MozTrabalha II -National Project Coordinator - NOB (DC) 2023

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  • Added Date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
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Grade: NOB

Vacancy no.: DC/MAPUTO/NO/2023/06
Publication date: 25 MAY 2023
Application deadline (midnight Zambian local time): 8 JUNE 2023

Job ID: 10872
Department: RO-Africa
Organization Unit: CO-Lusaka
Location: Maputo
Contract type: Fixed Term

Contract duration: 1 year

Under article 4.2, paragraph (e) of the Staff Regulations, the filling of vacancies in technical cooperation projects does not fall under Annex I of the Staff Regulations and is made by direct selection by the Director-General.


In order to support the best informed process in the filling of the above-mentioned vacancy by direct selection, the ILO invites interested candidates to submit their application online by the above date.

The following are eligible to apply:

  • ILO Internal candidates in accordance with paragraphs 31 and 32 of Annex I of the Staff Regulations.
  • External candidates*

    *The recruitment process for National Officer positions is subject to specific local recruitment and eligibility criteria.

    The ILO values diversity among its staff and welcomes applications from qualified female candidates. We also encourage applicants with disabilities. If you are unable to complete our online application form due to a disability, please send an email to ilojobs@ilo.org.

    Technical cooperation appointments are not expected to lead to a career in the ILO and they do not carry any expectation of renewal or conversion to any other type of appointment in the Organization. A one-year fixed-term contract will be given. Extensions of technical cooperation contracts are subject to various elements including the following: availability of funds, continuing need of the functions and satisfactory conduct and performance.

    *Conditions of employment for external candidates: In conformity with existing ILO practice, the appointment of an external candidate will normally be made at the first step of this grade. The entry level salary for this position is US $ 44, 286 (US Dollar) yearly.

    Introduction

    The ILO, with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), is supporting its tripartite constituents in Mozambique towards the creation of productive employment and decent working conditions for Mozambican women and men, particularly youth and those living in poverty. Applying a systems approach, the 5-year project aims to promote the creation of more and better jobs at the national and sectoral levels, as well as through capacity development support to its constituents, namely the Government of Mozambique, Employers Organisations, and Workers Organisations. The MozTrabalha project is anchored in the goals of the National Employment Policy (NEP) and the Plano de Acรงรฃo da Polรญtica de Emprego (PAPE, 2021-2024). It is designed to support the further implementation of the NEP and PAPE through increased employment mainstreaming in macroeconomic and sectoral government work as well as the establishment of dedicated implementation tools such as pro-employment budgeting and employment impact assessments. At the sectoral level, using a market systems development approach, it will promote a sustainable enterprise development and productive creation for Mozambican women and men living in poverty particularly in the countryโ€™s Northern Provinces as well as in the Beira corridor.

    MozTrabalhaโ€™s overall aim and principle is to create productive employment and decent working conditions, at scale, with sustainable outcomes, and using a systems approach that promotes structural transformation and which will underpin all project interventions. Cross-cutting themes include a continuous focus on poverty reduction through employment creation, social dialogue and labour standards, the promotion of gender equality, as well as actively furthering the just transition towards a carbon-neutral economy. The concrete intervention logic and results framework will be finalised during a dedicated inception phase which will employ a range of analytic and consultative tools to ensure appropriate identification of target sub-sectors and value chains, provinces and interventions.

    Beyond MozTrabalha, ILO is implementing a range of other programmes and activities as part of its development corporation and regular budget portfolio, in its support to Mozambican constituents towards achieving progress across the Decent Work Agenda, as currently guided by the NEP as the most countryโ€™s current relevant plan and in anticipation of the formulation of the next Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP). The ILO furthermore is an active member of the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), and is actively contributing towards the achievement of the Agenda 2030 as defined by the Mozambican United Nations Sustainable Development Country Framework (UNSDCF).

    Reporting lines

    Under the overall responsibility of the Director of ILO Country Office for Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, the National Project Coordinator (NPC) will report directly and receive guidance from the Chief Technical Adviser (CTA) of the project. The National Project Coordinator will contribute to the implementation of the project and will assist the CTA coordinator the ILO`s portfolio in the country.

    The NPC will work in coordination with other project staff and national constituents, as well as key stakeholders within and outside the UN team. S/he will liaise closely with the Senior National Programme Officer based in Lusaka, to ensure contribution towards achieving ILO`s goals and objectives and towards implementation of ILOโ€™s Programme & Budget priorities as well as well as the UNSDCF 2022-2026. Further, the incumbent will be required to have close interaction with staff from other ILO projects based in Mozambique will also be required. S/he will also work closely with the relevant DWT/CO-Pretoria Specialists attached to the ILO Decent Work Team in Pretoria.

    Description of Duties

    1. Lead the implementation of MozTrabalha output 3.3, among others through the establishment and/or maintenance of a relevant national/international development partner platform to ensure sustained coordination, information sharing and collaboration between all relevant activities and programmes that national and international actors are implementing in the employment and labour space, in line with current institutional and coordination frameworks/setups

    2. Coordinate MozTrabalhaโ€™s activities with the ILOโ€™s overall Development Cooperation and Regular Budget portfolio in the country, and ensure that activities are aligned with overall delivery targets as expressed in the P&B, UNSDCF as well as the relevant ILO country programme (National Employment Policy (NEP) and or the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP)

    3. Ensure coherence between the work of various ILO projects in the country, as well as other UN-wide programmes and activities. Collaborate with other project and ILO staff, project partners, target groups and the donor for planning and implementation of project activities

    4. Establish a systematic coordination mechanism for MozTrabalhaโ€™s activities vis-ร -vis the wider ILO and UN portfolio in the country. Represent the organization (ILO CO-Lusaka) in meetings as assigned by the project CTA.

    5. Act as MozTrabalhaโ€™s main liaison officer with regard to engagement with workers and employersโ€™ organizations, and develop and maintain an active and well-functioning network with ILOโ€™s key constituents in the country

    ๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

    โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

    6. Participate in the training and awareness creation exercises among the policy makers, programme/project managers and other technical staff of ILOโ€™s implementing partners; As well as organize seminars, workshops, training sessions and meetings for the project

    7. Liaise with project partners to increase the project`s visibility and facilitate the scaling-up of the project`s interventions.

    8. Brief and collaborate with ILO specialists, project experts, associate experts and visiting officials to provide relevant information on the project. Promote ILO policies regarding social dialogue and relevant International Labour Standards. Facilitate implementation of ILO employment interventions in line with priorities of employment policy.

    9. To prepare budget estimates and expenditure forecasts by analysing and monitoring resource requirements and expenditure patterns, and making recommendations to project management for remedial action as necessary; and

    10. Contribute to the drafting of periodic and ad hoc reports on the status of project planning and implementation and the ILO technical assistance interventions.

    11. Review and analyse country specific development plans and priorities, socio-economic data, reports and other relevant information related to the project; and contribute creative ideas for programme/project development

    12. Any other relevant duties as requested by the CTA and/or Country Director.

    Required qualifications

    Education

    First level university degree in social sciences, development studies or any other relevant field.

    Experience

    At least three (3) years of professional experience at the national level in the area of programme coordination, project management and/or project implementation in donor funded development cooperation projects. Experience in labour rights, social dialogue, dispute resolution and labour relations are an advantage.

    Desirable: substantial experience in engaging with ILOโ€™s tripartite constituents and UN partners in Mozambique in the context of project implementation or capacity building exercises.

    Languages

    Excellent command of English and good working knowledge in Portuguese (written and spoken).

    Competencies

    โ€ข Sound understanding of the ILO Decent Work Agenda
    โ€ข Substantial experience in the development, organisation, and implementation of trainings for civil society actors in general, and ILO constituents in particular.
    โ€ข Good knowledge of social and economic development, including labour and employment trends and of the mandate and structure of labour market institutions, in Mozambique.
    โ€ข Good knowledge of the context and challenges for the project areas of expertise (skills for employability).
    โ€ข Good knowledge of project management, including project formulation, administration and evaluation concepts and procedures.
    โ€ข Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret project background history, to clarify information, to identify and analyse problems and suggest solutions during project implementation.
    โ€ข Ability to understand and effectively work with Government, workers and employersโ€™ organisations, non-governmental organisations and UN agencies; ability to maintain good working relationships with all project stakeholders.
    โ€ข Ability to establish and maintain systems within project operations.
    โ€ข Ability to work independently, quickly, precisely, and take initiative and responsibility, as well as ability to work as a member of a team and to deal with people with diplomacy.
    โ€ข Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to successfully advocate and mobilise action, in English and Portuguese.
    โ€ข Ability to conduct action-oriented research and write analytical technical reports, in English and Portuguese.
    โ€ข Ability to lead and work in a team and good interpersonal relations
    โ€ข Ability to train and guide personnel.
    โ€ข Ability to work in diversified environments
    โ€ข Clear commitment to mainstream gender into project activities.
    โ€ข Ability to work under time pressure, manage multiple tasks and work streams and meet deadlines.
    โ€ข Proficient in basic computer software (Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, web-browsers and database applications, among others).
    โ€ข Ability to develop training materials and material development skills, alternative courses of action, project proposals, policy, procedural matters and present them at high-level meetings.
    โ€ข Ability to develop positive partnerships within and outside ILO, including with institutions relevant to the area of expertise.
    โ€ข Proven ability to take ownership of all responsibilities, to act with integrity and transparency by maintaining social, ethical and organisational norms, and to meet all commitments within the prescribed time, cost and quality standards.
    โ€ข Ability to work in a multicultural environment and to demonstrate gender-sensitive and non-discriminatory behaviour and attitudes.

    Assessed candidates who will be considered as appointable but not selected for this position can also be offered to be assigned on another temporary position at the same or at a lower grade provided that said candidates possesses the minimum qualifications for this position.

    ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

    Recruitment process

    Please note that all candidates must complete an on-line application form. To apply, please visit the ILO Jobs website. The system provides instructions for online application procedures.

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