Post Title : Consultancy – Career Counselling for Young Professionals

Contract Type : Consultancy

Duration : remote, on a part-time basis until 31 December 2015
Duty Station : UNICEF NYHQ, DHR, New York, USA
Supervisor : HR Specialist, NETI Team
Application Deadline: 28 April 2015

BACKGROUND

The UNICEF New Talent Unit is seeking support by a professional consultant or a team of professional
consultants (contracted individually) to support the career counseling of young professionals as part of its
two main career development programmes: the New and Emerging Talent Initiative (NETI) and Junior
Professional Officer (JPO) Programme.

For further information please refer to:

 New and Emerging Talent Initiative (NETI): http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_74609.html

 Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_jpp.html

Both programmes are an entry point for dynamic professionals interested in an international career with
UNICEF. Over a two year period participants work actively in a multicultural environment within the
development and humanitarian arenas, while contributing to delivering results for children over a two year
period. They are assigned in country and regional offices as well as Headquarter locations in UNICEFs
various functional areas. During their assignment, they undergo an orientation programme in New York
Headquarters as well as receive Coaching and Mentoring sessions.

Neither of the two programmes has any expectancy of a secure position with UNICEF at the end of the two
or three year assignment. However, the New Talent unit has set as objective to improve the retention rate
of both programmes and developed a new retention strategy which starts at the 15 months into the
assignment, when participants are allowed to apply for UNICEF positions.

TASK

As part of the overall retention strategy, this particular assignment is to provide UN specific career
counseling services in the form of individual CV/Resume cliniques, competency based mock interviews and
advice on written applications/cover letters.

Every NETI and JPO reaching 15 months on assignment with UNICEF will be offered an individual mock
interview and a CV/Resume writing session to build on the online learning services.

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DELIVERABLES

Until 31.12.2015 the consultant is to provide remotely via phone/Skype or in person:

 CV/Resume writing session (1 hour per JPO/NETI)

 Competency-based mock interviews (1 hour per JPO/NETI)

The target group JPOs and NETIs are based in the America/Central America regions, Europe/Central
Europe/Africa/Middle East regions, and South Asia/South East Asia/Pacific regions. The actual number of
sessions depends on the consultant’s location and ability to cover all regions or only particular regions. The
task can be divided by several individual consultants across the world, will be contracted individually.

 10 in the America/Central America regions

 45 in the Europe/Central Europe/Africa/Middle East regions

 10 in the South Asia/South East Asia/Pacific regions

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND COMPETENCES

a) Education
 Advanced university degree, preferably in Social Sciences, Education, Counselling, Psychology,
Human Resources, English, Journalism or related field.

b) Work experience
 A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in career counselling are
required.
 International experience, particularly within the UN, development and humanitarian context, is
considered a distinct asset.
 Experience in counseling young professionals is considered an asset.
 Certified professional resume writers (CPRW) and certified employment interview professionals
(CEIP) are highly desired.
 Experience in advising on UN specific personal profiles/CV writing mechanism and competency-
based interview skills are required.

c) Languages
Fluency in English required. Knowledge in an additional UN language is considered an asset.

APPLICATION

Qualified candidates are requested to submit their CV or P-11 form (which can be downloaded from our
website at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc and a brief outline of a CV/Mock
interview session to bhasel@unicef.org with subject line “JPO Career Counseling Consultant” by 28
April 2015, 5:00pm EST.
Please indicate your regional availability and hourly rate per CV writing/Mock interview session.
Applications submitted without a rate will not be considered.

Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted.