Consultancy Assignment – Developing approach to support Spouse Employment in UNICEF, EAP Region, Bangkok, Thailand

For Every Child, It's time to use your talents to save lives and improve lives of children

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, Human Capital Management

UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to develop an approach to support Spouse Employment in UNICEF, East Asia and Pacific Region.

How can you make a difference?

Dual career couples are faced with special challenges specifically as it pertains to unemployment due to relocation.  We currently do not have a way to track dual career couples who have been forced to become a one-income family as a result of career choices with UNICEF.  As the Executive Director, has recently re-affirmed our commitment to supporting spouse employment opportunities, we would like to be more strategic and planful regarding how spouse employment is supported in our region

The consultancy is proposed, in response to an identified need, to develop a regional strategy and action plan for supporting employment of UNICEF spouses and to develop spouse consultant rosters.

Work Assignment:

Through regular guidance and discussions with the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Region - Regional HR team, the development of relationships with other UN agencies and in regular alignment with emerging UNICEF global initiatives,  the consultant will develop

• A data set of EAPR spouses who are in search of ongoing work, and a process for maintaining the list as current. 
• Inventory of current spouse employment support activities in UNICEF EAPR COs 
• Outreach to and identification of potential areas for collaboration with other UN agencies
• A regional spouse employment strategy aligned with global spouse career initiatives
• An action plan of how EAPR can further support spouse employment and will also develop spouse consultant rosters.  The deliverable will include specific actions we can take to improve and further support spouse employment.
• A set of spouse consultant rosters and a process for maintenance and utilization.

End Product(s):

Spouse Employment Strategy and Action Plan for UNICEF EAPR, with priority areas based on data analysis,  with subsections identifying specific actions that could be considered by specific Country Offices within the region, one subsection for each Country Office, and one for the Regional Office and a spouse consultant roster set and process for maintenance and use.

Estimated Duration of Contract:  30 working days during August - October 2018.

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

• Degree in related field such as human resource management
• At least 5 years professional experience in recruitment outreach and strategies
• Demonstration of excellent skills in recruitment, networking and English writing
• Knowledge of UN System
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency 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 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.

Interested candidates are requested to submit CV or P11, full contact information of minimum 2 references, availability, sample of similar previous work and daily professional fee in USD by 3 June  2018.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.