UNV Jobs - 75874- Career Preparedness Training and Learning Consulta

Career Preparedness Training and Learning Consultant

Advertised on behalf of

UNV

Location :

home-based with travel to Juba, South Sudan, SOUTH SUDAN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Jan-2018

Application Deadline :

29-Nov-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

6 months

Languages Required :

English French Spanish

Expected Duration of Assignment :

6 months

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 United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development. Volunteerism benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer by strengthening trust, solidarity and reciprocity among citizens, and by purposefully creating opportunities for participation. UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating for recognition of volunteers, working with partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing an increasing number and diversity of volunteers, including experienced UNV volunteers, throughout the world. UNV embraces volunteerism as universal and inclusive, and recognizes volunteerism in its diversity as well as the values that sustain it: free will, commitment, engagement and solidarity.
Every year, more than 6,500 world citizens serve United Nations as UN Volunteers. After servicing the UN in some of the most challenging environments, UNV is committed to support them in developing skills and capacities to support their transition from the UNV assignment. By creating an end-of assignment package to support career transition and management, UNV aims to better support UN Volunteers during their assignment and in their career path, creating an attractive learning package for our talent. Through the UNV eCampus we will provide tools and resources to support career management and transition, we are now looking at a consultant that can help us design and deliver also face-to-face training.

The UNV organization:
UNV is headquartered in Bonn, Germany and has approximately 150 staff positions – with the majority in Bonn and some positions with different UN peacekeeping and political missions, and in other Headquarters locations (e.g. New York).

Organisational setting:
The Capacity Development (CD) team in the Human Resources Section (HRS) oversees the coordination and implementation of all learning activities for the volunteers assigned with UN agencies globally.

The UNV programme actively supports learning and capacity development for all volunteers providing a conducive environment and opportunities for all volunteers to develop key skills and competencies. The UNV Strategic framework 2014-2017 emphasizes that learning, knowledge generation and sharing is critical to promote and enhance the quality and impact of the volunteering experience.?

The recent learning trends have emphasized the necessity to combine the traditional face-to-face learning with online resources to allow a more comprehensive learning journey.

In 2014 UNV developed a Volunteer Learning strategy on the basis of a comprehensive Learning Needs Assessment which identified key skills and knowledge required to carry out the assignment more effectively, as well as supporting the individual’s personal and professional growth. In the past years, we have developed a UN Volunteer Learning Journey which includes an induction package, and expanded access to continuous learning opportunities. Most of the resources for onboarding and continuous development of UN Volunteers are online, and available through the UNV eCampus (https://learning.unv.org). The current focus is on developing an end-of-assignment package to support Volunteers in their career transition and planning.?

Duties and Responsibilities

MAIN OBJECTIVES, RESPONSABILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK.

In the framework of the UN Volunteer Learning Journey, the Capacity Development team wants to develop a full training curriculum, including detailed facilitators’ notes, handouts and resources to support the UN Volunteers who are finishing their assignment.

The project can be divided in two phases: a first phase of preparation of training curriculum, tools, and training materials for face-to-face courses, and a second phase of delivery.

In particular, we can expect research and desk review of existing resources and key documentation, a proposal of the career transition curriculum for Volunteers compiling existing resources and developing new ones, and finally overseeing the set-up and delivery of the learning programme.

In particular, we can expect:

Desk Review of? UNV’s volunteer learning strategy as well as the Learning Needs Assessment and other relevant documents;
Identify and review practices and processes on career transition and management of other leading international organizations, including UN, IFRC etc.
Develop a comprehensive Manual containing all resources needed for training on career transition and management; a draft training agenda, and specific training materials for a series of modules for face-to-face workshops (up to 5 days), including detailed session designs and content with learning objectives and proposed different modules and methodologies, a comprehensive facilitators’ guide, participants’ handouts and resources needed;
Research and recommend specific self-paced resources and adjust those as needed to the UNV context, to be included in a self-assessment Toolkit to reflect on competences acquired and skills transfer;
Adapt and deliver two training sessions to two groups of UN Volunteers in South Sudan in February 2018;
Prepare and deliver 3 online sessions in a webinar format for all Volunteers.

This face-to face training is expected to provide an opportunity to individual volunteers for self-reflection and acquisition of skills, as well as support them in their career transition and professional development

Description of Responsibilities (scope of the work)

Describe expected results, deliverables and provide a due date per each deliverable.

Specific deliverables include the following:

Activity Deliverable/Due date:

Activity 1 Research:
Desk review of internal relevant documentation as well as research on existing training and learning strategies for career transition and management.

Deliverable: Inception report, highlighting the trends and proving recommendations on the model for UNV career transition and management training
Due date: 10 Jan 18

Activity 2 Proposal:
Define objectives and outline for the new career transition and planning programme for volunteers;
Propose curriculum;
Identify tools and methodologies to carry out the plan.

Deliverable: Draft outline of the career transition model programme
Due date: 12 Jan 18

Activity 3 Design:

a) Develop a core training curriculum and delivery model with learning objectives and activities that are suitable for all Volunteers. The programme should focus on core standard content for maximum one week of training, coordinated by the UNV Field Unit and delivered by partners. The curriculum should revise the existing and propose new series of training modules that are designated specifically for UN Volunteers and which can be adapted to local context. Curriculum should include for each module, learning objectives, content and proposed methodology and tools. The curriculum should take into consideration blended learning approaches.

Deliverable; Manual containing all resources needed for training on career transition and management; a draft training agenda, and specific training materials for face-to-face workshops (up to 5 days), including detailed session designs and content with learning objectives and proposed different modules and methodologies, a comprehensive facilitators’ guide, participants’ handouts and resources needed
Due date; 7 Feb 18

b) Develop specific self-paced resources to help Volunteers reflect on competences acquired during the assignment and how can they transfer those skills in a new position.

Deliverable; Self-assessment toolkit drafted and finalised
Due date; 15 Feb 18
Implementation

a) Prepare, adapt and deliver two face-to-face training sessions composed of different modules, depending on needs identified by the Volunteers in South Sudan, using the new curriculum.
This would serve also as validation of the Manual.
(training proposed dates 19-23/02/18)

Deliverable; Training delivered. Manual and all related documents and resources finalized.
Due date; 28 Feb 18

b) Online session delivery.
Prepare, adapt and deliver 3 1-hour webinars using the new curriculum for a wider audience of Volunteers.

Deliverable; 3 webinars organized and delivered in March, April and May. Final evaluation report
Due date; 30 May 18

Competencies

Competencies

The assignment will be contracted to a consultant with demonstrated expertise and experience in training and development.
• Proven expertise in the area of career planning, development and management.
• Ability to work flexibly in a multicultural team setting and to work in a cross-departmental manner, building consensus with colleagues.
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge and experience of job markets, career development and international working environments.
• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Knowledge and experience with international agencies and professional development approaches for a diverse audience would be a distinct advantage.
• Knowledge of UN agencies and their learning approaches would be an asset.?

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications

Education: Advanced university degree in education, organizational development, social sciences, or other relevant field.
Experience: Minimum 5 years’ experience in career planning and development working with larger organizations;
Proven track record with training design, development and review;
Expertise in delivering training for multicultural audiences;
Relevant knowledge of modern training principles and techniques;
Language requirement: Fluency in written and spoken English is an absolute requirement. Ability to work and deliver training in French is an asset.
FINANCIAL PROPOSAL

Application procedure:

Applicants have to provide a technical and financial proposal.

The technical proposal shall describe the methodology and the approach how to fulfill the required deliverables as well as outline the major components of its implementation.
The financial proposal shall consist of all-inclusive lump sum for the whole duration of the contract period, which shall include the consultancy fee, costs of living, costs for insurance, and cost of travel to and from the duty station, if needed. The financial proposal shall contain a breakdown of these costs and indicate the number of off-days the consultant wants to take during the contract period (if any).
The lump sum/contract price is fixed regardless of subsequent changes in the cost components.

Criteria for Selection of the Best offer:

The selection of the best offer will be based on the combined scoring method – where the qualifications and methodology will be weighted – 70% , and combined with the price offer which will be weighted 30%.

Key selection criteria are:
Criteria Weight %
Technical 70 %
Experience in career transition and planning 20 %
Proven track record with training design, development and review 20 %
Experience in training delivery 15 %
Experience in working with or delivering services for an international audience or organization 15 %
Financial 30 %
Total 100

Qualified candidates are requested to apply online via the UNDP website. Interested candidates are advised to carefully review this ToR and ensure that they meet the requirements and qualifications described above. Applications should contain: A brief cover letter, a short summary of relevant qualifications and a technical proposal. Please paste the letter into the "Resume and Motivation" section of the electronic application. A current completed and signed P11 form/ UN Personal History Form in English. Blank form can be downloaded from www.sas.undp.org/documents/p11_personal_history_form.doc
Please also include your CV. Contact details for 3 references. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you provide all requested materials. All documents should be scanned and attached in one pdf format document.

Financial proposal should be sent in a separate e-mail and addressed to : procurement@unv.org? clearly marking the job title in the subject line.