Post:Specialist Enterprise Development,
Organization;International Labour Office
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Title: Specialist, Enterprise Development
Grade: P.5
Contract type: Fixed-Term Appointment
Date: 25 September 2013
Application Deadline (midnight Geneva time) 27 October 2013
Organization unit: DWT - Pretoria
Duty Station: Pretoria, South Africa
The following are eligible to apply:
- ILO Internal candidates in accordance with paragraphs 15 and 16 of Annex I of the Staff Regulations.- External candidates.Other staff members with at least five years of continuous service with the Office are encouraged to apply and will be given special consideration at the screening and evaluation stage.Within the context of the ILO's efforts to promote staff mobility, applicants should expect to take up different assignments (field and Headquarters) during their career. The desirable length of the assignment in this specific position is three to five years, following which period the incumbent should be willing to move to another assignment and/or duty station.
The ILO values diversity among its staff and aims at achieving gender parity. We welcome applications from qualified women and men, including those with disabilities.Applications from qualified candidates from non- or under-represented member States, or from those member States which staffing forecasts indicate will become non- or under-represented in the near future, would be particularly welcome. A list of these countries is in Appendix I.Conditions of employment are described in Appendix II.
INTRODUCTION
The ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern and Southern Africa (DWT/CO-Pretoria) in collaboration with the ILO Country Offices (COs) in Addis Ababa, Lusaka, Dar es Salaam, Harare and Antananarivo serves 16 countries in the sub region. It provides advisory services, capacity building and technical assistance to governments and social partners mainly through Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs), aimed at promoting the ILO Decent Work agenda in the context of political, economic and social transformation.As a member of the DWT/CO-Pretoria team, the Enterprise Specialist will be responsible for: providing policy advice and technical assistance to ILO constituents and other stakeholders in the sub-region; and providing technical advice on how to make their respective DWCPs actionable, within the framework of the global ILO Decent Work Agenda and the ILO Medium-Term Strategic Policy Framework.
The Specialist will receive technical guidance and advice from the Enterprise Development Department, (EMP/ENTERPRISE) of the Employment Policy Department and other relevant technical units at headquarters.
The Specialist's activities will encompass policy advice, programme development, technical support/backstopping, capacity building and promotion of International Labour Standards (ILS) and tripartism. S/he will work in close cooperation with the other specialists in the DWT/CO team and the Chief Technical Advisers of Projects at the country level. The position will report to the Director of DWT/CO-Pretoria.
Description of Duties
Specific duties
1. Provide policy advice to ILO constituents and other local stakeholders on strategies to promote decent work through private sector development, in line with the ILO sustainable enterprise strategic framework.
2. Provide technical backstopping support to project coordinators tasked with the implementation of ILO facilitated sustainable enterprise development initiatives.
3. Draft working papers and articles on aspects of the ILO sustainable enterprise development approach. Disseminate information on programmes through publications and press releases, as well as ensuring representation at donors' meetings, international, regional and national fora and advocacy campaigns.
4. Lead and participate in tripartite reviews on technical cooperation activities and international meetings and conferences.
5. Promote and ensure knowledge sharing among specialists and CTAs at headquarters, in ILO Regional Office for Africa, DWT/COs and within the team.
6. Perform any other tasks related to his/her area of expertise assigned to him/her by the Director of DWT/CO-Pretoria.
These specific duties are aligned with the relevant ILO generic job description, which includes the following generic duties:
1. Lead, organize, plan, supervise and control the work of a technical unit (including managerial functions).
2. Design and promote a wide range of special subject-matter-related programmes, This involves analysis of complex or conflicting data, statistics, information or policy guidelines in a manner requiring the advanced application of principles of a recognized technical specialization.
3. Develop and review an institutional framework, in which social partners can best improve, implement and evaluate efficient and equitable ILO action programmes.
4. Assume full responsibility for policy formulation and providing policy advice to ILO's constituents on institutional strengthening, the application of ILO standards and the promotion of technical cooperation activities.
5. Develop project design, review proposals, formulate, revise and submit project proposals and negotiate funding.
6. Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the project activities.
7. Lead technical advisory missions.
8. Conduct seminars, workshops and technical meetings.
9. Prepare recommendations and guidelines for discussion and adoption as ILO recommendations on related technical fields.
10. Write manuals and training guides on related topics.
11. Disseminate information on action programmes through publications and press releases as well as ensuring representation at donors' meetings, international, regional and national fora and advocacy campaigns.
12. Monitor and coordinate research carried out by junior technical officers and external collaborators.
13. Provide technical inputs to office documents (sectoral meetings, technical committees, conference reports, Director General's report to ILC).
Required Qualifications
Education
Advanced university degree with demonstrated expertise in economics and/or social sciences.
Experience
Ten to fifteen years' experience of which at least seven years at the international level, with thematic emphasis on private sector development, and small and medium-scale enterprise development in particular, and having assumed growing management responsibilities over time.
Languages
Excellent command in spoken and written English is required. Good knowledge of a second working language of the ILO is an added dvantage. Working knowledge of Portuguese is an important additional asset.
Competencies
Technical competencies
Behavioural competencies
Additional Information:
Evaluation (which may include one or several written tests and a pre-interview competency-based assessment centre) and the interviews are expected to take place between November 2013 and January 2014. Candidates are requested to ensure their availability should they be short listed for further consideration.
Closing Date: Sunday, 27 October 2013
How to Apply
http://unjobs.org/vacancies/1380138440768
Organization;International Labour Office
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Title: Specialist, Enterprise Development
Grade: P.5
Contract type: Fixed-Term Appointment
Date: 25 September 2013
Application Deadline (midnight Geneva time) 27 October 2013
Organization unit: DWT - Pretoria
Duty Station: Pretoria, South Africa
The following are eligible to apply:
- ILO Internal candidates in accordance with paragraphs 15 and 16 of Annex I of the Staff Regulations.- External candidates.Other staff members with at least five years of continuous service with the Office are encouraged to apply and will be given special consideration at the screening and evaluation stage.Within the context of the ILO's efforts to promote staff mobility, applicants should expect to take up different assignments (field and Headquarters) during their career. The desirable length of the assignment in this specific position is three to five years, following which period the incumbent should be willing to move to another assignment and/or duty station.
The ILO values diversity among its staff and aims at achieving gender parity. We welcome applications from qualified women and men, including those with disabilities.Applications from qualified candidates from non- or under-represented member States, or from those member States which staffing forecasts indicate will become non- or under-represented in the near future, would be particularly welcome. A list of these countries is in Appendix I.Conditions of employment are described in Appendix II.
INTRODUCTION
The ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern and Southern Africa (DWT/CO-Pretoria) in collaboration with the ILO Country Offices (COs) in Addis Ababa, Lusaka, Dar es Salaam, Harare and Antananarivo serves 16 countries in the sub region. It provides advisory services, capacity building and technical assistance to governments and social partners mainly through Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs), aimed at promoting the ILO Decent Work agenda in the context of political, economic and social transformation.As a member of the DWT/CO-Pretoria team, the Enterprise Specialist will be responsible for: providing policy advice and technical assistance to ILO constituents and other stakeholders in the sub-region; and providing technical advice on how to make their respective DWCPs actionable, within the framework of the global ILO Decent Work Agenda and the ILO Medium-Term Strategic Policy Framework.
The Specialist will receive technical guidance and advice from the Enterprise Development Department, (EMP/ENTERPRISE) of the Employment Policy Department and other relevant technical units at headquarters.
The Specialist's activities will encompass policy advice, programme development, technical support/backstopping, capacity building and promotion of International Labour Standards (ILS) and tripartism. S/he will work in close cooperation with the other specialists in the DWT/CO team and the Chief Technical Advisers of Projects at the country level. The position will report to the Director of DWT/CO-Pretoria.
Description of Duties
Specific duties
1. Provide policy advice to ILO constituents and other local stakeholders on strategies to promote decent work through private sector development, in line with the ILO sustainable enterprise strategic framework.
2. Provide technical backstopping support to project coordinators tasked with the implementation of ILO facilitated sustainable enterprise development initiatives.
3. Draft working papers and articles on aspects of the ILO sustainable enterprise development approach. Disseminate information on programmes through publications and press releases, as well as ensuring representation at donors' meetings, international, regional and national fora and advocacy campaigns.
4. Lead and participate in tripartite reviews on technical cooperation activities and international meetings and conferences.
5. Promote and ensure knowledge sharing among specialists and CTAs at headquarters, in ILO Regional Office for Africa, DWT/COs and within the team.
6. Perform any other tasks related to his/her area of expertise assigned to him/her by the Director of DWT/CO-Pretoria.
These specific duties are aligned with the relevant ILO generic job description, which includes the following generic duties:
1. Lead, organize, plan, supervise and control the work of a technical unit (including managerial functions).
2. Design and promote a wide range of special subject-matter-related programmes, This involves analysis of complex or conflicting data, statistics, information or policy guidelines in a manner requiring the advanced application of principles of a recognized technical specialization.
3. Develop and review an institutional framework, in which social partners can best improve, implement and evaluate efficient and equitable ILO action programmes.
4. Assume full responsibility for policy formulation and providing policy advice to ILO's constituents on institutional strengthening, the application of ILO standards and the promotion of technical cooperation activities.
5. Develop project design, review proposals, formulate, revise and submit project proposals and negotiate funding.
6. Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the project activities.
7. Lead technical advisory missions.
8. Conduct seminars, workshops and technical meetings.
9. Prepare recommendations and guidelines for discussion and adoption as ILO recommendations on related technical fields.
10. Write manuals and training guides on related topics.
11. Disseminate information on action programmes through publications and press releases as well as ensuring representation at donors' meetings, international, regional and national fora and advocacy campaigns.
12. Monitor and coordinate research carried out by junior technical officers and external collaborators.
13. Provide technical inputs to office documents (sectoral meetings, technical committees, conference reports, Director General's report to ILC).
Required Qualifications
Education
Advanced university degree with demonstrated expertise in economics and/or social sciences.
Experience
Ten to fifteen years' experience of which at least seven years at the international level, with thematic emphasis on private sector development, and small and medium-scale enterprise development in particular, and having assumed growing management responsibilities over time.
Languages
Excellent command in spoken and written English is required. Good knowledge of a second working language of the ILO is an added dvantage. Working knowledge of Portuguese is an important additional asset.
Competencies
Technical competencies
- Demonstrated and recognized technical and /or managerial leadership in carrying out the objectives and policies of the related work unit, demonstrated technical expertise to devise new methods, concepts, approaches and techniques, leading to development of ILO standards and technical guidelines and ability to prepare ILO strategy reports in the related field for programme development, the ability to provide policy advice and the ability to manage large projects to coordinate activities among projects.
- First-hand project management experience is an added advantage. In-depth knowledge of the Southern and Eastern African sub-region.
- Knowledge of joint UN programming processes. Thorough understanding of the ILO Decent Work Agenda, and the ILO sustainable enterprise strategy framework.
- A track record of publications on enterprise development subjects, here including the publication of training materials, newsletter articles and working documents.
- Capacity to think lateral and connect a wide array of ILO enterprise development themes, approaches and tools under the umbrella of the sustainable enterprise strategy framework.In addition to the ILO core competencies, this position requires:
Behavioural competencies
- Ability to work in inter-cultural and multidisciplinary teams.
- Gender sensitive behaviours and attitudes.
- Leadership skills - the incumbent might be requested to lead interdisciplinary teams of ILO technical specialists during field missions.
Additional Information:
Evaluation (which may include one or several written tests and a pre-interview competency-based assessment centre) and the interviews are expected to take place between November 2013 and January 2014. Candidates are requested to ensure their availability should they be short listed for further consideration.
Closing Date: Sunday, 27 October 2013
How to Apply
http://unjobs.org/vacancies/1380138440768
