Where available, entities should select consultants from available rosters through a competitive selection process. Several qualified candidates should be considered with a minimum of at least three candidates being shortlisted for each opening. The engagement of consultants or individual contractors needed for more than six months does require a job opening to be posted in Inspira for a minimum of seven working days. No advertisement is required if the consultancy or individual contractor is required for less than six months. On an exceptional basis, the head of department, office or mission can engage a consultant or individual contractor even though he or she was the only candidate considered, provided a reasoned and documented justification for such exception is recorded prior to the selection. The selection of consultants should be made on the widest possible geographical basis with due regard to the need to achieve gender balance.
Selection of former or retired staff members under a consultancy or individual contractor contract requires a break in service of at least one month or 36 months if the staff member separated on an agreed termination. The former staff member cannot be engaged to perform the functions that they held as a staff member and they cannot be engaged if they were separated on account of dismissal, misconduct, abandonment of post, non-renewal or termination for unsatisfactory service and/or resignation in lieu of disciplinary action.
Staff who have served the maximum period on a temporary appointment require a three month break in service before they are eligible for selection as a consultant or individual contractor in the same duty station and 31 days in a different duty station as per Section 5.5 of ST/AI/2010/4/Rev. 1.
Individual contracts shall not be issued to a person whose father, mother, son, daughter, sister or brother works for the Secretariat as a staff member or in a non-staff capacity. Spouses may be contracted under the conditions spelled out in ST/AI/2013/4, para 3.12 and 3.13.
Staff Members on special leave without pay may not be engaged on individual contracts.
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