Information on a retainer contract:

• The UNOPS recruits various kinds of experts under the retainer Individual Contractor Agreement (ICA) to help us fulfill short-term tasks or projects.
• A retainer ICA is issued for a period of time during which the services of the individual contractor may be required intermittently.
• UNOPS shall have no obligation to obtain any minimum quantity of services from the Individual Contractor during the duration of the retainer ICA.
• A retainer ICA will specify a unit price (e.g. amount per day actually worked). For budgetary purposes, a monetary limit will be specified when the ICA is awarded and issued.
• Payment will be made only after completion of work (if any) or reaching agreed milestones.
• A retainer ICA does not accord any exclusivity to the Individual Contractor with respect to the Services listed in the job description. UNOPS shall have no limitation on its right to obtain services of the same kind from any other source at any time.
• UNOPS Individual Contractors must comply with all applicable UNOPS policies and instructions. This includes the obligation to declare any outside activity that could result in an actual or perceived conflict with the interests of the UN; as well as to refrain from using information gained through the UNOPS Individual Contractor Agreement contract for the Individual Contractor’s own purposes or to help a third party (unless the information is already in the public domain), in particular, but not only in relation to the procurement of works, goods and services.
• The standard terms and conditions of the UNOPS ICA as of the present  date can be found at https://content.unops.org/HR-Documents/ICA_contract/Annex-A-ENGLISH.pdf.

• Given the nature of this position, particular attention should be given to section 11 on Confidentiality.