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

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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:

Approved action plan to establish in-house consulting focusing on a selected service portfolio adapted to each participating Member State;
Capacity built for the implementation of the action plan in the participating Member States; and
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:

Required Qualifications:

Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in economics, public administration, governance, public policy, knowledge-policy nexus, evidence-based policy making; PhD would be considered an asset.

Professional Experience:

Track record, with minimum 10 years of experience, in government innovation, public administration, good governance, knowledge-policy nexus, institutional development and capacity building or similar areas.
Demonstrated experience in conducting stakeholder analysis and consultations.
Experience in providing tailored, high-expertise technical support and implementing capacity-building projects for the benefit of public administrations/governments.
Experience working with or within public administration is an asset.

Skills:

Excellent research, writing and analytical skills.
Solid advocacy, communication and presentation skills adapted to technical and general purposes.
Familiarity with EU-funded project, including multi-country technical support, considered an advantage.
Strong interpersonal skills, including interacting with various actors and working effectively and respectfully in a complex environment on sensitive issues.
Understanding and adherence to the UN principles.

Language:

Excellent writing skills in English. Fluency in the language of the preferred country of assignment is an asset.

Source: https://careers.unesco.org/job/Other-cities-Senior-Consultants-to-Support-the-Development-of-In-House-Consulting-Capacities-in-Public-Admin_/785435802/

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