National Project Officer

Introduction

The Egyptian National Child Labour Survey (2010) reported that there is a total of 1.8 million working children in Egypt, out of which 1.6 million children are engaged in hazardous or unlawful forms of work.

• The Government of Egypt has expressed strong political will to accelerate actions on the elimination of child labour. Accordingly, with the support of ILO, the Government of Egypt, led by the Ministry of Labour (MOL), launched the National Action Plan for Combating Child Labour and Supporting Families (2018-2025) (NAP). In the NAP, Egypt identified roles and objectives of the Governmental agencies, employers’ and workers’ organizations responsible for assisting children in or at risk of child labour and promoted joint actions towards tackling this issue.
• Accelerate the Elimination of Child Labour, Improving Working Conditions and Empowering Families in Jasmine Supply Chain in Egypt  (ACCEL Egypt -Harvesting the Future) project aims to eliminating child labour in Jasmine picking through child protection measures and improving working conditions in the Jasmine supply chain in Egypt as well as   addressing the working conditions issues in the Jasmine production through the partnership between Fair Labour Association and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
• This position is required to provide programming and administrative support to implement activities in the area of eliminating child labour. Incumbent is responsible to review child labour related reports, coordinate with the project team, partners and beneficiaries in the field and assist in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating planned activities.

Reporting lines

• The National Project Officer will provide technical and administrative support to the project and will report directly to the Project Manager and liaise with the National Project Coordinator under the overall responsibility of the Decent Work Team/Country Director for Egypt and Eritrea.

Description of Duties

• Review and analyse the country’s specific development plans and priorities, socioeconomic data, reports and other relevant information. Identify potential technical cooperation areas and provide written analysis on the findings to the Country Director.
• Work in close collaboration with project partners to design and revise project annual work plans, as well as preparation of the budget proposal, considering different approaches and alternative methods, management, problem identification and problem resolution, especially for the parts of the project supporting the institutional and capacity development of constituents, government agencies, line ministries, and social partners. Promote the inclusion of gender equality and non-discrimination in all aspects of the project.
• Review, verify and analyze work plans, progress and final reports and other data for clarity, consistency and completeness, and monitor the progress of project activities. Follow-up on delayed documents, clarify information, and answer questions about clearance and processing requirements to support successful completion of agreed activities.
• Follow-up with relevant technical officers with counterparts in organizations in the field and line ministries at national level, partner and executing agencies, government offices, constituents and in other organizations to expedite implementation and meet targets.
• Assist in the programming and control of resources of the project, prepare budget estimates and expenditure forecasts by analysing and monitoring situation of resources as compared to planned activities and making recommendations for remedial action. Identify problems and propose solutions and actions. Carry out all operations required for expenditures under development cooperation funding, ensuring the most rational use of the funds. This includes making calculations, requesting funds, checking supporting justifying documents and making payments. Reviews complex cases making recommendations on improving working procedures in the project.
• Provide programming and administrative support to cooperation activities in the area of eliminating child labour. Actively participate in and provide inputs to child labour relevant documents.
• Participate in the preparation and conduct of conferences, seminars, workshops, training sessions, and consultative meetings. Speak on behalf of the Project when attending these gatherings alone. Undertake missions to project sites independently or accompanying others.
• Brief the Project Manager, ILO specialists, project experts, associate experts and visiting officials and provide relevant information on project matters. Draft, edit, or translate into local language official correspondence, statements and speeches and other public information materials.
• Lead in the preparation of briefs, background information, technical reports and periodic progress reports and statistical data on status of the overall activities of the Project.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Country Director.

Required qualifications

Education

• First level university degree in economics, public policies, development studies or a relevant field. An advanced degree on studies on labour economics would be a strong advantage.

Experience

• At least one year of professional experience at the national level in the area of project management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Proven experience in working effectively with government bodies in charge of policy making and with development partners would be an asset.

Technical requirements:

• Good knowledge of child protection, as well as child labour, poverty reduction, and social policies. Knowledge of the policy making process.

Languages

• Excellent knowledge of English and good knowledge of Arabic.

Source: https://jobs.ilo.org/job/Cairo-National-Project-Officer-NOA/1124849501/