Senior Programme Officer

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• Provide input to the LAWC initiatives, ensuring the integration of gender equality considerations, to support tripartite constituents (workers, employers, and government) in implementing a transformative approach towards achieving gender equality.
• Conduct research, gathering relevant data, and generating insights to inform and shape gender-responsive strategies and interventions within the LAWC framework. 
• Collaborate closely with the tripartite constituents and stakeholders to ensure their perspectives and needs are reflected in the development and implementation of gender equality initiatives.
• Prepare result-based annual workplan and budget and implement and revise in conformity with the ILO guidelines, ensuring timely delivery of activities in line with identified objectives and outputs 
• Review and update the gender strategy to ensure a cross cutting approach to LAWC interventions and alignment with the overall Country Office-Dhaka Gender Strategy based on consultations with the ILO constituents and other key stakeholders. 
• Provide inputs to the application of international labour standards in development cooperation and towards strengthening of gender equality through the promotion of, labour inspection, OSH, dispute resolution, workplace cooperation and social dialogue. 
• Provide inputs and coordinate activities aiming to build capacities of the related government agencies, workers’ organizations, and employers’ organizations to advance gender equality. 
• Proactively take lead or assist in planning and organizing conferences, seminars, workshops, training sessions and meetings as may be required for the successful implementation of the gender strategy of the project.
• Liaise with the related government ministries and departments, employers’ organizations, workers’ organizations, and civil society organizations to strengthen synergy for gender equality promotion. 
• Proactively assist intra-team coordination and contribute to the promotion of teamwork within the project and with other ILO projects and programmes.
• Provide input to the project monitoring and progress reports and other kinds of project reports to ensure gender mainstreaming as and when required. 
• Provide inputs to budget preparation, cost estimates, expenditure control and project revisions with a view to ensure gender equality promotion. 
• Represent ILO in various fora, under the guidance of supervisor
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the LAWC Programme Manager

• University degree in Gender Studies, Social Studies, or related field and strong knowledge of development issues particularly in Bangladesh. Training or orientation to the International Labour Standards, Social Dialogue, and Industrial Relations is an added advantage.

• At least three years of professional experience at the national level in mainstreaming gender to advance gender equality in development cooperation. Proven experience in area of labour rights, workers’ education, workplace cooperation, industrial relations, preferably with an international organization 

• Excellent command of English and Bangla.

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