OneHR is a network of UN organizations working together to offer advisory services for cost effective and risk-informed acquisition and management of talent across the UN System. OneHR provides services in the areas of organization design, job classification and reference checking and verification. All administrative decisions remain with the client organization, within its existing accountability framework. The center operates through a virtual network of specialized HR professionals providing services under a common operational umbrella.
OneHR offers enhanced pre-screening functions, which will save hiring managers time and standardize the processes around classification and reference checking. Consolidating knowledge assets across the UN system will dramatically improve the quality of job design and evaluation, and, expedite these processes for HR professionals. Consolidating reference verification history of personnel working in the UN system reduces duplication of efforts across the system and ensures systemwide adherence to new UN standards. These improvements will better support the UN’s effort to attract a truly diverse workforce, to attract the highest quality candidates, and deliver on the promise of gender parity.
The services of OneHR is made possible through the development of a first-generation case management tool. The OneHR information technology design team convened technical colleagues from all founding members of OneHR to co-design the client relationship management (CRM) solution for OneHR, including the design and execution of all templates, system-generated correspondence, and interfaces.
Secretary-General António Guterres has called upon the United Nations to become more nimble, effective, transparent, accountable and efficient to better support its normative and operational activities. The envisaged reforms will mean new ways of doing business for HR, and thereby better equipping the organization to handle our complex, evolving challenges so that the UN can more effectively and efficiently deliver on its global mandates.
OneHR is the first initiative of its kind and forms a significant part of the UN’s corporate effort to continuously offer improvements across the HR discipline, by offering consolidated services and greater transparency and incubating innovative solutions.
Focus: Ability to shift existing resources to higher-value adding work and focus on core business
Assurance and managing risks: Services are provided by Specialists, equipped with knowledge, resources, support networks and powerful state-of-the art tools. OneHR facilities adherence to new systemwide requirements (i.e. SEA)
Leverage and access: Combining our services and technical know-how allows us to innovate at scale; sharing data and resources enables solutions; access to job and personnel data base
Partnerships: OneHR can serve as a common interlocutor to partnering organizations (i.e. Interpol)
Ensure adherence to the ICSC job evaluation and classification standard
Access to a database of generic job description
Promoting internal consistency of grading as well as reducing the volume of classifications
Access to a database of reference verification previously conducted by other participating organizations; reducing recruitment timelines, strengthening the employer brand and helps to identify any candidates who have previously misrepresented their qualifications to the participating organizations
Flagging possible matches to former staff members of participating organizations who had substantiated cases or allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse
Consistency of approach to reference verification between UN agencies
We are on an historic journey to create a consolidated UN Global Center for HR Services, allowing us to streamline, harmonize and modernize the human resources function in the UN system. The work to realize the center started years ago, and since then a significant number of UN organizations have joined forces
The 30th CEB-HR network meeting agrees to explore the feasibility of establishing a Joint Facility for Job Classification and Reference Checking.
UNFPA, UN Secretariat and UNOPS develops four possible funding models for the joint activities.
UNFPA and UNDP puts forward a proposal to create a Joint Centre for Classification and Reference Checking at the 32nd CEB-HR Network Meeting.
Decision by HLCM to establish the Global Centre as a common UN /shared service center, co-located with the UNDP United Nations Volunteers (UNV) with an administrative anchor in Bonn, Germany.
Secretary-General calls for the UN to become more nimble, effective, transparent, accountable, efficient, pragmatic and decentralized to better support its normative and operational activities (A/72/492).
OneHR soft-launches, beginning to service clients with job classification.
Investments in technology and automation, financial model and business acquisition.
OneHR serves as a common United Nations shared service center, co-located with the UNDP United Nations Volunteers (UNV) on behalf of other participating organizations. The administrative anchor is in Bonn, Germany. Participating agencies signs a Memorandum of Understanding and a Service Level Agreement governing the terms and conditions under which the services are be provided by the center. The ultimate decision power for all matters related to the strategic direction of OneHR is held by a Steering Committee, comprising of Directors of Human Resources Departments from participating UN organizations and institutional observers. Working closely with the Steering Committee is the OneHR Client Advisory Board made up of strategic clients to provide input on the overall goals and services of OneHR.
The 30th CEB-HR network meeting agrees to explore the feasibility of establishing a Joint Facility for Job Classification and Reference Checking.
UNFPA, UN Secretariat and UNOPS develops four possible funding models for the joint activities.
UNFPA and UNDP puts forward a proposal to create a Joint Centre for Classification and Reference Checking at the 32nd CEB-HR Network Meeting.
Decision by HLCM to establish the Global Centre as a common UN /shared service center, co-located with the UNDP United Nations Volunteers (UNV) with an administrative anchor in Bonn, Germany.
Secretary-General calls for the UN to become more nimble, effective, transparent, accountable, efficient, pragmatic and decentralized to better support its normative and operational activities (A/72/492).
OneHR soft-launches, beginning to service clients with job classification.
OneHR offers advisory services for cost effective and risk-informed acquisition and management of talent within and across the UN System in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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