Digital Social Protection Specialist

The position is located within the Actuarial Services Unit (SOC/ASU) of the Universal Social Protection Department (SOCPRO). The Department is responsible for promoting enhanced coverage and effectiveness of social protection for all through comprehensive, efficient, and sustainable national social protection systems, including floors, in line with provisions of Recommendation concerning national floors of social protection, 2012 (No. 202) and other ILO social security standards, and reflected in the SDGs. It provides, at the request of member States, technical advice for the formulation of national policies, the design of social protection systems, including floors, as well as for their implementation and monitoring.

The Digital Convergence Initiative (DCI) is a workstream of the Global Partnership for Universal Social Protection to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (USP2030). DCI members include governments, development partners, civil society organisations and private companies who collaborate on creating integrated and interoperable social protection information systems. Launched in 2021, the Initiative aims to build a global consensus on technical standards and guidelines for digital systems to enable the smooth exchange of data between programmes and institutions which are integral to the delivery of social protection. The DCI is a multi-stakeholder initiative led by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the ILO and the World Bank.

Within the framework of Development cooperation projects and the Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All, as well as the UN Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, the current position is linked to a three-year multi-partner contribution agreement financed by the European Union to support the DCI entitled “Supporting the Digital Transformation of Social Protection Systems to Achieve the Goal of Universal Social Protection 2030”. It is jointly implemented by the GIZ, the ILO, the World Bank, the Spanish International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP), Expertise France (EF) and the Government of Luxembourg (implementation partners).

Reporting lines:

The incumbent will report directly to the Head of the Actuarial Services Unit and ultimately report to the Director of SOCPRO. The incumbent will receive technical supervision from the Project Manager of the DCI EU project. 

The incumbent will also work in close collaboration with the Social Policy Unit (SOC/POLICY) of SOCPRO, the USP2030 secretariat, with the social protection Global Technical Team including specialists in Decent Work Teams (DWTs) and social protection experts, as well as with the International Training Centre in Turin (ITC).

Description of Duties:

Within the policy and procedural requirements established by the ILO, and in the scope of the DCI EU project, the incumbent will be responsible for initiating, designing/commissioning, and managing innovative training and knowledge-sharing events, dialogues, and capacity-strengthening activities at national, regional, and global levels, including tailor-made learning activities and the provision of innovative coaching services. The incumbent will coordinate the development and dissemination of original knowledge and awareness-raising products, tools and platforms on social protection, digital transformation, and digital interoperability.

Development and dissemination of knowledge products: