ILO, the International Labour Organization, is the United Nations agency for the world of work. It brings together governments, employers, and workers to drive a human-centred approach to the future of work. This approach focuses on employment creation, rights at work, social protection, and social dialogue.
What are the advantages that come with being employed at ILO:
- Working with governments, workers, and employers for fair solutions. This fosters collaboration and cooperation among different stakeholders, enabling the development of fair and effective solutions to labour and employment challenges.
- Allowing employees to contribute to meaningful initiatives that prioritize people’s rights, needs, and aspirations.
Job Details:
Job Title: National Project Coordinator
Unit: ILO
Job Place: Manila, Philippines
Deadline: 5 April 2024
Education & Qualifications Requirements:
- University degree in economics, management, social science, or related fields with demonstrated expertise or equivalent experience.
- Training in results-based planning, design, data collection, monitoring and evaluation methodologies and project cycle management is an advantage.
- Ability to participate effectively in technical missions and multi-disciplinary teams.
- Capacity to negotiate share gains with external partners.
- Capacity to engage in high-level policy dialogue with stakeholders.
- Knowledge of programme and budget, project administration and evaluation concepts and procedures.
- Ability to draft reports and prepare guidelines relating to programme development and implementation and monitoring and evaluation and ability to provide technical support to Project Manager carrying out research, project formulation and implementation.
- Excellent analytical skills and knowledge of analytical tools.
Work Experiences:
- At least three years of relevant professional experience at the national level preferably in project management and topics related to international labour standards, economic, social and environmental transitions, sustainable enterprises, and work experience collaborating with the Governments, Workers’ and Employers’ organization, civil society, UN Agencies and other stakeholders will be advantage.
- Proven ability to promote gender equality through project work.
Languages:
- Excellent command of English and an official national language of the duty station.
Career Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure effective management including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project’s activities in accordance with the policies, programme strategies, programme guidelines, administrative and financial procedures of the ILO and country/action programmes.
- Provide timely, accurate and pertinent information on programme and budget matters for operational decision-making purposes through the strategic use of the results-based management. Use baselines, milestones, and indicators to measure, analyse and report on performance. Monitor and verify accuracy of data.
- Set up the Project Advisory Committee at the national and possibly local sub-committees and spearhead the preparation for meetings, the selection of interventions, project partners and implementing agencies.
- Participate in the organization and facilitation of conferences, workshops, seminars, training sessions, consultative meetings and webinars and other relevant activities, in close collaboration with the CO-Manila Programme team, ILO Technical Specialists and main project partners and beneficiaries.
- Prepare briefs, periodical reports and statistical data and contribute to the production of training, advocacy, and communication materials in English and local language(s).
- Prepare periodic and ad-hoc progress reports on the status of the Project’s implementation and coordinate with concerned tripartite and other partners in the country, relevant UN agencies to ensure strong sustainability of the outputs.
- Identify and implement synergies and efficiencies with the Philippines Decent Work Country Programme/ Philippine Labor and Employment Plan, and related in-country projects and programmes, to enhance the impact and sustainability of the Project.
- Support the mobilization of additional resources for implementation of the project’s activities.
- Assist in the programming and monitoring of available resources, prepare budget estimates and expenditure forecasts by comparing and analysing the resource situation with planned activities.
- Prepare terms of references for external collaborators, identify consultants for conducting certain project activities, prepare cost estimation and provide support for preparing contracts and provide guidance and assess their work.
- Monitor the implementation and ensure the completion of contracts; identify difficulties and propose solutions based on reports and undertake field missions in relation to project implementation.
- Undertake regular and ad-hoc visits to monitor project activities and ensure quality delivery and compliance with ILO guidance.
- Perform other relevant duties as assigned.