International Labour Organization
Experience: 0 to 3 Years
Skill Required: Project and Program Management
Apply By: 26-11-2022
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations, whose primary goal is to promote opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity and creating jobs of acceptable quality.
The ILO Country Office for Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan based in Addis Ababa, implements its programmes and activities in close partnership with the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, in particular with its constituents, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MOLSA), the employers' and workers' organizations. The implementation of its activities and programmes are in support of the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP), agreed by the tripartite partners. DWCP is fully aligned with the country's development goals, articulated in its five-year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II), the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Ethiopia and the National Plan for Jobs Creation of Ethiopia.
Brief description of the Project
ProAgro is an ILO programme designed within the framework of the BMZ’s Special Initiative on training and job creation. This project puts forward an integrated strategy, combining policy support and social dialogue, skills development, value chain development and entrepreneurship training, with the ultimate objective to create decent jobs opportunities for women and young men in the agribusiness sector. ProAgro has started to be implemented in Ethiopia and Morocco over a period of 42 months in late 2020. The Ethiopia project component is called ProAGRO Ethiopia and has started to develop the capacity of national, regional, and local stakeholders to develop and implement policies aimed at boosting the job creation potential of the agribusiness sector while enhancing decent work conditions. The programme will also contribute to respond to and mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on enterprises and the labour market in the targeted sector. The budget for Ethiopia amounts to Euro 5 million. The project agreement as established in 2020 foresees a running time until mid-2024. The ILO is now recruiting a project lead for the rest of the ongoing project phase. Depending on fundraising efforts this could be extended.
The focus of the last 2 years of project implementation is to build on ongoing work and achievements and to further strengthen relationships with private sector actors as to ensure key job creation, enterprise and value chain development results as per the project document.
Within the policy and procedural requirements established by the ILO and the project, the Chief Technical Advisor will be responsible for the overall leadership and management of all aspects of the project, including its operational, financial, administrative and human resource management, country operations, the content of training manuals and information materials, and public statements. The incumbent will promote ILO policies in the project related technical areas and other fundamental rights at work.
Reporting lines:
The Project Manager will work under the supervision of the Director of the ILO office in Addis Ababa and will receive technical guidance and support from the technical specialists of the DWT in Cairo and other relevant technical departments in Geneva, such as Employment, Enterprises And Inwork.
The Project Manager will supervise three national officers, an administrative assistant, a driver, all of which are under contract and working from Addis Ababa and will oversee the work of international experts as well as local consultants hired during the course of the project.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Support the establishment and functioning of the project’s governance structures at national and regional level.
Required qualifications
Education
Experience
Demonstrated experience in interacting with various actors from the public and private sector, including at high level
Languages
Source: https://jobs.ilo.org/job/Addis-Ababa-Project-Manager-P4/864004401/