Title: Hiring of a short term Consultant on Human Resource Management
Hiring Periode: 25 September – 20 October 2017
United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) is one of the eightSections of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) which its HQ is based inBarcelona, Spain. UCLG is the largest association of local governments in the world and the officially recognized voice of local government by the United Nations. The Asia and Pacific region is the biggest regional section in UCLG with linkages to more tha 7.000 local governments. It represents well over 3.76 billiion people-more than half of the world population-and incorporates economically fast developing countries such as China, India and Indonesia.
UCLG ASPAC is the key knowledge management hub on local government issues in the Asia-Pacific region. It promotes democratic local government, support cooperation between cities, local governments and their associations, and facilities programmes, network and partnerships to develop the capacity of local governments and the associations. Moreover, UCLG ASPAC represents local governments politically within the International community, and with the United Nations and its agencies. It also promotes inclusice societies which safeguard equality, social and economic justice, and sustainable community development. UCLG ASPAC is engaged in all relevant thematic fields for nurturing sustainable development comprising poverty alleviation, climate change, disaster resiliency, culture, strategic planning, decentralization, local finance, and good governance.
Justification
UCLG ASPAC Secretariat is located in Jakarta. Managing a large network of cities and local governments in Asia-Pacific region as part of the global network requires efficiency and effectiveness of operations and high level of competency of its personnel. The Governing Body of UCLG ASPAC has valued significant improvement of Secretariat’s operation over the years. Despite the progress, there is a need to further improve the Secretariat’s operations and conditions to well capture future opportunities in this high-speed era of technology.
UCLG ASPAC is hiring a short-term individual contractor to provide assistance and support in developing an effective Human Resource (HR) functions for the Organisation and to make recommendations for future improvement. The recommendations will be submitted to the Executive Committee of UCLG ASPAC for valuable inputs.
Objective and goal:
- Provide a comprehensive human resource HR management advisory and consultancy services;
- Provide recommendations on operational HR related issues;
- Create a functioning HR management system of managing staff members’ expectations.
Under this Scope of Work, the individual contractor will carry out the following key activities:
- Carry out a review of existing HR policies and procedures and identify gaps;
- Propose comprehensive HR policies and procedures;
- Develop detailed roles for all positions, develop job descriptions and job profiles for each position and establish essential competencies and skills for each position;
- Design and recommend a transparent staff performance management system which links to the individual development plan;
- Support managers/supervisors and build their capacity/skills for effective staff management;
- Develop the training policy which linked both to organization vision and mission and individual development plan;
- Develop the remuneration system which links with the required capacity and experience of each position and in line with existing conditions;
- Review and advise on tasks related with existing recruitment process;
- Conduct and provide guidance in termination process including exit interviews in line with HR policy.
- Performance Management System
- Personnel Manual
- Remuneration & Reward System
- Comprehensive Recruitment Process & Termination system
