Project Technical officer

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Description

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• As primary Project Technical Officer specialist in the area(s) of labour governance, child labour and social dialogue, coordinate high-quality technical support at national levels to advance the project priorities, taking into account the integration of cross-cutting policy drivers, including international labour standards, gender equality and non-discrimination, and a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies.
• Assist the CTA by providing policy and technical advice in the project areas to ILO constituents and other concerned stakeholders with a view to promoting the formulation of inclusive and gender-responsive policies and programmes, and their impactful implementation and monitoring to ensure equitable outcomes.
• Promote ILO policies regarding the project, other fundamental rights at work and the relevant International Labour Standards through coordination with a range of relevant national policies and the strategies of various projects, including those being undertaken by other agencies or in complementary fields of activity. Promote the inclusion of gender equality and non-discrimination in all aspects of the project.
• Design tools and learning materials, pilot new guidelines using innovative methods and communication tools. Develop and implement capacity development programmes, knowledge sharing and training events including in collaboration with the International Training Centre in Turin (ITC-ILO) and/or with other relevant partners as applicable
• Facilitate the effective participation and advocacy role of employers’ and workers’ organizations in policy design, implementation and evaluation.
• Initiate, design, commission and/or coordinate innovative and gender-mainstreamed research, assessments, mappings and analyses that meets the programme objectives as well as the evolving needs of constituents and other key stakeholders in child labour, labour gouvernance and gender equality, and leads to the formulation of policy and technical recommendations, policy knowledge products, tools and guidelines and the development of new and enhanced methodologies and approaches.
• Identify opportunities for technical and strategic partnerships in the wider formalization agenda. Ensure effective coordination with partners and donor for joint programming, monitoring and reporting.
• Co-ordinate, promote linkages and share best practices and lessons learnt with other relevant ILO projects/programs, ILO units and external stakeholders.
• Organize, facilitate and make technical contributions at workshops, steering committee meetings, conferences and other events to advance the policy priorities. Represent and engage the ILO as a key player in meetings, and forums at the national level concerned
• Contribute to Decent Work Country Programme efforts to analyse, document and disseminate lessons learned and information on innovative practices emanating from the programme.
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

• Advanced level university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in economics, public law, public administration, social sciences, development studies or a related field.
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in one of the afore-mentioned fields or related field with an additional two years of relevant experience, in addition to the experience stated below, will be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

• At least five years of experience in the field of labour governance, social dialogue, international labour standards and labour market policies.
• Experience in national dialogue processes, management of public sector reform initiatives, inter-UN agency coordination, and in the Arab states region would be required.

• Excellent command of Arabic and English.

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