Roster: Team Retreat/Team Coaching Facilitators, UNICEF Lebanon (remote/face to face)

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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.

Lebanon Country Office (LCO) has been undergoing significant changes in its structure in light of the multi-crisis context and is organizing frequent team retreats (face to face and online) throughout the year to strengthen team collaboration skills through interactive teambuilding exercises; focusing on skills such as communication, trust, stress management, change management and conflict management.

The duration of the assignment may vary depending on the need and the nature of the event, team retreats may also include programme or operations strategy elements. Such retreats usually take 1-2 days or are conducted hourly online and vary from small teams (10 staff) to office wide retreats (200 staff). The consultant is expected to conduct a pre-assessment, design, organize, manage and evaluate the event and offer optional follow up services, such as team-coaching.

For every child, a Champion...

UNICEF LCO is building a roster of professional consultants with proven experience in facilitating teambuilding activities and team coaching events (in person or face to face).

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Human Resources Manager and in consultation with the Chief of Section/Chief of Office you will:

• Familiarize yourself with UNICEF LCO organizational culture and current context

• Conduct a pre-assessment (e.g. survey) of expectations that would help design the activities and gage LCO culture

• Conduct assessment on thinking preferences to support self-assessment and team-coaching (Optional)

• Based on the assessment, propose the content, design and delivery of the activities and built-in sessions and prepare an agenda that reflects the proposed structure
• Deliver one or two-day or hourly activities in the staff retreat at a designated location or online
• Present a final report to highlight the areas worked on and what type of recommendations can the country office implement to encourage diversity within its culture;
• Offer team and individual coaching to senior management (Optional) under the supervision of the Human Resources Manager and in consultation with the Chief of Section/Chief of Office

Deliverables and schedules

Item No.

Description

Deliverables

Deliverables Time frame

Payment %

1

Pre-Assessment & Agenda

· Familiarize yourself with UNICEF LCO organizational culture and current programmes in Lebanon

· Conduct a pre-assessment to identify key areas of focus.

· Present an analysis on the pre-assessment findings.

· In consultation with the HR Manager and Chief of Section/Chief of Office, present an agenda to be tailored to meet the requirements of the theme and the expectations of staff

Within 15 days from starting date

20%

2

Thinking Style Preferences Assessment (Optional)

· Conduct assessment on thinking style preferences to support self-assessment and

· Debrief on pre assessment and thinking style preferences assessment.

Within 30 days from starting date

10%

3

Delivery

· Organize, prepare, manage and facilitate an integrated and interactive programme of activities extending over 1-2 days or hourly online.

1-2 days in the designated location

Online: hourly

50%

4

Evaluation/ Recommendation

· Present a draft report for discussion with feedback on the event highlighting findings and recommendations

· Provide the final version of the report

Upon Receipt of the final report

(Within 5 Days of the end of the retreat)

10%

5

Team- and individual coaching

(optional)

· Offer team individual coaching sessions to senior management and their respective teams.

Up to 3 months following the retreat

10%

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

• Degree in social sciences, Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Hospitality and Event Management or relevant areas.
• At least 5 years of proven experience in design, delivery and facilitation of corporate events and teambuilding activities at local, regional and international level.

• Excellent command of written and spoken English.

• Experience in team coaching and individual coaching; certification is an asset.

• Previous experience working with non-profit organizations and UN agencies is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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.

Remarks:

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.

Technical and Financial Evaluation Criteria

Technical: 70% / Financial: 30%

The following criteria must be part of the submission, with a total score over 70:

1. Provide an outline of the teambuilding package of activities and report samples (20 points)
2. Quality and creativity of proposed activities, report samples and infographics (20 points)
3. Experience working on similar projects with UN agencies or similar large scale organizations, clients’ references (30 points)

Only bidders obtaining the minimum pass mark in the technical evaluation (49 points) will be considered for the financial evaluation.

Financial evaluation is composed of 30 points. Please indicate your detailed cost proposal Annex 1 - Price Proposal.xlsx to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). To determine the financial evaluation score, the daily fee for retreat facilitation and travel related costs will be considered primarily.