Deadline: 13 August, 2020

Location: Algiers, Algeria

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Labour Migration and Mobility Specialist.

The mission of the ILO is to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues.

Responsibilities

• Design comprehensive labour migration programmes that include policy packages in North Africa and the Horn of Africa’s countries of origin and destination to promote fair and effective labour migration governance and the protection of migrant workers as well as fostering linkages between migration and employment policies, and other labour market issues
• Undertake and coordinate technical work on activities and programmes dealing with labour migration, labour mobility and labour market integration of migrant workers and refugees in North Africa and the Horn of Africa, including through facilitating national, and sub-regional dialogue on fair labour migration governance
• Provide policy advice to member states and provide support in strengthening the capacity of regional economic communities (the Arab Maghreb Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development) on labour migration governance and its linkages to the labour market dimensions of forced displacements due to economic, environmental and/or conflict-related crises
• Contribute to and coordinate the production of gender-sensitive policy-oriented research on labour migration, labour mobility and its interactions with economic and social policy
• Carry out research and write comprehensive, technically advanced studies and reports that identify problems, outline alternative policy considerations and strategies, and provide recommendations
• Undertake the planning, organisation and carrying out of training and technical workshops and conferences on labour migration issues, and present the results of activities in different events
• Identify and document good practices and participate in ILO research initiatives on labour migration as relevant

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, Economics, Migration, Demography, International Relations or International Law
• Eight years of experience working on international labour migration policy issues or other related areas at the national level or five years at the international level
• Excellent command of French and a working knowledge of English
• Knowledge of Arabic (desirable)

To apply and for more information, click here.