Call for tender: Consultancy support to develop an HR strategy

ECOS has expanded rapidly since its inception and the team has grown over the last few years and now numbers 40 employees.  

ECOS employees are at the heart of our organization, and it is thanks to them if ECOS has been able to be that successful. We would therefore like to develop an HR Strategy which formalises human resources as ECOS core, which defines which type of employer ECOS wants to be, and that can be a lever through which ECOS can rally its employees around a unified vision.  

As the current organisational strategy of ECOS is coming to an end, we are undertaking a strategy review process at the organisational levels, which includes: 

• The development for the ECOS global strategy (2025-2030) 
• A GESI (Gender Equality and Social Inclusion) strategy. 
• An HR strategy.

Those strategies will have some elements in common and they will complement each other. ECOS global strategy dictates how ECOS will achieve its goals and grow in both the near- and long-term. The GESI Strategy will help us mainstreaming gender and inclusion across ECOS work and operations. An HR Strategy complements these two strategies by creating the internal infrastructure that can effectively activate its people and processes to reach those strategies goals. 

The consultant will:

• Work with ECOS staff and leadership to define ECOS values. 
• Develop an HR Strategy and Workplan that will provide a roadmap for how ECOS can intentionally integrate organisation’s values, people and processes. 
• Provide recommendations for the definition and revision of relevant HR policies and processes. 
• Provide recommendations for a proper communication plan that would enable ECOS to drive engagement through communication. 

Tender preparation

Tenderers are requested to submit a proposal by 23:59 CET 3rd of September 2023 to info@ecostandard.org outlining:

• CVs of the proposed consultant. 
• A brief proposal responding to these ToRs (maximum six pages), detailing methodology and suggested workplan, total number of days needed to respond to the TORs, daily rate expectation and availability.  
• Budgeting for each element of the work and proposed payment schedule 

Budget

The budget available for this work is in the range of 10.000-12.000€ (including VAT). The consultant can work remotely, but one or two trips to the ECOS office in Brussels will be required. The consultancy is expected to begin in September 2023 and conclude in February 2024.