Consultant (Research Analyst/Expert)

United Nations; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

United Nations in New York seeks a Consultant for the Department of Operational Support to produce five deliverables over the contract period. The consultant will work iteratively with the Project Team, participate in progress meetings, and provide concise updates on research progress and emerging findings.

Deliverables include interim and final outputs on mapping service arrangements, a benchmarking chapter, a comparative analysis, and data collection tools and datasets, with extended

Responsibilities

• Produce five deliverables over the contract period and report progress.
• Collaborate with the Project Team (RSCE/UNGSC) and participate in periodic progress meetings.
• Provide concise updates on research progress, emerging findings and areas requiring guidance or further research.

Job description

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Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel - Consultants/Individual Contractors , CON

Recruitment Type : Consultant

Department/Office : Department of Operational Support

The Consultant will produce five deliverables over the contract period. Throughout the preparation of the deliverables, the Consultant is expected to work iteratively with the Project Team, participate in periodic progress meetings, and provide concise updates on research progress, emerging findings and areas requiring guidance or further research.

• (a) (By November 2026) Interim output on the mapping and analysis of existing service arrangements between RSCE/UNGSC and their clients.
• (b) (By December 2026) Final output on (a), the mapping and analysis of existing service arrangements between RSCE/UNGSC and their clients. The deliverable will include a draft report chapter presenting a consolidated mapping of these service arrangements, based on the data and information collected. The report should include a summary of key findings from the data gathered to support the Project Team's gap analysis. It should also include the complete set of raw data and information received, as well as an organized and consolidated dataset.
• (c) (by February 2027) A draft chapter of the report presenting a comprehensive benchmarking analysis of shared services arrangements of selected UN system and Secretariat entities, international/regional organizations and private-sector institutions. The output should include the set of raw data and information received; an organized and consolidated dataset.
• (d) (by March 2027) A draft chapter of the report on a comparative analysis of shared-service structures drawn from the benchmark cases and the data collected under (a), (b) and (c), identifying preliminary patterns, gaps and findings in the context of RSCE/UNGSC and their clients, together with summaries of findings and other written inputs to support the Project Team in developing recommendations;
• (e) (by May 2027,) Revised and strengthened versions of report and related deliverables under (a), (b) and (c), incorporating additional evidence, based on the findings and insights collected from the extensive consultations conducted with key stakeholders;
• (f) (by May 2027) A comprehensive set of data collection tools and a mapping framework developed and applied for the review. The deliverable should include questionnaires, templates, data request matrices and other tools used to collect information.