Assistance with recruitment of sector advisers and bilateral advisers

Description

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has entered into a contract regarding assistance with recruitment of sector advisers and bilateral advisers (Service A and Service B) directly employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Lot 1: The Assignment concerns assistance with recruitment of sector advisers and bilateral advisors directly employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA, also referred to as the “Client”). For more than 40 years, the MFA has recruited and employed Danida advisers as part of Denmark's cooperation with developing countries. Since 2005, the MFA has outsourced the recruitment of bilateral long- term advisers to a private recruitment firm, selected through public tender for a defined period. The current contract expires in April 2023, and MFA is thus required to tender new contracts concerning recruitment of sector advisers (Service A), recruitment of bilateral advisers (Service B), and administration of bilateral advisers (Service C). The present material has been prepared with a view to obtaining offers for future assistance with recruitment of sector advisers and bilateral advisers (Services A+B). Service C will be tendered as a separate contract. In 2022, the MFA recruited 15 sector advisers and 3 bilateral advisers. It is envisaged that during a 4-year period, the Consultant will recruit approximately 60 sector advisers and 8 bilateral advisers. However, these numbers will vary over the years, as the number of secondments depends, inter alia, on the annual appropriations, and therefore no specific number of recruitments per year can be guaranteed. The MFA also reserves the right to recruit by means other than the Consultant chosen. The Assignment does not cover the MFA programme for multilateral junior and senior advisers and Senior National Experts to the EU Commission recruited directly by the World Bank, the UN or the EU Commission. The purpose of the Assignment is to ensure efficient and timely recruitment of sector advisers and bilateral advisers to enable that well-qualified and competent experts are assigned to MFA’s various engagements around the world. The allocation of advisers is an important instrument in implementing ‘The World We Share’ (MFA 2021), Denmark’s strategy for development cooperation. The objective of the Assignment is to ensure that the identification and selection of qualified candidates for vacant posts in a professional and transparent process to enable that advisers contribute to Denmark’s development goals. Advisers hold a wide range of professional backgrounds as academics, civil servants, consultants, etc. All advisers will be selected based on their personal and professional competencies in relation to the requirements described in each vacancy notice. MFA will be the appointing and deciding authority for all recruitments. It is essential for the MFA to obtain a solution that ensures a stable organisation with a high degree of continuity among the Consultant’s key personnel and that the recruitment process supports the recruitment of the right persons. Offers are sought to ensure that the MFA receives relevant applications that demonstrate the ability and capacity for selecting the right candidates for the often-specialised posts that the MFA advertises. It is noted in this context that there are no resources for extensive and costly personal analyses of applicants other than the standard personality tests. The Consultant shall handle all practical arrangements related to recruitment of sector and bilateral advisers (Services A and B). The Consultant shall, as part of the Services, ensure good ongoing cooperation with the MFA as well as with the Danish authorities and embassies involved in relation to the individual recruitment processes. MFA will take active part in the identification of relevant posts and subsequent identification of advisers. As there will be many changing contracts and ongoing processes, as well as multiple stakeholders, the Consultant must be able to provide careful, operational, flexible and strategic management of the Services with a strong intercultural understanding. The maximum value of the Services under the Agreement is DKK 7,000,000.00 net of VAT. The Client may not request further Services and shall terminate the Agreement once that limit is reached.