Senior Consultant - Organizational Design, Home-based, International Consultant; Retai
Position: UN Women Senior Consultant - Organizational Design, Home-based, International Consultant (Retai[...]
Location: Hoxie
Background
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
Job Description
UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) addresses gender equality and womenâs empowerment challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, including deeply embedded discriminatory social norms and practices that perpetuate inequalities based on gender and other intersectional identities (e.g. ethnicity, class, region, age, disability, migratory status, and sexual orientation and gender identity, among others). The Regional Office works across the following areas:
Governance and Inter-governmental support (including on Gender Statistics);
Womenâs Economic Empowerment (including Migration, Ending Violence Against Women; Women, Peace and Security; Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Action). Covering 42 countries within Asia and the Pacific, it exercises its triple mandate and functions i.e. Normative, Coordination and high-quality programming at a regional level and in support of UN Womenâs offices and UN Country Teams in 24 countries across the region.
The UN Women Asia Pacific Regional Office oversees and manages programming in programme presences, provides strategic guidance, technical support, and oversight to country and multi-country offices across the region. To ensure the organization remains fit-for-purpose, agile, and aligned with its strategic priorities, UN Women will undertake a functional and structural review across its Asia Pacific operations. Under the overall guidance from the Regional Director and Deputy Regional Director, and under the daily operational oversight of the Regional HR Business Partner (HRBP), and in close collaboration with the Head of Business Units, the consultant will provide expertise and services to Offices/Units across the Asia and the Pacific Region, on Organizational Design, through functional review to ensure alignment of the office strategy, office typology, structure and TORs, processes and SOPs, capacity and skills, as well as the working environment.
Description
of Responsibilities / Scope of Work
⢠Based on the strategic priorities, the office typology and operational needs, review and advise on optimizing the way of working in the business unit, including the appropriate functional setâup and the organizational structure.
⢠Review individual terms of references (TORs) and make recommendations for alignment and clarity.
⢠Considering the evolving operational context (UN80, common back office, etc.), review and analyze office business processes, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and make recommendations on improvements for efficiency gain.
⢠Review capacity and skill of office personnel, analyze capacity gaps, and advise on learning and capacity building plans.
⢠Review and advise on overall office working environment of the office, including measures to improve staff engagement.
Methodology
⢠Prepare concept note and workplan for each assignment, including timeline.
⢠Conduct desk review of the relevant documents, including but not limit to strategic planning document, current organigram and TORs, audit and evaluation reports, as well as other corporate documents as relevant.
⢠Conduct surveys as necessary.
⢠Conduct online or inâperson interview with key stakeholders, as well as workshops with the requesting office.
⢠Prepare a final report with recommendations based on the findings.
Retainer Contract
Under this retainer contract, the consultant will be contacted by UN Women for specific assignments, which the consultant may accept or decline to take. A daily rate will be agreed in the retainer contract in line with relevant UN Women policies. In discussion with the consultant, the number of days worked is to be determined solely by UN Women. The Consultant agrees and acknowledges that the retainer contract does not guarantee any minimum fee to be paid to the Consultant.
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Location: Hoxie
Background
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
Job Description
UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) addresses gender equality and womenâs empowerment challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, including deeply embedded discriminatory social norms and practices that perpetuate inequalities based on gender and other intersectional identities (e.g. ethnicity, class, region, age, disability, migratory status, and sexual orientation and gender identity, among others). The Regional Office works across the following areas:
Governance and Inter-governmental support (including on Gender Statistics);
Womenâs Economic Empowerment (including Migration, Ending Violence Against Women; Women, Peace and Security; Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Action). Covering 42 countries within Asia and the Pacific, it exercises its triple mandate and functions i.e. Normative, Coordination and high-quality programming at a regional level and in support of UN Womenâs offices and UN Country Teams in 24 countries across the region.
The UN Women Asia Pacific Regional Office oversees and manages programming in programme presences, provides strategic guidance, technical support, and oversight to country and multi-country offices across the region. To ensure the organization remains fit-for-purpose, agile, and aligned with its strategic priorities, UN Women will undertake a functional and structural review across its Asia Pacific operations. Under the overall guidance from the Regional Director and Deputy Regional Director, and under the daily operational oversight of the Regional HR Business Partner (HRBP), and in close collaboration with the Head of Business Units, the consultant will provide expertise and services to Offices/Units across the Asia and the Pacific Region, on Organizational Design, through functional review to ensure alignment of the office strategy, office typology, structure and TORs, processes and SOPs, capacity and skills, as well as the working environment.
Description
of Responsibilities / Scope of Work
⢠Based on the strategic priorities, the office typology and operational needs, review and advise on optimizing the way of working in the business unit, including the appropriate functional setâup and the organizational structure.
⢠Review individual terms of references (TORs) and make recommendations for alignment and clarity.
⢠Considering the evolving operational context (UN80, common back office, etc.), review and analyze office business processes, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and make recommendations on improvements for efficiency gain.
⢠Review capacity and skill of office personnel, analyze capacity gaps, and advise on learning and capacity building plans.
⢠Review and advise on overall office working environment of the office, including measures to improve staff engagement.
Methodology
⢠Prepare concept note and workplan for each assignment, including timeline.
⢠Conduct desk review of the relevant documents, including but not limit to strategic planning document, current organigram and TORs, audit and evaluation reports, as well as other corporate documents as relevant.
⢠Conduct surveys as necessary.
⢠Conduct online or inâperson interview with key stakeholders, as well as workshops with the requesting office.
⢠Prepare a final report with recommendations based on the findings.
Retainer Contract
Under this retainer contract, the consultant will be contacted by UN Women for specific assignments, which the consultant may accept or decline to take. A daily rate will be agreed in the retainer contract in line with relevant UN Women policies. In discussion with the consultant, the number of days worked is to be determined solely by UN Women. The Consultant agrees and acknowledges that the retainer contract does not guarantee any minimum fee to be paid to the Consultant.
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