National Project Coordinator

The incumbent will report to the Director of the ILO Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic (CO-Bangkok), and cooperate closely with the Senior Programme Officer for Thailand and Lao People’s Democratic Republic. S/he will work directly with the Chief Technical Adviser of the ILO-Korea Partnership Programme and will receive overall technical backstopping from the Employment and Labour Market Policy Specialist in CO-Hanoi and other relevant technical areas, including from the Job Creation and Enterprise Development Specialist, Skills and Employability Specialist, Employment Specialist, Workers’ Activities Specialist, Employers’ Activities Specialist located in the Decent Work Team (DWT)-Bangkok. The Programme Officer of the ILO-Korea Partnership Programme will provide advice to the project. The incumbent will collaborate closely with the project’s Administrative Assistant.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Provide inputs for developing country operations plans for overall compliance with regional and global strategic priorities as well as with programming instructions. Conduct basic research and analysis and draft components of reports and presentations for situation analyses at the national level.
• Provide timely, accurate and pertinent information on programme and budget matters for operational decision-making purposes through the strategic use of the results-based management. Use baselines, milestones and indicators to measure, analyse and report on performance. Monitor and verify accuracy of programming data.
• Work in cooperation with external partners, ILO technical specialists, particularly CO-Hanoi’s Employment and Labour Market Specialist and   the Senior Programme Officer for Thailand and Lao PDR of CO Bangkok.
• Ensure effective project implementation by providing technical, administrative and programmatic inputs; and monitoring, evaluating and reporting on delivery in a timely manner.
• Prepare the project work plan and monitor timely and quality project delivery.
• Contribute to the ILO’s leading role on youth employment through technical assistance, knowledge development, partnerships, advocacy and resource mobilization, including in the context of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth.
• Participate in the preparation and conduct of conferences, seminars, workshops, training sessions, and consultative meetings. Speak on behalf of the ILO/Project and promote ILO principles when attending these gatherings alone. Undertake missions to project sites independently or accompanying others.
• Contribute to the development or adjustment of training material. Promote ILO principles and standards during this development.
• Conduct review and analysis of relevant policies and programmes, legislation, socio-economic and labour market data, reports and other information relevant to the implementation of the project activities on youth employment and persons with disabilities in Thailand. Provide written analysis of the findings.
• Support the mobilisation of additional resources for implementation and expansion of the activities on youth employment.
• Prepare periodic and ad- hoc technical progress report on the status of the project planning and implementation.
• Assist in the programming and monitoring of available resources, prepare budget estimates and expenditure forecasts by comparing and analysing the resource situation with planned activities. Identify problems and propose solutions.
• Develop terms of reference and provide technical supervision to external collaborators and resource persons, while monitoring their activities and deliverables for quality and timeliness.
• Prepare news items, case studies and other communications material related to project activities and ensure effective dissemination.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the Director

Required qualifications:

Education:

• First level university degree in social sciences, economics, law, development studies or a relevant field.

Experience:

• Minimum of two years of professional work experience in programme and/or project planning, monitoring, implementation and evaluation activities.
• Experiences in the field of employment, economic, social sciences and research are advantages.

Languages:

• Excellent command of English and Thai languages

Source: https://jobs.ilo.org/job/Bangkok-National-Project-Coordinator,-YES/1099385301/