Overview
The role is to manage technical activities focusing on high-level technical and policy advisory services and advocacy of new strategies, policies, approaches, and programs within the area of specialization. The incumbent is expected to achieve objectives set by the ILO Governing Body concerning the strategic management of the programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, manage and coordinate the entire programme of work with each EBMO.
- Conduct a needs assessment and develop and implement a work plan.
- Review and report on progress and assess the impact of the work plan.
- Lead teams involved in this work and manage staff and consultants.
- Lead the design, development, implementation, monitoring and promotion of related programmes, strategies, approaches and policies.
- Lead, manage and coordinate high-level advocacy and technical and policy advisory services to assist EBMOs.
- Provide thought leadership in areas of importance to EBMOs.
- Act as a catalyst in formulating policies on critical issues related to the promotion of decent work.
- Coordinate cross-organizational initiatives.
- Review and facilitate the strengthening and effective implementation of inclusive institutional, legal and policy frameworks.
- Provide authoritative policy and technical advice to help improve the managerial capacity and operational effectiveness of EBMOs.
- Promote relevant international labour standards.
- Support EBMOs in identifying their needs and provide adequate technical support.
- Support the design, creation and implementation of quality and high-impact services that EBMOs provide to their member enterprises.
- Facilitate the effective participation and advocacy role of employers’ organizations.
- Provide technical inputs to the design and implementation of Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs) as well as UN and other development cooperation frameworks.
- Build and stimulate multidisciplinary initiatives.
- Provide stewardship, design and conduct/coordinate innovative and gender-mainstreamed research.
- Develop and lead/coordinate the development of policies, initiatives and strategies and a range of original and evidence-based technical and policy knowledge products and tools.
- Promote and facilitate their dissemination.
- Provide advice and technical support to EBMOs on effectively using such tools.
- Contribute to Office-wide efforts to analyse, document and disseminate lessons learned and information on innovative practices.
- Lead the development, review and quality control of major reports, publications, documents and other office documents.
- Support the strengthening of EBMOs capacity to develop and promote policy proposals for economic and social development.
- Oversee the design of tools and learning materials, pilot new guidelines, lead/coordinate workshops, meetings and other events.
- Develop and run/implement global and/or regional capacity development programmes, knowledge sharing and training events.
- Formulate and develop conceptual approaches for development cooperation activities.
- Design and develop programmes and projects and coordinate their implementation.
- Manage stakeholder engagement, mobilize resources and negotiate funding, terms and conditions.
- Identify opportunities for technical and strategic partnerships and broker collaborative relationships.
- Convene and represent the ILO at major international/regional meetings and events.
- Perform other relevant duties as assigned.
Required Experience
• At least ten years of experience, including at the international level, working in employers’ organizations or other business representative organizations, and/or comparable experience in development cooperation management functions at a senior level with practical experience of institutional capacity building of Employer and Business Membership Organizations.
Qualifications
- Advanced level university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in economics, business administration, law, industrial relations, social sciences or other relevant field.
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in one of the afore-mentioned fields or other relevant 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.
