International Consultant (Human Resources), Dhaka, Bangladesh (Not for Bangladeshi)

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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.

How can you make a difference?

Background:

UNICEF is a leading humanitarian and development agency working globally for the rights of every child. UNICEF has been working in Bangladesh since 1952 providing support to youth facing challenges in this developing, but the densely populated nation. We reach out to communities in all 64 districts, through our field offices covering eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.

The HR Team in Bangladesh Country Office is committed to providing qualitative, agile, and people-centric service to all BCO personnel in Dhaka, as well as in our Field Offices including Cox’s Bazar, currently an L1 Emergency Duty Station. We operate relying on the HR Business Partnering model to ensure best solutions are identified for all human resources management needs with a strong focus on client service orientation. The HR Specialist Consultant’s work reflects directly on the overall reputation of the HR community for technical quality in terms of both substantive depth and adaptive relevance to client needs and customer service approach to problem resolution.

Therefore, we are looking for someone with in-depth technical knowledge of the principles and concepts of human resources management as well as the relevant HR information technology systems and tools at UNICEF. Solid planning and organizing skills are essential for the Consultant to organize and consistently monitor their work, set priorities, and meet deadlines while taking full responsibility and accountability to respond to all service needs promptly, in accordance with internal SOPs and KPIs.

The HR Specialist Consultant has the demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in a diverse organization tailoring language, tone, style, and format to match the audience. The ideal HR Specialist Consultant empathizes with client managers, supervisors and staff while advocating for consistent and equitable applications of promulgated HR regulations and rules. Taking into due consideration the sensitive nature of the functional area, the HR Specialist Consultant demonstrates a high degree of confidentiality, initiative, and good judgment to address matters with courtesy, tact, patience, and the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

The HR Specialist Consultant, within their area of responsibility, is accountable for implementing HR services that enhance the capacity of their clients to deliver on their business goals and objectives by anticipating HR-related needs and developing subsequent plans and solutions that align HR management with business objectives.

As the HR team in Bangladesh fills its vacancies, we are looking for a dynamic HR Specialist Consultant to focus on recruitment and support business partnering until new team members are on board.

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

• Business Partnering: Through the research of policies and analysis of data, provide support to the clients directly or to the HR Business Partner in advising their clients on HR-related needs and developing subsequent plans of action. Through proactively anticipating HR-related needs, in consultation with the supervisor, will provide advice pertaining to all aspects of the employment life cycle by applying HR processes and policies consistently, ensuring both fairness and the highest level of client orientation, as well as equitable and transparent solutions that protect both the staff and organization’s interests. Examples of such actions include the resolution of a range of staff entitlement and benefits matters.
• Recruitment activities: Provide support to his/her supervisor and HR team with recruitment activities by identifying, attracting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and onboarding personnel. Serve as the single point of contact for recruitment processes, he/she is assigned to work on, ensuring the highest level of client orientation and compliance with pre-established KPIs.
• Implementation of assigned Human Resources Services: Provide support to various HR-related functions as needed to help their supervisor implement efficient client services that help attract, retain and motivate staff of the highest caliber. The HR Consultant will analyze and synthesize issues and problems, and interpret established, formal guidelines to address and recommend solutions or further actions required.

Major tasks/Assignment:

Recruitment:

• Complete approximately 15 staff recruitment cases and 15 consultants as necessary.
• HR Business Partnering as needed:
• Establish collaborative partnerships with a number of sections and field offices, proven by the positive feedback received as needed.
• Effective case management and resolution of a range of staff entitlement and benefits matter as required.

Final report:

• Outlining the way tasks have been achieved and providing recommendations for process innovation, simplification, and improvement.

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

• An Advanced university degree in human resource management, business management, international relations, psychology, or another related field is required.

Work Experience:

• Five years of professional experience in human resource management in an international organization and/or large corporation is required.
• Previous relevant experience in HR management (recruitment, HR Business Partnering, and entitlements and benefits) within the UNCS, preferably UNICEF is required.
• Practical demonstrated professional experience with HR information technology systems and tools such as Vision, TMS, and Service gateway is required.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered 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 including 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 afterward 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.