UNDP Jobs - 72305- HR Consultant – Capability Development

HR Consultant – Capability Development

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Jun-2017

Application Deadline :

26-May-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

5 months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

5 months with the possibility of extension for additional 7 months subject to availability of funds

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.

Background

The Integrated Talent Management Unit is responsible for designing strategies, solutions, tools and services that enable and facilitate more effective and impactful people decisions, and help shape a workplace where individuals thrive and teams excel. The Unit includes several service lines e.g. competency management, job design and classification; talent sourcing, onboarding, and succession management; diversity, employee engagement, and staff well-being; performance management, learning and leadership development, and career management. It also includes a distinct service line for internal management consulting which enables strategic positioning, resources alignment and business process reengineering.

The mission of ITM is to enable effective management of UNDP talent through full integration of all aspects of talent management. Such an approach incorporates data from a variety of processes from recruitment, to performance management, learning, and development, and translates it into a coherent ‘employee life cycle' centered around one competency framework aligned with the UNDP Strategic Plan.

In this context, the Talent Development Unit is a centre of expertise that designs and delivers state of the art learning and development solutions to UNDP staff worldwide. Through the delivery of large scale leadership development programmes; tailored development programmes for key leadership roles; an extensive offering of high quality online courses on UNDP’s core business and professional certification programmes as well as customized development planning and career management tools, it enables and supports UNDP staff to build skills, grow and leverage the power of learning across all areas of work.

The purpose of this procurement exercise hire a consultant who, under the supervision of the learning specialist in the unit, will provide administrative support to the Programme, and will be responsible to provide effective and efficient data management of the Programme, Create an online toolkit for UNDP managers on creating a culture of learning and development, Design online marketing materials on the continuous learning framework for UNDP staff and mangers, Review TDU talent data, trends from office learning plans and provide a report, Review literature on talent development indicators from best in class organizations and provide a summary report, Using data from UNDP country offices, benchmark UNDP indicators against best in class organizations.

Objective:

The purpose of this procurement exercise is to hire a consultant who, under the supervision of the learning specialist in the unit, will provide administrative support to the Programme, and will be responsible to provide effective and efficient data management of the Programme, Create an online toolkit for UNDP managers on creating a culture of learning and development, Design online marketing materials on the continuous learning framework for UNDP staff and mangers, Review TDU talent data, trends from office learning plans and provide a report, Review literature on talent development indicators from best in class organizations and provide a summary report, Using data from UNDP country offices, benchmark UNDP indicators against best in class organizations.

Duties and Responsibilities

SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK

This consultancy will be full-time for an initial period of 5 months with the possibility of extension for additional 7 months subject to availability of funds and satisfactory contract performance. The consultant will work from New York Headquarters.

Deliverables:

Create an online toolkit for UNDP managers on creating a culture of learning and development. (June 30 2017);
Design online marketing materials on the continuous learning framework for UNDP staff and mangers.(June 30 2017);
Review TDU talent data, trends from office learning plans and provide a report (August 30 2017);
Review literature on talent development indicators from best in class organizations and provide a summary report. (September 15 2017);
Using data from UNDP country offices, benchmark UNDP indicators against best in class organizations (September 30 2017).

Competencies

Excellent communication skills;
Excellent organizational skills;
Attention to detail;
Identifies priority activities and assignments;
Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals;
Maintain confidentiality
Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization.

Required Skills and Experience

Academic qualifications:

Post-graduate degree in Education, Talent Management, Educational Technology, HR or related field (Required)

Relevant work experience:

At least Four years of experience in equity issues of organizational development, talent management and talent analytics. Required
Familiarity with systems of knowledge management is an asset
Previous experience in writing reports is an asset.
Strong written and verbal communication.

Language:

Fluency in spoken and written English;
Working knowledge of another UN language is an asset

Application Procedure

The application package containing the following (to be uploaded as one file):

Online application with brief description of why the Offer considers her/himself the most suitable for the assignment; and
Personal CV or P11, indicating all experience from similar projects and specifying the relevant assignment period (from/to), as well as the email and telephone contacts of at least three (3) professional references.
Link to writing samples

Note: The above documents need to be scanned in one file and uploaded to the online application as one document.

Shortlisted candidates (ONLY) will be requested to submit a Financial Proposal.

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around the specific and measurable deliverables of the TOR. Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR, and deliverables accepted and certified by the technical manager.

The financial proposal must be all-inclusive and take into account various expenses that will be incurred during the contract, including: the daily professional fee; cost of travel from the home base to the duty station and vice versa, where required; living allowances at the duty station; communications, utilities and consumables; life, health and any other insurance; risks and inconveniences related to work under hardship and hazardous conditions (e.g., personal security needs, etc.), when applicable; and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services under the contract.

In the case of unforeseeable travel requested by UNDP, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between UNDP and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

If the Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under a Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP.

The Financial Proposal is to be emailed as per the instruction in the separate email that will be sent to shortlisted candidates.

Evaluation process

Applicants are reviewed based on Required Skills and Experience stated above and based on the technical evaluation criteria outlined below. Applicants will be evaluated based on cumulative scoring. When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract will be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

· Being responsive/compliant/acceptable; and

· Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation where technical criteria weighs 70% and Financial criteria/ Proposal weighs 30%.

Technical evaluation - Total 70% (700 points):

Practical experience in learning and talent development in UN Funds and programmes or similar is desirable. Maximum 200 points
Demonstrable experience in systems of knowledge management Maximum 200 points
Working knowledge of another UN language is an asset. Maximum 100 points

Previous experience in writing reports – Maximum points 200 point

Candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% (490 points) of the maximum obtainable points for the technical criteria (700 points) shall be considered for the financial evaluation.

Financial evaluation - Total 30% (300 points)

The following formula will be used to evaluate financial proposal:

p = y (µ/z), where

p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated

y = maximum number of points for the financial proposal

µ = price of the lowest priced proposal

z = price of the proposal being evaluated

Contract Award

Candidate obtaining the highest combined scores in the combined score of Technical and Financial evaluation will be considered technically qualified and will be offered to enter into contract with UNDP.

Institutional arrangement

The consultant will work under the guidance and direct supervision of the Learning Specialist for Capability Development and will be responsible for the fulfilment of the duties as specified above.

Payment modality

Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified above and duties accepted and upon certification of satisfactory completion by the manager.
The work week will be based on 35 hours, i.e. on a 7 hour working day, with core hours being between 9h00 and 18h00 daily

Annexes (click on the hyperlink to access the documents):

Annex 1 - UNDP P-11 Form for ICs

Annex 2 - IC Contract Template

Annex 3 – IC General Terms and Conditions

Annex 4 – RLA Template

Any request for clarification must be sent by email to cpu.bids@undp.org

The UNDP Central Procurement Unit will respond by email and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.