UN Women: HR Consultant – Surge and Capacity Building (Retainer), Home-Based, National Consultant

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.

UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) addresses gender equality and women’s 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); Women’s 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 Women’s offices and UN Country Teams in 24 countries across the region.

The UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) 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.

ROAP is looking for a national HR Consultant to provide surge and capacity building support on HR operations, for both ROAP and field offices in the Region. Under the supervision of the Regional HR Business Partner, and the day-to-day coordination with the HR Specialist (NOC), the HR consultant will provide the following functions:

Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work

1. Advise senior management and ROAP HR colleagues overall HR management.
2. Provide surge support to requesting offices (ROAP and field offices), and lead various HR processes for the assigned portfolio, including one or more of the following areas:

• Facilitating local and international recruitment;
• Facilitating recruitment and management of consultants;
• Administration of benefits and entitlements, onboarding, contract maintenance and offboarding (in coordination with UNDP BES through UNAll);
• Coordination with Operations/Budget on position management, to ensure alignment of funding and contracts;
• Review and advise on HR planning including corporate B/AWP planning, and/or project planning (e.g. R-PAC)

1. Provide capacity building to HR staff within the AP Region.
2. Perform other functions as assigned and agreed with the supervisor.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is a home-based consultancy. As part of this assignment, the consultant may be required to travel. All travel will be arranged by UN Women following UN Women’s Travel Policy.

The service will be rendered on “on call” basis with a maximum of 400 working days of assignment period. UN Women does not warrant that the maximum of contract amount will be purchased during the term of the Agreement.

Competencies

Core Values

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework

Functional Competencies

• Functional Competencies
• Excellent general HR knowledge and expertise;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Excellent diplomatic negotiation skills;
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills;
• Ability to write and present ideas, concepts and policy positions;
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information;
• Ability to build and nurture relationships;
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills;
• Strong understanding of UN Staff Regulations and Rules and human resources policies and procedures;
• Demonstrated ability to interact with personnel at all levels within the organization;
• High degree of sensitivity and change management abilities to intercultural personnel and organizational dynamics;
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize multiple and simultaneous Human Resources related projects and programs in a changing environment.

Required Qualifications

Education and Certification

• Master’s degree or equivalent in human resources management/organizational development, business administration, public administration, change management or related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with 2 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in human resource management;
• Experiences in recruitment and selection, benefits administration are required;
• Experiences in HR business partnering are required;
• Experiences in working within the UN system is required;
• Regional and country level experience in Asia and the Pacific is required.

Languagues

• Fluency in English and Thai is required.
• Knowledge of any other UN official language is an asset.

Statements

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process .