Resources Development Department
International Labour Office
AE/JPO/01/CHILD LABOUR & YOUTH EMPLOYMENT/2013
Title: Associate Expert /Junior Professional officer on Child Labour and Youth
Employment
Grade: P.2
Contract type: Fixed-Term Appointment
Duration of contract: One year (renewable)
July 2013
Application Deadline (midnight Geneva time) 23 August 2013
Organization unit: ILO Country Office for Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and
Rwanda
Duty Station: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
opened in the context of the Junior Professional Officer (JPO) / Associate
experts (AE) scheme sponsored by the Government of Belgium and is addressed
exclusively to candidates who have the EU citizenship.
need to submit the application form as well as a cover letter in order to be
considered for this position.
values diversity among its staff. We welcome applications from qualified women
and men, including those with disabilities.
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda are at an advanced stage in finalising their
Decent Work Country Programmes. In all the countries addressing child labour
and youth employment has been identified as priorities by ILO tripartite
constituents. The IPEC and YEF are two programmes taking a lead in responding
to constituents needs.
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), a programme
of the International Labour Organization, is operational in over 80 countries
worldwide and supported by more than 20 donors. Its objective is the effective
abolition of child labour, assisting member States in designing and
implementing policies and programmes to prevent and eliminate child labour,
including a focus on the elimination of the worst forms of child labour as a
matter of urgency. IPEC works to enhance the awareness of member States,
workers’ and employers’ organizations, the international community and a wide
range of actors about the problem of child labour. It assists countries in
implementing international labour standards on child labour and in taking the
necessary comprehensive and integrated measures for sustained and effective
action.
implemented through national, subregional and regional and global programmes,
which include country-based, regional, and global technical cooperation
projects. IPEC provides assistance through technical advisory services to ILO
constituents; direct action for the withdrawal, prevention and protection of
child labourers; institution and capacity building; policy and legal reform;
training; advocacy; development of tools and methodologies; research and
statistical surveys; and regular sharing of good practice and collection and
dissemination of information. It promotes a worldwide movement to advocate for
and provide resources to support national action and works through various
interagency partnerships and task forces.
Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) is a partnership between the Africa Commission,
the Youth Employment Network (YEN), and the International Labour Organization
(ILO) and is implemented through its head office at the International Labour
Organization (ILO) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and through offices in Kenya and
Uganda. The vision of the Facility is to enable African youth to turn their
energy and ideas into business opportunities to increasing their incomes and
creating decent work for themselves and others The Facility enables young men
and women to turn their energy and ideas into business opportunities
contributing to the creation of decent work for young Africans, both as a means
of self-employment and as job creation for others. The Unleashing African
Entrepreneurship initiative is an integrated approach to youth entrepreneurship
development. The initiative has six strategic components to unleash the ideas
of existing and emerging entrepreneurs.
will be assigned to the ILO Dar Es Salaam Office, United Republic of Tanzania,
with a broad responsibility of supporting the programming aspects of the DWCP
and in particular the ILO-IPEC programmes and youth employment initiatives in
the in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda; particularly under the Youth
Entrepreneurship Facility.
of Duties
Under the overall supervision of the Director of the ILO Dar Es Salaam Office,
the AE/JPO will work under the technical guidance of ILO/IPEC HQ in Geneva and
the Chief Technical Adviser of the Youth Entrepreneurship Project based in Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania.
The AE/JPO will carry out some or all of the following tasks:
1. Assist in identifying, describing and justifying project possibilities for
technical cooperation programmes and activities, in the context of existing
Decent Work Country Programmes, national action plans, and Country Programme
Outcomes. In consultation with relevant technical units and external offices, analyse
and appraise project proposals for multi-bilateral financing. Propose and
recommend the selection of project proposals for submission to donors. Follow
up on donor negotiations, and prepare project agreements with donors upon
approval.
2. Exchange information required for project formulation and implementation
with relevant substantive units, field offices, administrative services, and
donor agency representatives.
3. Assist in promoting formulation, adoption, and implementation of national
action plans for the elimination of child labour, in line with the ILO’s Global
Action Plan and IPEC’s Focus on Africa strategy.
4. Provide administrative and technical backstopping to IPEC projects and
activities in collaboration with IPEC HQ.
5. Monitor specific aspects of the various ongoing child labour projects in
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda and identify problems and propose actions or
solutions.
6. Assist in developing and Communication/Knowledge Development & Sharing
Strategy for the Youth Entrepreneurship Facility to effectively reach African
youth as well as to inform the public in East Africa about activities and
results achieved by the Facility.
7. Assist in coordinating the development of attractive public information and
communication materials – in both electronic and printed forms – to reach young
women and men, and the general public, with messages and stories on effective
youth entrepreneurship and employment creation.
8. Assist in coordinating the documentation and presentation of activities and
results of the programme on young women and men through printed as well as
through audio-visual media.
9. Support team members and development partners to communicate youth
entrepreneurship and gender based tools and methodologies in order to reach
youth effectively.
10. Assist and participate in facilitating knowledge sharing events such as
national workshops, seminars and regional conferences within the different
components of the Facility.
11. Participate in research and impact assessment on youth entrepreneurship
initiatives and assist in keeping the project management information system up
to date.
12. Participate in programming and advisory missions within Tanzania as well to
Kenya and Uganda, and possibly other countries in the region.
13. Inform experts, consultants and other project partners about logistical
arrangements and internal procedures for monitoring and reporting.
14. Perform reporting and other tasks related to these countries as requested
by IPEC.
Qualifications
Master degree in social sciences, gender studies, international development,
planning and management, and/or economics and development.
All candidates from EU countries should have successfully completed the CIG
(Cycle d’information Générale) by BTC (Belgian Development Agency) prior to
applying to this position.
At least two years of professional experience in international development
planning, management and evaluation, gender equality promotion in national or
international organizations, and a social welfare system involving a
client-centred referral system and decentralised services, and/or as part of an
education support project.
Be no older than 32 years of age as of 31 December 2013.
Excellent command of English and good knowledge of French.
– knowledge of project administration and evaluation concepts and procedures;
– knowledge of Office’s financial rules and regulations;
– ability to interpret project background history and to identify and analyse problems
with project implementation;
– ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
– ability to clarify information; ability to work on own initiative as well as
a member of a team and ability to deal with people with diplomacy.
Information:
Interviews for short-listed candidates will take place in Brussels mid-November
2013.
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