Senior Consultants to Support the Development of In-House Consulting Capacities in Public Admin.

OVERVIEW

Parent Sector : Social and Human Sciences Sector (SHS)

Duty Station: Multiple Duty Stations

Job Family: Social and Human Sciences

Type of contract : Non Staff

Recruitment open to : External candidates

Application Deadline (Midnight Paris Time) : 16/01/2024

 

UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism

 

The contract is structured by deliverables; the consultant is expected to be under contract for the duration of the project (total of 18 months)

This call is open to both companies and individuals

 

 

BACKGROUND

Fast-changing conditions and critical challenges of today – amongst which global pandemics, climate change, digital transformations, and the interplay of these trends – require large-scale and future-oriented reforms. Public administrations are under pressure to design and implement such reforms, while simultaneously addressing internal needs and building capacities to prepare themselves for the future. In this context, efforts to recalibrate the engagement of the public administrations with private consulting services and to develop internal/in-house consulting capacities for the design and implementation of reforms are being initiated across countries. 

Seven Member States (i.e., Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, and Latvia) have requested support in addressing the afore-mentioned needs.

Submitted and funded through the EU’s Technical Support Instrument, the ensuing multi-country project will be implemented over a period of 18 months by UNESCO with the aim of achieving the following outcomes:

1. Approved action plan to establish in-house consulting focusing on a selected service portfolio adapted to each participating Member State;
2. Capacity built for the implementation of the action plan in the participating Member States; and
3. Increased awareness on the importance of in-house consulting and creation of an EU network of experts.

 

To this end, UNESCO is organizing on-site teams to support, in conjunction with the central project coordination team at UNESCO Headquarters, country-specific delivery in each of the 7 participating countries.

SCOPE OF WORK

A total of 7 senior consultants, 1 per country, will be contracted to support Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, and Latvia (hereafter referred to as the country of assignment). Under the overall guidance of the UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences (ADG/SHS), the Director for Social Policies and the Chief Executive Officer, and the supervision of the Senior Project Officer, the senior consultants will complete the following set of tasks in their respective country of assignment:

Long Description

Task 1: Preparation of national inception report, which will entail:

• Carrying out of a national fact-finding mission, within which the national kick-off meeting is to be organized, to gather detailed information and launch the work with the beneficiary authorities and potential stakeholders in their respective country of assignment; and
• Development of a preliminary issue tree, timeline and updated project documentation for the county of assignment.

 

Task 2: Preparation of as-is situation report mapping current in-house consulting capacities in the country of assignment, which will entail:

• Conducting of desk research and collection of data pertinent to the report;
• Running of questionnaires to collect input from relevant parties and stakeholders; and
• Delivery of report, providing needs assessment, analysis of maturity levels in relation to in-house consulting and stakeholder analysis.

Task 3: Preparation of a to-be report in the country of assignment, providing a gap analysis in relation to Task 2, and putting forward a concrete course of action to closing the gap, which will entail:

• Organisation of consultation dialogues with beneficiary authorities, targeted stakeholders and relevant experts to inform report contents;
• Drafting of report, including the vision and goals for the in-house consultancy, a suitable service portfolio/themes, minimum requirements (e.g., organisational structure, skills and competencies for the staff, IT and knowledge management solutions), good practices and 3 scenarios for the development of an in-house consultancy in the country of assignment; and
• Presentation of the report and the proposed scenarios to the beneficiary authorities in the country of assignment and supporting the ensuing discussions within the public administrations.

 

Task 4: Preparation of a roadmap/act