International Consultancy - Human Resources Individual Consultant, Abuja, Nigeria - 6 months remote

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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, a champion

Nigeria is a big country office with eight field offices and 410 Staff. There is an ongoing recruitment exercise to fill 63 vacant positions comprising posts newly established in the 2022 PBR and others that became vacant due to reassignments and separations. To meet this peak workload, support is required by a seasoned HR professional to support recruitment. This consultancy aims to fill IP and national positions with best-fit individuals ensuring timeliness, transparency, cost-efficiency, diversity, and gender parity. This includes longlisting, assessments, interviewing, and preparing interview reports and country office recommendations, guiding hiring managers on the processes, and drawing the attention of the Chief of HR/OIC to issues arising from the recruitment exercises for decision-making.

How can you make a difference?

Under the guidance of the Chief of Human Resources, the consultant supports the HR Section in carrying out recruitment.

Major tasks to be accomplished:

• Support the Implementation of the Talent Acquisition Strategy
• In collaboration with Hiring Managers, create a Recruitment Plan
• Provide timely support to Hiring Managers in the various areas of recruitment
• Support Human Resources Specialists in ensuring all relevant documents are uploaded in TMS for approval.
• Provide accurate and timely advice to clients on recruitment processes and policies, ensuring the highest level of client orientation.
• Ensure the organizational goals and targets for gender equity and cultural diversity.
• Represent HR in Selection Panels, document the interview process and produce quality selection reports, take appropriate action in TMS, and ensure timely completion of approved priority recruitments while ensuring compliance with staff selection policy, procedures, quality assurance, and time to recruit.
• Participate in reviewing specific JDs to be submitted for classification and take appropriate action to ensure timely completion of the process.
• Work with two UNVs and train them on the different recruitment processes.
• A detailed recruitment status report showing achievements, lessons learned, and recommendations for improving the recruitment process in UNICEF Nigeria should be made available at the end of the contract.

Completing the recruitment exercise for positions outlined for this consultancy ensures transparency, consistency, equity, and diversity issues are well managed.

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

Master’s in business administration or Human Resources or related field.

A minimum of five years experience in human resources management and development. Experience in the UNICEF/UN and familiarity with UN/UNICEF rules, regulations, and policies would be an asset.

• Understanding of UNICEF’s HR policies & procedures on recruitment

• Ability to use Talent Management System (TMS)

• Demonstrated good collaboration with others

• Drive to achieve results

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 a reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterward in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct 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 for ensuring 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 before 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.