Technical specialist on labour protection and informality (temporary position)

Introduction

The momentary place is positioned within the Inclusive Labour Markets, Labour Relations and Working Situations Department (INWORK) throughout the Situations of Work and Equality Division (WORKQUALITY).
INWORK goals to enhance the working situations and the safety of staff via efficient insurance policies, whereas contributing to attaining an inclusive labour market which supplies entry to high quality employment for all. The Department undertakes multi-dimensional evaluation of staff’ safety, vulnerability at work and labour market establishments. It develops and, upon request, provides built-in coverage recommendation which is attentive to nationwide wants, priorities, and assets. 

Informality is without doubt one of the root causes of exclusion from labour safety. The place will contribute to accelerating efforts to help transitions to formality in accordance with the Transition from the Casual to the Formal Financial system Advice, 2015.  It should present technical help, help information improvement and share approaches to handle informality and scale up the transition to formality as a means to make sure entry to all to satisfactory labour safety. 

The incumbent works underneath the direct supervision of the Chief of INWORK. 
 

Key duties and tasks

1. Undertake policy-oriented analysis and analytical work for the design of efficient, revolutionary and inclusive measures geared toward fostering entry of casual financial system staff to raised safety.
2. Contribute, in collaboration with different members of the Department and of different items to the design of built-in approaches and actions geared toward strengthening staff’ safety and addressing vulnerability at work, notably via efficient and inclusive labour market establishments and transition to formality.
3. Present technical help to constituents for creating and implementing gender-sensitive methods, programmes and different measures to facilitate transition to formality with the view to making sure entry to satisfactory labour safety.
4. Assist the strengthening of ILO constituents’ capability, notably via coaching and information sharing, to have interaction in efficient and inclusive processes aiming to cut back respectable work deficits within the casual financial system and enhance staff’ safety via the transition to formality. 

5. Present technical inputs to, oversee the drafting of/draft, peer evaluate and edit studies, publications and different workplace paperwork, together with for the Governing Physique, Worldwide Labour Convention and regional, sectoral and skilled conferences.
6. Conceptualize, formulate, talk about and submit improvement cooperation undertaking proposals on labour safety and transition to formality. Present technical backstopping for improvement cooperation tasks and promote and facilitate coherence and information sharing amongst tasks.
7. Develop partnerships on the problems of informality and transition to formality, with the view to enhancing entry to all to labour safety 
8. Take part in conferences, conferences and boards on the worldwide and nationwide ranges and have interaction in evidence-based coverage dialogue with the view to selling ILO requirements, information and insurance policies associated to informality and transition to formality. 
9. Carry out different related duties as assigned.

Required {qualifications}

Training

Superior stage college diploma (Grasp’s or equal) in economics, social or authorized sciences or different related subject.
A primary-level college diploma (Bachelor’s or equal) in one of many afore-mentioned fields or different related subject with a further two years of related expertise, along with the expertise said under, might be accepted in lieu of a complicated college diploma.

Expertise

At the least seven years of expertise within the fields of informality/formalization, staff’ safety and labour market establishments, together with on the worldwide stage.

Languages

Glorious command of 1 working language (English, French, Spanish) of the Group. A working information of a second working language could be a bonus.

Data and technical/behavioural competencies

Along with the ILO core competencies, this place requires:

Glorious information and understanding of theories, traits and approaches within the space(s) of informality/formalization and labour safety, with the power to plan, coordinate and information the event and implementation of recent ideas insurance policies, methods and procedures in response to evolving technical wants.
Capacity to guide and handle particular person and group assignments and to oversee these endeavor the work.
Capacity to share information and supply technical recommendation and steering on newest coverage developments within the technical space.
Glorious analysis and analytical abilities. 
Glorious drafting abilities.
Glorious communication abilities, wonderful presentation abilities, negotiation, promotion and advocacy abilities. Capacity to adapt communication fashion to numerous audiences.
Capacity to adapt shortly to new software program and programs. 
Capacity to community and construct and preserve efficient and collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders and to create and promote synergies throughout the Group and with exterior stakeholders.
Capacity to characterize the Group and current/promote the technical space of labor and the ILO’s place on it to companions with a view to gaining their help to advance the specified plan of action. 
Capacity to mobilize assets.
Capacity to work successfully in a multicultural atmosphere and to exhibit gender-responsive, non-discriminatory and inclusive behaviour and attitudes.