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Focal Point

Sarah Rose

Effective Date

01/01/2025

Planned Review Date

01/01/2028

Version

2.0

Latest updates

January 10, 2025 - The Settling-In Grant policy is technically revised for gender neutralization, alignment with the numbering of the revised UN Staff Regulations and Staff Rules, updated links, improved formatting for clarity, and/or removal of transitional measures, as applicable. p tag used here for line break January 09, 2023 - The policy has been updated to reflect UNDP's transition to its new cloud-ba

January 10, 2025 - The Settling-In Grant policy is technically revised for gender neutralization, alignment with the numbering of the revised UN Staff Regulations and Staff Rules, updated links, improved formatting for clarity, and/or removal of transitional measures, as applicable. p tag used here for line break

January 09, 2023 - The policy has been updated to reflect UNDP's transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum in January 2023, replacing its previous ATLAS system. p tag used here for line break

April 08, 2020 - The Settling-In Grant policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab. p tag used here for line break

September 21, 2018 - The Settling-In Grant policy is available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab. p tag used here for line break

July 01, 2016 - The policy and procedures are effective on 1 July 2016 based on UN new compensation package for internationally-recruited staff members. p tag used here for line break

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Procedures

Main Procedures

1

Step

Inform BES/JPOSC HR focal point as soon as possible that the staff member has arrived in the duty station and taken up duty. (where applicable, confirm arrival of eligible family members.)

Responsible Party

Local HRA / SM’s supervisor / other Agency

Template/Guideline

Explanatory Notes

Local HR Focal point/Supervisor/Other agency must inform the BES/JPOSC HR Focal point that the staff member and eligible family members have arrived at the duty station together with the entry on duty date and the travel dates.

2

Step

Authorize payment of assignment grant through memo or voucher.

Responsible Party

BES/JPOSC HR Focal point

Template/Guideline

Explanatory Notes

UNDP staff assigned to a CO duty station:

BES sends a payment authorization to UNDP Country Office. UNDP Country office processes and releases payment. The authorization specifies the amount of the assignment grant lump sum whereas the amount of the DSA entitlement is determined by the UNDP CO.

UNDP staff assigned to a HQ duty station:

BES/JPOSC raises a voucher and sends it for approval to the budget owner.

For staff members who are reassigned to a new duty station, BES/JPOSC may authorize the lump sum of the settling-in Grant up to three months in advance at the request of the staff member. The payment will be based on the exchange rate and post adjustment rate applicable on the date of payment. The payment will not be adjusted if there are any fluctuations in exchange rate/post adjustment following payment.

For staff arriving in New York the DSA portion of the settling-in Grant is paid upon submission of the following copies:

1. Entry visa arrival stamp

2. G-4 visa from passport Completed P.1 form

3. Completed P.1 form

3

Step

Process payment authorization/Approve voucher.

Responsible Party

Template/Guideline

Explanatory Notes

UNDP country office processes and releases payments through AP voucher. Calculates DSA entitlement using the DSA rate applicable on the day of arrival of the staff member and/or eligible family members.

Budget owner approves voucher for JPOSC staff population (JPOs/SARCs/Swedish Government Secondments.) JPOSC is the budget owner of donor funds. Payments/vouchers approval requests should be sent to JPOSC.Payments@undp.org for verification and approval by JPOSC Finance. For JPOs/SARCs on co-funded arrangement, approval of payment shouldered by the hiring unit, should be solicited from the respective hiring unit.

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