Background:

In accordance with national priorities and recognizing that the major challenges remain availability, quality and access to SRH services to the last mile, the vision of the country program is that by 2028, adolescents and young people, especially those who are most left behind and the most vulnerable (in particular women in rural areas and people with disabilities) benefit from a better integrated package of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, including the below in order to make the most of the return on investment, and accelerate the achievement of the three transformative results: obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC), youth and adolescents sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) services; prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful practices, including female genital mutilation and child marriage; care of and support to GBV survivors.

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.

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire and deliver high-impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, and exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Purpose of consultancy:

The consultant will support UNFPA Guinea in implementing the CP9 and accelerating delivery towards the three transformative goals of UNFPA’s global Strategic Plan by 2028, and maximizing on Guinea’s geo-political influence to move the ICPD Agenda at national, regional and global levels. This means that UNFPA Guinea will need to stay relevant, flexible, effective, cost-efficient, accountable and adaptive to internal and external environment changes in order to remain a credible strategic partner to national and state governments.

Scope of work:

The Consultant will undertake the following tasks:

• Draft a Guidance Note for personnel and the Recruitment Strategy to help guide the realignment exercise;
• Prepare an updated and most realistic Implementation Timeline;
• Review and provide inputs to all draft Job Descriptions (JDs) of positions and arrange for classification;
• Create specific files for each approved position, comprising the position created by Headquarters, validated JDs and positions creation, and the post advertisement and recruitment communications;
• Manage the receipt of applications, conduct longlisting, and coordinate shortlisting, written assessment, and interviews and/or any other additional selection method applicable for the internal job fairs of the realignment implementation;
• Facilitate job matching exercises where applicable in collaboration with the Regional HR Team;
• Familiarization with e-Recruit to undertake the necessary recruit processes for each position
• Organize meetings of the Advisory Panel set up for each position and supervise its work;
• Synthesize the work of each application of the Advisory Panel in a document in the form of an analysis report;
• Prepare and validate in close collaboration with the Head of Office the competency- based interview matrix as defined in the UNFPA recruitment procedures for each position;
• Set up the interview panels, attend to the interviews as HR focal, and prepare and/or review all interview reports;
• Support HR recruitment processes.
• Submit a mission report at the end with key recommendations.
• Perform any other HR duties related to the implementation process as requested by the CO management team and/or the Regional HR Team.

Duration and working schedule:

The consultancy is expected to commence from 15th February 2024 for a maximum duration of 04 months, excluding holidays and breaks to finalize the whole process as defined in the scope of work above.

Place where services are to be delivered:

UNFPA CO in Conakry, and home-base where possible (for cost-saving measure).

Expected travel:

To Conakry (3 trips maximum) of minimum 10 working days each mission

Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements:

The Consultant will meet the following criteria:

• Master’s degree in the fields of social sciences, administration or development sciences, or Bachelor’s degree with 4 years of experience relevant to this consultancy;
• Proven experience in managing change management processes, and in human resources management and recruitment processes;
• Held high-level positions in Public or Private Administration Sector for at least two (2) years, with the Human Resources Management component as part of his or her responsibilities;
• Excellent analytical skills and a high capacity to synthesize information;
• A thorough knowledge of the recruitment procedures of the United Nations system in general and of UNFPA in particular would be an asset;
• Fluency in French. Ability to communicate in another UN official language would be an asset.

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA’s workforce – click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements