In principle, the UN organizations participating in the UNMRR initiative commit to treating all candidates equally, those rostered candidates sourced from their own recruitment process as well as those sourced from other UN organizations. Operationally, it is up to the participating organizations to decide how to proceed, as per their needs and in accordance with their recruitment processes and policies.
For selection considerations from the UNMRR, there are three necessary steps:
- Having the UNMRR candidates applied to the specific job opening of a participating UN organization,
- Identifying the UNMRR candidates in the list of applicants for the respective job opening (if they applied) for selection considerations, and
- Determining how to proceed if any UNMRR candidates are identified in the list of applicants. If the decision is to select a candidate from the UNMRR, then the necessary processes and policies must be in place to allow for the selection of a UNMRR candidate directly from a list of applicants in a participating UN organization. Each participating UN organization is responsible for mapping these processes and aligning their policies with them.
UNS has made the necessary enhancements to Inspira, its application management system. Now, UNMRR candidates who are not on a UNS roster are automatically flagged with the Roster Member (RM) tag when they apply for jobs associated with their UNMRR membership.
The RM tag ensures that:
- UNMRR candidates are indistinguishable from the UNS roster candidates and are treated equally when they apply for UNS job openings, and
- UNS hiring managers and recruiters may recommend UNMRR candidates for selection from roster in Inspira (if applicable) using the existing process.
Step-by-step instructions on recommending roster candidates in Inspira is available for UNS users in the Staff Selection Manual – Chapter 5: Recommending Roster Candidates.
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