Specialist Enterprise Development

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Location:	Pretoria
Country:	South Africa
Company:	ILO
Description:
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. 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: 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).
Qualifications:
Education: Advanced university degree in economics and/or social sciences. Experience: Fifteen years’ experience at the national level or eight 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 of one working language of the Organization. Working knowledge of Portuguese is an important additional asset. In addition to the ILO core competencies, this position requires: 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. Knowledge of ILO administrational and financial rules is an added advantage. Strong report writing skills. Strong analytical skills. Capacity to work in an independent and self-responsible manner. Experience in project cycle management, from project design through to monitoring and evaluation of project outcomes and impact. Experience in results-based programming, including cascading of higher level organizational outcomes down to country programme outcomes and outputs. Strong presentation skills. Capacity to quickly adapt to fast changing local context and a wide array of local stakeholders with different needs. 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 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. To find out more about this and other vacancies at ILO and to apply please visit: https://erecruit.ilo.org/public/index.asp Specialist Enterprise Development, Pretoria, ref. number is RAPS/3/2013/AF/03 Closing date for applications: 27th October 2013
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