Black Sea Trade and Investment Promotion Programme

Supporting the Establishment of Investment and Trade Linkages Between the Black Sea Countries

Human Resources

Contract types

As a global organization, UNDP requires a mix of contract types to cover all individuals employed either for UNDP or on behalf of others. To fill the job openings, UNDP has a wide array of recruitment tools. The UNDP policy is to fill job vacancies, as much as possible, through internal reassignments, to capitalize on the investment made in recruiting and developing staff. UNDP applies several types of contracts for hiring personnel. Types of contract to be concluded with individuals depend on a number of criteria, e.g. legal basis, or duration of services. UNDP can hire personnel through international or local recruitment. The standard type of contracts currently used in BSTIP Athens office are the following:

1) Fixed Term Appointment (FTA), P-5

2) Service Contracts (SC)

3) Special Service Agreements (SSA)

UNDP contract formats:
The main differences between contract types are:

1. Fixed-term or continuing appointment contracts are concluded for traditional staff members and may be granted for a period of one year or more. Salaries are established on local scales based on best prevailing local conditions; the international scale based is on best comparator civil service.
2. Temporary appointment shall be granted for a period of less than one year to meet seasonal or peak workloads and specific short-term requirements, having an expiration date specified in the letter of appointment.
3. Activities of Limited Duration (ALD) contracts are granted for duration from 6 months to 3 years, exceptionally 4 years. Staff members currently holding 300-series appointments of limited duration as at 30 June 2009 shall be governed by the 300 series of the Staff Rules, which shall remain in force until 31 December 2010. No new ALD contracts can be offered on or after 1 July 2009.
4. Service Contracts are for personnel governed by explicit terms of service. The duration of the contract must be more than 6 months. Salaries are based on local market conditions for specific jobs (local UN scales serve as a reference point).
5. Special Service Agreements are the legal instrument used for the procurement of services provided by a person engaged by UNDP, in his/her individual capacity, to provide expert services, advisory services, technical skills or knowledge for the performance of a specific task or piece of work. The principal consideration for the fees is the nature of the assignment, the complexity, difficulty and extent of the work to be performed and the degree of expertise required to accomplish it.

Note: The ALD or 300 series and Permanent Appointments are no longer being offered.

Specific numbers about our office -------------------------------------- The number of official staff members working for UNDP BSTIP PMO is as follows: P5 - 1 The number of individuals employed with UNDP BSTIP PMO is as follows: SC - 3 SSA - 1

 

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UNDP recruitment principles

Irrespective of the form of recruitment chosen, the fundamental employment principles are the basis for all hiring by UNDP and for management of personnel:

Highest standards of competency and integrity
UNDP independence and objectivity must be safeguarded
UNDP is a good and fair employer (high standards of employment are applied using whether UNDP or local rules)
Selection of personnel must be competitive and based on merit
Gender and National Staff Career Management policies have to be followed