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There is no evidence that the Senior Portfolio Manager and the Chief of the Enterprise Project Management Office ever endorsed, or even acknowledged, this summary. 21. (...) As evidence, the Respondent refers to some written statements from the Senior Portfolio Manager and that the Chief of the Enterprise Project Management Office, specifically produced for the present proceedings and appended to his 22 April 2020 submission: a. (...) Neither the Senior Portfolio Manager nor the Chief of the Enterprise Project Management Office, however, in any of their respective communications, unconditionally express that the Applicant was informed of the non-renewal of his post.

… On 25 October 2018 at 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM, [the Applicant] held a meeting with [name redacted, Ms. JF], Chief Enterprise Project Management Office (ePMO) and [name redacted, Ms. (...) “[T]he vacancy announcement was for ‘ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)/SAP Project Manager’, and the requirements set out in the vacancy announcement included “General knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning, Material Master Data systems, Service Level Agreement, Release and Change Management processes and [information technology (“IT”)] Quality models is required”; c. (...) The main reason provided for not shortlisting the Applicant was his lack of “enterprise resource planning” (“ERP”) experience.

In addition to the contested decision not to “fully and fairly consid[er] [him] during the selection decision for Chief of Enterprise Application Centre, [New York], [Job Opening no. (...) These enterprise systems are used by everyone globally in the United Nations Secretariat, both in Headquarters and Field Offices, and certainly not just in peacekeeping. (...) SS has extensive expertise implementing large-scale Enterprise Applications for peacekeeping missions, and has managed global development teams of application professionals.

The Hiring Manager decided that the candidates who possessed all three desirable work experience criteria listed in the job opening, namely: experience in data mining in enterprise systems and business analytics; experience in the development of analytical and data visualization products and tools; and experience in the UN system or comparable international organizations, would be shortlisted further. (...) The Respondent states that the reason why the Applicant was excluded from the recruitment process is that she did not show in her PHP that she had experience in two of the three desirable criteria: “data mining in enterprise systems and business analysis” and “development of analytical and data visualization products and tools”. 13. (...) In her 14 September 2020 motion, the Applicant argues that in her job description she states that she “[o]versees the mining and analysis of data from enterprise systems and other sources, using innovative approaches (…)”.

In particular, the Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service provide that [c]onflict of interest includes circumstances in which international civil servants, directly or indirectly, would appear to benefit improperly, or allow a third party to benefit improperly, from their association in the management or the holding of a financial interest in an enterprise that engages in any business or transaction with the organization. 25. (...) Akello was actively involved in the running of Blessed Seasons. This was an enterprise which gained financially from its contract with the Organization and, as indeed acknowledged by the UNDT, an enterprise from which Ms. (...) Akello’s involvement in Blessed Seasons meets the standard of business activity and enterprise prohibited by former Staff Regulation 1.2(m).

On 12 October 2016, the Applicant filed an application for suspension of action pending management evaluation of the “[s]election decision for Chief of Enterprise Application Centre, NY, ([Job Opening, “JO”] 63461)” (emphasis omitted), requesting the “suspension of the entirety of selection process, including the appointment of the selected candidate effective 1 November 2016”. 2. (...) In his application, the Applicant summarized the facts as follows: (1): At 12:31am on 29 July 2016, the position of Chief of Enterprise Application Center, NY (JO 63461) was advertised in Inspira with a closing date of 25 September, 2016. … As a rostered applicant at the D-1 level for this job code, I received a message from Inspira advising of this published job opening. … I noted the following in the JO[:] “The Chief of Service reports to the Assistant Secretary General and Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO)[”] (...) In the present case, the decision subject to the management evaluation is the selection decision for Chief of Enterprise Application Centre, NY, JO 63461 and the Applicant is requesting the suspension of the entirety of the selection process, including the appointment of the selected candidate effective 1 November 2016.

Jeanette Ferguson, Chief Enterprise Project Management Office (ePMO) and Mrs. (...) Jeanette Ferguson, Chief Enterprise Project Management Office, at which it was noted that the Project Manager position that you are encumbering will cease to exist on 31 January 2019, and that we hoped that you would secure another post before then.

Riano] was offered a one-year Fixed Term Appointment as Project Manager, Enterprise Resources Planning (“ERP”), at the P-5, Step 5 level at UNRWA Headquarters, Amman. (...) Laura Londén, the Acting Director, Enterprise Resource Planning (“AD/ERP”), his direct supervisor ] offered to discuss [Mr. (...) … On 20 October 2011, the Agency issued Vacancy Announcement No. 11-HQ-AM-47 for the post of Director, Enterprise Resources Planning, D-1. [Mr. Riano] applied for the vacancy

As of 1 December 2012, the Applicant was laterally transferred to the position of Senior Adviser (P-5), Trade Finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”), Division of Business and Institution Support (“DBIS”), ITC. 4. (...) In this context, one of the Applicant’s supervisors, namely the Chief, Sustainable and Inclusive Value Chains (“SIVC”), Division of Enterprises and Institutions (“DEI”), ITC, requested him to refrain from contacting the Donor Case No.

The Applicant further stated that “document A/68/6 (sect. 29A) in its Annex 1 clearly lists his P-5 post, along with three other posts, as part of MSS which is distinct from the posts under the Enterprise resource Planning Project,(Umoja). The only MSS posts proposed for abolition was a vacant P-2 and one GS post. … The same is confirmed in section S.29A.19 of document A/68/6 (sect. 29A)”. (...) In 2013, at the 68th session of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General proposed the reduction of two MSS posts – 1 P-2 and 1 GS OL – commenting that the Enterprise Resource Planning Project and the MSS have many complementary activities, including leading change management activities, improving management practices, and re-engineering business processes (A168/6, sect. 29A). (...) The MEU noted the Administration’s intention to redeploy the P-5 post you encumber to one of the high priority areas in the DM, such as Enterprise Risk Management, business readiness for Umoja deployment, and mobility implementation.