Senior Specialist for Employers Activities, International Labour Organisation

 Senior Specialist for Employers Activities
International Labour Organisation
 Last date of Submission : 03 Aug 2012 Compensation : As Per ILO Guidelines. Skill Set : HR and Admin , Monitoring and Evaluation , Programme Management Nature of Job : Fixed term Contract 

The work of the Senior Employer Specialist is to act as an interface between the ILO, EOs and the employer community in the sub-region concerned and to develop and maintain good working relations with them. More particularly he /she is to help EOs meet more effectively the needs of enterprises. Finally, the Senior Employer Specialist should be able to articulate the views of employers within the ILO so that their priorities and concerns are taken on board in the formulation and implementation of ILO policies and programmes and also to be able to communicate ILO policies and programmes to the employer community.

In addition, the Senior Employer Specialist is an Office-wide source of reference for information on key developments and challenges facing EOs in the region and more generally.

Main Tasks:

The Senior Employer Specialist is responsible for designing and implementing the ILO's entire programme of work with each EO within his or her jurisdiction, whatever the source of funds or other units involved. This involves being able to follow procedures laid down by ACT/EMP and the ILO as a whole within a results based management framework which contains needs analysis, work planning, reporting and evaluation.The objective of the ACT/EMP programme is to develop independent, representative and strong EOs which can effectively represent employers' interests in national economic and social development policy making and implementation and to provide quality services to their member enterprises. To this end the Senior Employer Specialist may need to provide advice and consultancy, organise training courses, produce publications and organise workshops, seminars, conferences or study missions etc. Whilst a set allocation of financial resource is available each biennium in order to carry out the programme, increasingly it is the responsibility for the Senior Employer Specialist to seek and secure alternative donor funding for projects.The Senior Employer Specialist will be responsible for drawing up a work plan which outlines the proposed cooperation with each EO for which she/he is responsible This is done bi-annually in dialogue with each EO concerned and done on the basis of a needs assessment to be carried out by the specialist (taking account of the budget allocation available to each specialist and the likelihood of attracting any extra funding resources). Attention needs to be paid to the operating environment of each EO concerned and strategic thinking is essential. The work plan states the problem to be solved, or objective to be achieved, the activity which should lead to the result envisaged and the indicators which would prove the extent to which the result has been achieved. Technical expertise can be resourced from both within the ILO and externally, depending on the task to be achieved, resources available and the availability of specific knowledge.The work plan is finalised in dialogue with an allocated regional "Desk Officer" in Geneva and ACT/EMP management.Once agreed, Senior Employer Specialists are responsible for the implementation of the agreed work plan and progress is reported and reviewed in a monitoring exercise every quarter. Wider reporting is also needed on assessing the impact of the programme including information on cases where there have been difficulties encountered and lessons learned from both successful as well as problematic cases.Performance is assessed against the agreed work plan and result targets set as indicated above.

Other Tasks:

The Senior Employer Specialist will also be involved in other work of the DWT and Country Offices. This can involve participating in meetings, missions etc to input employers' perspectives in the formulation of the DWT and Country Offices` policies and programmes. It may also involve taking part in national and sub-regional tripartite activities on given themes to be a technical support to employer participants.The specialist will also be called upon to give input to ACT/EMP HQ on its technical responses to wider ILO initiatives. 

Qualifications:

Advanced university degree in economics, business administration, law, social science or related subject.At least ten years professional experience, with at least five years of experience in senior management positions in employer organisations or other business organisations and/or comparable experience in HR/IR or technical cooperation management functions with practical experience of working with employer organisations.Excellent knowledge of French. Working knowledge of English would be an advantage.

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