKGROUND:
The United Nations (UN) Country Management Team through the Business Operating Strategy requested the One UN Human Resources Group to work on creating One UN Roster for future openings that will allow to speed up hiring new candidates when needed. The One UN HR Group met and discussed the Roster process and decided that there is a need for identifying a consultant that will work on the Roster along with members from the One HR Group.
The Country Team in Palestine consists of 22 agencies, funds, and programmes:
*These are non-resident agencies and do not have office presence in the oPt.
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The UN Agencies in the Country (UN Country Team) has identified the most frequently required commodities and agreed to jointly establish the one UN roster. This model of cooperation is used to speed up the hiring process of new candidates and save time allocated for the competitive selection processes.
The UNDP on behalf of the UN Country Team is seeking HR professionals for the provision of Individual Consultancy Services to create one Roster on behalf of UN Country Team. The incumbent will be working as part of UN HR group.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Consultant selected for this assignment will report to the One UN Human Resource Chairperson and Deputy Chair person who are in charge of initiating the One UN Roster.
The consultant will work on the task with specific time bound processes generated from UNDP Recruitment framework, including but not limited to:
Office facilities and any supplies needed to complete assignments will be provided to the Consultant at the UNDP office in Ramallah.
REPORTING:
DUTY STATION:
The Roster Consultant is expected to report to UNDP office located in Jerusalem when required.
All assignments with the exception of proctoring technical tests and conducting interviews, if so desired, may be completed outside the office. Travel from/to duty stations will be the sole responsibility of the Consultant.
DELIVERABLES:
The Consultant is expected to submit a summary of activities, and accomplishment report to HR group Chairperson and Deputy.
Deliverables will come from assignments in the following areas of recruitment and selection activity:
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT:
UNDP will issue a Contract for the Services of an Individual Contractor with UNDP along with the General terms and Conditions (Annex I).
PAYMENT TERMS:
The successful consultant will be paid in milestones upon completion of the following deliverables:
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Milestone
No. of working days
1st Payment
5
2nd Payment
5
3rd Payment
15
4th Payment
18
5th Payment
2
Payment will be made upon submission of a certificate of payment request, indicating outputs achieved and days worked.
I. Academic Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in human resources management, psychology, law, social sciences, business or public administration.
II. Years of experience:
III. Competencies:
Functional Competencies:
Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing:
Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise:
Design and Implementation of Management Systems
Client Orientation:
Core Competencies:
IV. Language
V. Other desirable skills:
VI. Additional:
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS
Application Procedure:
Interested qualified individuals must submit their applications via jobs website, as detailed below.
https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=91046
UNDP/PAPP seeks technical and finanncial proposals from qualified individuals.
Technical Proposal:
Interested individual consultant must submit the following documents/information:
Financial Proposal:
Applicants are instructed to submit their financial proposals in US Dollars. Financial proposals must indicate a daily fee; it must consider the various expenses the applicant expects to incur during contract, including:
Evaluation
Preliminary examination
UNDP/PAPP will examine the Proposals to determine whether they meet the following minimum criteria (PASS/FAIL):
In the Second Stage, UNDP/PAPP will compare the Financial Proposals received from applicants who meet the above criteria and identify the first three lowest cost bids.
The candidates who offered the first three lowest cost bids will be subject to a written technical test. The minimum score to pass the technical test will be 70%.
UNDP reserves the right to conduct an interview with the first lowest cost bid who passed the written technical test.
Award of Individual Contract
The procuring UNDP entity reserves the right to accept or reject any Proposal, and to annul the solicitation process and reject all Proposals at any time prior to award of contract, without incurring any liability to the affected applicant or any obligation to inform the affected applicant or applicants of the ground for the UNDP’s action.
The UNDP procuring entity will award the Individual Contract to the First Lowest Cost and Technically Responsive and Compliant Candidate.
ANNEXES TO THE TERMS OF REFERENCE ARE AVAILABLE ON UNDP WEBSITE:
Annex I – Individual IC General Terms and Conditions
Annex II - Offeror’s Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability for the Individual IC
To download the annexes, please go to the following link:
https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=64721
This vacancy is archived.