International Labour Organisation – ILO is Recruiting : Apply Now [2024]
ILO is Recruiting
International Labour Organization – ILO was created in 1919 by Part XIII of the Versailles Peace Treaty ending World War I. It grew out of nineteenth-century labor and social movements which culminated in widespread demands for social justice and higher living standards for the world’s working people.
ILO’s history can be traced back to 19th century labor and social movements that led to widespread demands for higher living standards and social justice for the world’s working people.
The ILO’s founders and constituents later adopted a social reform approach, inspired by Alsatian manufacturer Daniel Legrand, who was the first to advocate for international labor legislation. Legrand urged European statesmen to address working population abuses through intergovernmental negotiations.
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Introduction
The ILO, SECO and NORAD have launched a new global programme Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work. The Programme has a global coordinating component managed by the ILO headquarters in Geneva and country project components in Ghana, South Africa and Viet Nam. The programme is expected to fun for 48 months – from December 2021 to December 2025.
The position will support the Programme Manager of the South Africa component of the project in the implementation of the projects’ outcomes and activities related to sustainable enterprises development along the three dimensions of the ecosystem. This will include providing technical advisory services to implementing partners and to beneficiaries within the policy and procedural requirements of the ILO and the global Programme, promoting ILO policies and standards for sustainable enterprises, and supporting the implementation of project interventions that focus on SMEs and sectoral productivity, working conditions, and decent work, in a sustainable manner.
The incumbent will work in a team of four (two national officers, including the incumbent, and a finance/admin assistant, under the direct supervision of the Project Manager).
Reporting lines
The position is located in Pretoria, South Africa, and the incumbent reports to the Project Manager. The incumbent will be technically backstopped by the specialists for sustainable enterprises and employment policy as well as by other Decent Work Team specialists when required. The incumbent will also receive technical advice and support from the ENTERPRISE Department at ILO Headquarters as well as the Global Productivity Ecosystems Programme team, also located at ILO Headquarters.
Description of Duties
The main duties of the position comprise:
1. Engage and consult with Constituents and external partners including UN agencies, as well as ILO technical units and DWT backstopping specialists in the preparation of Project activities, ensure the timely delivery of activities and outputs by implementing partners and raise any areas of concern regarding progress with the Project Manager and backstopping specialists.
2. Identify problems, propose solutions, and action and follow up with relevant departments at headquarters and regional office, executing agencies, government offices, constituents, and other organizations to expedite implementation and meet targets.
3. Prepare briefs, background information, periodic reports, subject matter related technical reports and statistical data on status of the Project.
4. Establish effective partnerships and coordination with the ILO Constituents, bilateral and multilateral donors, NGOs, private sector organisation as well as sister UN Agencies in support of building a support environment for building sustainable enterprises.
5. Undertake missions to project locations to monitor and report on project implementation, identify issues and propose corrective actions to the Programme Manager and to the backstopping technical specialists.
6. Organize and support the delivery of seminars, workshops, training sessions and meetings in line with project activities.
7. Assist in the programming and control of resources from all sources of funds, prepare budget estimates and expenditure forecasts by analyzing and monitoring situation of resources as compared to planned activities and making recommendations to management for remedial action.
8. Brief ILO specialists, experts and visiting officials and provide relevant information on Project matters and support additional resource mobilization efforts with the backstopping technical specialists.
9. Develop project information and communication materials and knowledge products in collaboration with the Communication Officer located in the project Global Team in the ILO Headquarters in Geneva. Liaise with ILO constituents and partners for effective dissemination of project results to enhance project visibility.
10. Perform other related duties as may be assigned by the Project Manager or backstopping specialists.
Required qualifications
Education
University degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in the social sciences, including economics, business management, ideally with some specialization in entrepreneurship development.
Experience
Minimum of three years professional work experience at the national and local levels related to entrepreneurship development, private sector development policies, and productivity development at the sector or enterprise level.
An understanding of the ILO, the United Nations system, and experience in working with officials of government ministries, donors, and workers and employers organizations would be an advantage.
Languages
Excellent command of written and spoken English.
Competencies
1. Knowledge of programming and budgeting, project administration, evaluation, concepts, and procedures
2. Knowledge of office-wide activities and objectives
3. Ability to perform a variety of conceptual analyses required for the formulation, administration and evaluation of projects.
4. Good writing skills.
