Consultant to support UNICEF Eswatini roll out Management Excellence in relation to team growth and office culture, behavior

Consultant Finance & Economy

Overview

Conduct training on personal financial management to enhance staff financial literacy

You have:

• Advanced degree preferably in Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, Human Resource management
• At least 5 years of proven experience in financial management
• Demonstrated knowledge and advanced skills in the preparation of Team Building for small and medium size organizations
• Proven success in personal financial management training
• Excellent communication (oral and written in English), facilitation and interpersonal skills
• Flexible nature and the ability to adapt to changing directions/thinking and to handle requests or issues as they arise

Contract

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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,

How can you make a difference?

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

Studies conducted in the United States of America (2015), indicated that employees spend 20% of the employer’s time trying to evade or deal with their debts, which accumulates to hundreds of wasted hours per annum. Trying to address that, companies organize team buildings to bring harmony to the company operations, but the topic of personal finance had always been elusive, yet it directly affects productivity. That is not far-fetched because personal finance management may not be always well received, but employers must ensure that they assist their employees get proper training so that they stay on top of their personal finances.

Across the globe, Financial Literacy - the ability to understand and effectively apply financial skills including personal budgeting, investments, managing finances, is relatively low, especially among communities of the African race. In America, financial literacy is at 66% among black households which is lower than the 78% recorded among white households. According to the Standard and Poor Global Financial Literacy Survey, the situation is even worse in Africa with South Africa and Botswana being the only countries with a score above 50%. Although there is no available data about financial literacy in Eswatini, one may not expect the situation to differ from those of other lower-middle-class status countries.

UNICEF Eswatini Country Office’s vision is to create an environment that maximizes performance through creating an environment that promotes excellence, collaboration, understanding, tolerance, inclusion and accountability, to ensure better results are achieved for children. The Country Office also aims at becoming one of the best performing offices in the Eastern and Southern African region. To support the realization of this Vision, UNICEF Eswatini is rolling out a training for staff on personal financial management to help improve financial literacy among staff.

This process requires relevant experience and skills as such, UNICEF Eswatini requires to recruit an individual consultant to effectively conduct a training on personal financial management within the stipulated timelines. The training is aimed at elevating and supporting employees to deal with financial issues that they are currently experiencing and help them plan better for the future.

Scope of Work:

Goal

Specific Objectives

The consultant will be required to conduct a 1-day training on personal financial management. The objective of this training is to enable participants to understand personal financial management with a focus on managing budgets; debt reduction and investing for financial independence.

The benefit of a group exercise is the sharing of ideas by participants and learning from each other’s comments and questions. The workshop details are as follows:

• Personal Financial Management • The Psychology of Money • Understanding Credit • Debt Management Strategies • Financial Goal Setting • Purposeful Budgeting • Goal Driven Saving & Investing • Insurance • Retirement Readiness

Activities/Tasks

The consultant will work under the supervision of Staff Development Committee with close coordination from Staff Association Executive Committee. The consultant is expected to focus on the following:

• Building personal credit. Summary of individual credit that limits availability of personal credit and how much is paid for credit cards, auto loans, mortgage loans and other kinds of credit. Learn how higher vs lower credit scores impact credit approval and costs.

• What to do when the monthly paycheck stops. Present various tools to use plan for job loss, pay cuts and retirement income and ways to address those risks.

• Medical payouts and individual insurance

• For Guidance and support the Consultant is expected to work closely with the Senior Management and Staff Association Executive.

• Conduct half a day face to face training on personal financial management.

The training will be delivered as per the agreed programme, which will include facilitation, strategic conversations, and plenary.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Advanced degree preferably in Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, Human Resource management

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• At least 5 years of proven experience in financial management • Demonstrated knowledge and advanced skills and at least 5 years of previous experience in the preparation of Team Building for small and medium size organizations • Proven success in personal financial management training • Excellent rapporteur and analytical skills necessary for capturing the reviews and suggestions that will emerge from the interactive sessions during the exercise • Flexible nature and ability to adapt to changing directions/thinking and the ability to handle requests or issues as they arise. • Excellent communication (oral and written in English), facilitation and interpersonal skills.

The Consultant should demonstrate integrity in all business dealings

Administrative issues:

The selection and conditions of service of consultant will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s Policies and General Terms and Conditions for individual consultants/contractors. No contract may commence unless the contract is signed by both UNICEF and the consultant/contractor. Consultant/Contractor will be required to complete mandatory online courses (e.g. Ethics, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Security) upon receipt of offer and before the signature of contract. Consultant/Contractor will be required to sign the Health Statement for consultants/contractors and to share an applicable proof of health insurance covering medical evacuation (if travel is involved) prior to taking up the assignment.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit an online application through the Talent Management System (TMS) that consists as a minimum of the following: -TMS Profile/ Curriculum Vitae -Financial proposal must be ‘all inclusive’ of all expenses related to the assignment

The CV should include details on work assignments carried out by the consultant, clients previously served.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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. The candidate may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).

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