Consultant, Talent Management (Level II) Emergency Operations Division

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WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

• Job Title: Consultant, Talent Management
• Type of Contract: Consultancy, Level II
• Unit / Division: Global Surge Coordination Unit (GSCU) / Emergency Operations Division (EME)
• Supervisor: Talent Management Officer, Staffing Coordination
• Duty Station: Rome, Italy
• Duration of contract: 11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

The Emergency Operations Division (EME) contributes to WFP’s strategic goal of achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 through the management of an emergency preparedness and response portfolio. EME provides a field-focused, service oriented, steering and convening role focusing on forward looking preparedness and support to ensure a swift, coordinated and integrated response.

With the recent establishment of the Emergency Operation Division (within the last 2 years), and considering corporate commitment to support Country Offices, and Regional Bureaus and EME Staff with structure, simplified processes and procedures and resources to address their immediate operational needs, the Staffing Coordination Team requires additional Talent Management expertise to drive the implementation of the HR Alignment exercise and the establishment of EME.

The incumbent will support with the implementation of the recently completed Org Alignment exercise, creation of unique Emergency Officer Job Profiles, Talent Acquisition including building of Roasters and Talent Pools. For these accountabilities the incumbent will report to the Talent Management Officer, Staffing Coordinator Unit.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Contribute to the overall rollout of the Emergency Operations Division’s Organizational Alignment exercise in order to provide emergency staff with specific, well-defined aspects of emergency assessment capacities assessment, preparedness and response.
2. Analyze data and statistics for trends with regard to recruitment practices, motivation, turnover.
3. Support the coordination and streamlining of the collection, interpretation and validation of data and its in-depth analysis ensuring that quality standards and data privacy compliance are maintained throughout the process.
4. Produce analysis and visualizations to create and deliver effective presentations to key stakeholders on Organizational Alignment implementation to enable insight-driven choices.
5. In collaboration with internal stakeholders, participate in the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) for the various talent management and staffing coordination processes for the EME staffing coordination team and EME Division.
6. Provide regular reporting on key corporate statistics on Emergency Operations Workforce inclusive of analysis, trends and key milestones.
7. Working in collaboration with the Front Office, contribute to the development of the Emergency Operations Workforce Strategy by providing end-to-end support to the talent acquisition process in the different EME functional units.
8. Assist with drafting and implementation of a change management strategy.
9. Contribute to the roll-out of an Emergency Operations FIT Pool to provide a strong pipeline of qualified, diverse talent to better cater for emergency preparedness and response while ensuring that all dimensions of the WFP Diversity & Inclusion framework are incorporated in the Emergency Operations workforce strategy.
10. Support in the development of a Learning and Development Strategy with a focus on career pathing activities by creating awareness of the newly created Emergency Job Profiles.
11. Any other as may be required.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Operates with minimal supervision and shares responsibility for assessing effectiveness of goals.
• Team player
• Proficient with Computer applications.
• Capacity to deal tactfully and successfully in a multicultural environment.
• Good communication skills with the ability to persuade, influence and adapt communication style to different situations and individuals.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE DESIRED

Education: Advanced University degree in Human Resource Management, Business or Public Administration, Industrial Psychology or another relevant field; or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience.

Languages:

• International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language Required.
• Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language desirable [Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese].
• National Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

Knowledge & Skills:

• At least 6 years of relevant professional experience in Human Resources, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, HR Analytics, Change Management, Project analysis and implementation, preferably in an international humanitarian organization.
• Sound theoretical understanding of HR concepts and principles with a broad knowledge of best practices, techniques, and processes is a requirement.
• Knowledge of WFP HR process, policies, and directives is desirable.

TRAINING COMPONENTS

Throughout their assignment WFP interns have access to an industry leading learning platform, WeLearn. Depending on opportunities and availability of funds, they may participate in WFP workshops or seminars, as appropriate.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

WFP offers a competitive compensation package which will be determined by the contract type and selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Please visit the following websites for detailed information on working with WFP.

http://www.wfp.org Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about WFP’s operations.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

VA REFERENCE no.: 601467

CLOSING DATE: Thursday, 23 March 2023 at 11:59 pm Rome time (GMT + 1)

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.

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