Result of Service

The ultimate expected result of this consultancy is to increase the impactfulness of the 2025 Global Platform High Level Dialogues and Thematic Sessions.

Work Location

Home based

Expected duration

6 weeks

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant is being recruited to lead the custom designand facilitationof a virtual bespoke workshop for UNDRR staff members who are leading the preparations of respective sessions for the Global Platform 2025 (referred to as UNDRR Session Focal Point. The workshop is expected to be delivered in midNovember 2024 when Session Focal Points are in the stage of finalizing the session’s design, format, expected outcomes and guiding questions in consultation with their respective networks of external experts (known as GP2025 Organizing Team. This bespoke workshop is concieved as one important pitstop on the overall quality control process of the substantive preparations towards the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. It is anticipated that elements of Design Thinking; Playbased Learning; and other frontier organizational effectiveness methodologies be used to design the workshop. Duties will include:Conducting user interviews with relevant UNDRR colleagues to understand the baseline of preparations and the aspirations of success at the Global PlatformDesign a 4 hour workshop bringing to bear a range of relevant methodologies for organizational effectivenessDeliver workshopObtain user feedbackPrepare final report including recommendations for the future Concrete deliverables: o Deliverable 1: Summary of user interviews with 35 select Session Focal Points and extended group interview with 2025GP Secretariat Team o Deliverable 2: Proposal/presentation on programme and methodology of 4hour workshop, which is consequently revised per 2 rounds of feedback from GP Team o Deliverable 3: 4hour Workshop delivered twice (morning and afternoon slots to accomodate all time zoneo Deliverable 4: Final summary and recommendations. The work will be fully homebased with no travel anticipated.

Qualifications/special skills

Outcomedriven workshop design Strategic dialogue & workshop facilitation Organizational effectiveness

Languages

Not available.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAININ. THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.