Consultancy Recruitment: National Consultancy on “Business Operations Strategy (BOS)”
Job no: 562945
Position type: Consultant
Location: Iran Division/Equivalent: Amman(MENA)
School/Unit: Iran
Department/Office: Teheran, Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
Categories: Human Resources, Information Communication Technology, Operations, Administration, Financial Management, Facilities Management
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, Joy
How can you make a difference?
BACKGROUND
A core element of implementation of the UN General Assembly resolutions in relation to the repositioned UN development system is the Secretary-General’s efficiency agenda. The agenda aims to achieve improvements in the coherence, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of the UN development system with a focus on both the Headquarters and country level. On this basis, the Business Operation Strategy (BOS) as one of the strategic elements is a joint, common approach for a select range of operational support services to harmonize and/or provide jointly services as a group of agencies, rather than providing these services as individual agencies to improve programme and business operations at country level.
The BOS facilitates strategic planning, management, and monitoring by eliminating duplicate processes in business operations, utilizing UN joint purchasing opportunities, and enhancing the quality of services to achieve effectively as well as sustainable results through the following six possible joint service lines: 1) common procurement services;
2) common information and communication technology (ICT) services;
3) common human resources (HR) services;
4) common logistics services;
5) common finance services, and;
6) common facility services including common premises as an important component of the UN
Reform Programme to build closer ties among United Nations staff and promote a more unified presence at the country level in a cost-effective manner.
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United Nations is represented by 20 resident and non-resident entities that carry out their respective activities. The UN Country Team (UNCT) is made up of representatives of the agencies, funds and specialized programmes. As the head of the country team (UNCT), the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) guides and supports the work of the UNCT, ensuring effective coordination and cooperation within the mandates of each UN entity.
The UN Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) is the main support structure for the activities of the RC and the UNCT, to help strengthen the joint activities of the United Nations system in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Its mission is to maximize, in a coordinated manner, the work of the United Nations to ensure that the system provides a collective, coherent and integrated assistance to national priorities and needs, within the framework of the Global Goals and other international commitments.
Against this backdrop, the Operations Management Team provides leadership on the implementation of a coordinated, efficient, and effective common operational support agenda at the country level. As an accountable entity to the UNCT, the OMT is responsible for identification, assessment, prioritization and planning for common operations in support of programme delivery. Since 2020, the OMT worked to develop the Business Operations Strategy 2.0, which the UNCT endorsed annually.
This position will support the RCO and the OMT in implementing the critical work areas.
Under the leadership of the OMT, the Business Operations Strategy (BOS). BOS is a mandatory framework that focuses on joint business operations with the purpose of business process harmonization for improved delivery efficiency and reduced transaction cost. It allows UNCTs to take a strategic and results-oriented approach to planning, management and implementation of harmonized business operations at a country level aligning operational activities to programme activities as outlined within the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF).
OBJECTIVE / SCOPE OF WORK
The key objectives for this consultancy are: 1. In collaboration with the working groups assess the plan and provide reports at the beginning of BOS planning process
2. Delivering analysis of BOS service solutions as part of reporting on implementation and Quality Assurance on a quarterly basis
3. Identify bottlenecks in implementation (if any), provide recommended actions to resolve these bottlenecks, and do an analysis on which services are better and why they’re doing better and recommend the way forward to capitalize on these services/expand this success to other services
4. Annual Review and preparations for report for Quarter 1 2024 for OMT/UNCT review, discussion, and endorsement.
Terms of Payment/Remuneration: – The payment will be made to the consultant based on the actual deliverables as per the objectives to be achieved.
– Financial submission to indicate how much to be paid for each deliverable as payment will be upon completion of deliverable or can be paid 100% at the end of the contract
Duration and Timeline: Expected Duration of Assignment: from 1 July 2023 to 31 March 2024.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- A master’s degree with 5 years’ work experience in Operations, finance, Human Resources, Procurement.(A bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience in lieu of advanced university degree. This can be combined with other relevant academic qualifications and experience).
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the implementation of BOS. Training in BOS
- Desirable Qualifications: Previous experience with UN projects and procedures is an asset
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles 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.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
Advertised: Jun 13 2023 Iran Standard Time
Application close: Jun 27 2023 Iran Standard Time
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In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United Nations is represented by 20 resident and non-resident entities that carry out their respective activities. The UN Country Team (UNCT) is made up of representatives of the agencies, funds and specialized programmes. As the head of the country team (UNCT), the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) guides and supports the work of the UNCT, ensuring effective coordination and cooperation within the mandates of each UN entity.
