International Consultancy: Consultant for Business Operations Strategy (BOS) to support the BOS 2.0 agenda

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  • Iran
  • Posted 4 months ago

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, in all places, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means hand over. 

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Title: Worldwide Guide for Enterprise Operations Technique (BOS) to assist the BOS 2.0 agenda, notably to hold out the 2023 BOS reporting and 2024 Planning and dynamize the cost-efficiency agenda within the UNCT Iran.

BACKGROUND

A core aspect of implementation of the UN Normal Meeting resolutions in relation to the repositioned UN improvement system is the Secretary-Normal’s effectivity agenda. The agenda goals to attain enhancements within the coherence, effectivity, and cost-effectiveness of the UN improvement system with a concentrate on each the Headquarters and nation stage. On this foundation, the Enterprise Operation Technique (BOS) as one of many strategic components is a joint, frequent strategy for a choose vary of operational assist providers to harmonize and/or present collectively providers as a gaggle of companies, somewhat than offering these providers as particular person companies to enhance programme and enterprise operations at nation stage.
The BOS facilitates strategic planning, administration, and monitoring by eliminating duplicate processes in enterprise operations, using UN joint buying alternatives, and enhancing the standard of providers to attain successfully in addition to sustainable outcomes by the next six attainable joint service strains:
1) frequent procurement providers;
2) frequent info and communication expertise (ICT) providers;
3) frequent human sources (HR) providers;
4) frequent logistics providers;
5) frequent finance providers, and;
6) frequent facility providers together with frequent premises as an essential element of the UN
Reform Programme to construct nearer ties amongst United Nations workers and promote a extra unified presence on the nation stage in a cheap method.
Within the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United Nations is represented by 20 resident and non-resident entities that perform their respective actions. The UN Nation Staff (UNCT) is made up of representatives of the companies, funds and specialised programmes. As the pinnacle of the nation group (UNCT), the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) guides and helps the work of the UNCT, guaranteeing efficient coordination and cooperation throughout the mandates of every UN entity.
The UN Resident Coordinator’s Workplace (RCO) is the primary assist construction for the actions of the RC and the UNCT, to assist strengthen the joint actions of the United Nations system within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Its mission is to maximise, in a coordinated method, the work of the United Nations to make sure that the system offers a collective, coherent and built-in help to nationwide priorities and desires, throughout the framework of the International Targets and different worldwide commitments.
In opposition to this backdrop, the Operations Administration Staff offers management on the implementation of a coordinated, environment friendly, and efficient frequent operational assist agenda on the nation stage. As an accountable entity to the UNCT, the OMT is answerable for identification, evaluation, prioritization and planning for frequent operations in assist of programme supply. Since 2020, the OMT labored to develop the Enterprise Operations Technique 2.0, which the UNCT endorsed yearly.
This place will assist the RCO and the OMT in implementing the important work areas.
Underneath the management of the OMT, the Enterprise Operations Technique (BOS). BOS is a compulsory framework that focuses on joint enterprise operations with the aim of enterprise course of harmonization for improved supply effectivity and decreased transaction price. It permits UNCTs to take a strategic and results-oriented strategy to planning, administration and implementation of harmonized enterprise operations at a rustic stage aligning operational actions to programme actions as outlined throughout the United Nations Sustainable Improvement Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF).
 
How will you make a distinction?
 
OBJECTIVE / SCOPE OF WORK
 
The important thing targets for this consultancy are:
1. Evaluation the 2023 frequent providers implementation standing
2. Make sure the completion of High quality Evaluation (QA) and CBA
3. Put together finish yr report
4. Arrange planning conferences with 6 WGs and put together 2024 planning actions, and contribute to spice up cost-efficiency and additional harmonise shared providers.
 

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you’ll have… 

Qualification #1- A grasp’s diploma with 5 years’ work expertise in Operations, finance, Human Sources, Procurement.

(A bachelor’s diploma with 8 years of expertise in lieu of superior college diploma. This may be mixed with different related tutorial {qualifications} and expertise).

Qualification #2 – Minimal 3 years of expertise within the implementation of BOS to offer the steering required to the Operations Administration Staff (OMT)

Fluency in English is required

For each Youngster, you show… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

  

To view our competency framework, please go to  here

  

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This will likely embody, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your software in case you want affordable lodging through the choice course of and afterwards in your project. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict little one safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can due to this fact bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background examine. 

 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged underneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “workers members” underneath the Workers Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (akin to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service might be ruled by their contract and the Normal Situations of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are answerable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for all the interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and are usually not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF throughout their consultancy contracts. 

Marketed: 31 Dec 2023 Iran Normal Time
Deadline: 14 Jan 2024 Iran Normal Time

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