International Consultant organisational Design and Implementation

**Background**:
The consultant(s) will:
Provide Strategic HR support to East and Southern Africa Country Office teams, across a range of different HR Business Processes, ranging from recruitment, Organizational Design and Change Management, career coaching and capacity assessments.
The consultant will act as an agent of change and facilitate the change management process for various Country Offices.
Provide effective communication to relevant stakeholders throughout the realignment implementation process in collaboration with the Advisory Panel;
Lead and coordinate the recruitment, selection and separation processes of the realignment implementation;
Facilitate the Advisory Panel for the realignment implementation.

**How you can make a difference**:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

**1. Organizational Design**:
The consultancy will cover the different areas of HR business processes that include but are not limited to recruitment and selection, end-to-end organizational design, and change management processes including realignment/restructuring support, staff development and career coaching and reporting. Specifically, the consultant will:

- Support organizational design processes for various country offices. The consultant will be required to provide organizational reviews, draft restructuring recommendations and develop final proposals including detailed financial analysis documents for submission.

**2. Organizational Restructuring Implementation**:
Lead and oversee the recruitment, selection and separation processes relating to the change management exercise. Specifically, s/he is responsible for the following:

- Lead and coordinate the end-to-end recruitment process for positions linked to the CO realignment implementation;
- Monitor and ensure selection processes are conducted in line with UNFPA Policies and Procedures and Staff Regulations and Rules;
- Facilitate position management with the support of the Regional HR team, where applicable;
- Review and finalise job descriptions in collaboration with the relevant CO’s and Regional HR team;.
- Oversee post vacancy announcements in Quantum Recruit in collaboration with the Regional HR Team.
- In collaboration with the Advisory Panel and CO Senior Managers, coordinate the establishment of Written Test Scorers and Interview Panels for the different positions, where applicable;
- Facilitate job matching exercises where applicable in collaboration with the Regional HR Team;
- Develop interview schedules and design interview questions with assistance from line managers, brief panel members on interview methods;
- Participate in interview panels, prepare and finalize interview reports;
- Conduct requisite clear and reference checks prior to issuance of selection letters in collaboration with the Regional HR team;
- Coordinate the submission and clearance of the selection process from the Regional Compliance Review Body, in collaboration with the Regional HR Team;.
- Document and collect good practices to be shared with the Regional Office Management.
- Perform any other duties related to the realignment implementation process as requested by the CO management team and/or the Regional HR Team.

**Duration and Working Schedule**:
A maximum of 8 -11 months; as per the working schedule of each Country Office - no more than 40 days per Country Office.

The estimated schedule for each CO realignment is below (more details to follow upon contracting):
1. Inception Meetings with ESARO and Advisory Panel and documents review
2. Development of JDs for Classification and preparation for the Internal Jobs Fair
3. Implementation and Completion of Internal Jobs Fair
4. Final Report and Initiation of External Recruitment.

The IC payments will be based on the above deliverables, which will be informed by the number of working days worked to deliver each work output area.

**The place where services are to be delivered**:
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