Consultant, Leadership and Career Development Support, Geneva, Switzerland

Posting Title: Consultant, Leadership and Career Development Support

Department/Office: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Duty Station: GENEVA

Posting Period: 28 July 2021 – 16 August 2021

Job Opening Number: 21-Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs-160344-Consultant

United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity

Result of Service

Overall Aim: To successfully manage and grow diverse and inclusive talent to meet organizational needs for today and future.

Expected Outcomes:

Mentoring and coaching is instituted into the organizational culture, enabling strengthened management and staff wellbeing

Leadership skills are developed and support diversity and inclusion

Increased collaboration with expanded networks that bring diverse perspectives to support talent growth for current and future careers

Work Location Remote

Expected duration

The consultancy will be for three months from 1 September 2021

Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership development and career support are recognized as important priorities under the People Strategy 2018-21 including emphasis on coaching and mentoring, and building diverse and inclusive networks. This includes a focus on national staff who are a priority group for leadership and career support in the interest of building diverse talent pipelines. Ongoing reforms within OCHA and the wider Secretariat reinforce the need for new skills to drive necessary changes to meet organizational demands including in the context of OCHA’s work on anti-racism, localization and decentralization.

Since the launch of the People Strategy, increased investments have been made through the Leadership Development Programme, cohort 1-4 (2018-19) with 373 staff who have participated in a range of courses targeting executive level, emerging leaders, women leaders and general service staff. A focus on diversity and inclusion in leadership has been integrated into the approach with emphasis on achieving goals related to gender parity and geographical diversity. To complement the leadership development programme in support of wider career development, OCHA has launched the Career Development Support Programme in 2019. The CDSP is structured around three components including mentoring, coaching and stretch assignments. Currently the CDSP mentoring component has been mainstreamed as a core offering, a coaching skills training for managers has been successfully piloted and plans are underway for future cohorts. Group mentoring and peer coaching are additional components to be developed under the programme. A third component on stretch assignments is planned to be developed and rolled out on a pilot basis.

This consultancy is managed and administered by the Learning and Development Unit. The incumbent reports to the Head of the Unit

Qualifications/special skills

Skills: Demonstrated experience in implementation of mentoring and coaching programmes, leadership development and career support preferably with experience in the humanitarian sector with field perspectives;

Working experience with online platforms to facilitate mentoring, peer coaching and other collaborative learning;

Experience in the UN system is desirable along with knowledge of the humanitarian operational context

Academic Qualifications: Degree in social sciences, political sciences, international relations, education and other as relevant

Experience: At least 5 years of experience in learning and development, capacity strengthening, talent management.

Language: Fluent in English and preferably working knowledge of French.

No Fee

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