Deadline: 20 October, 2021

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is seeking to fill the role of Project Manager.

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

• Manage and coordinate the Productivity Ecosystem for Decent Work Project in South Africa, ensuring that country project strategies, activities, outputs and budget delivery are in line with project objectives and commitments to the donors are aligned with the ILO Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP)
• Supervise and monitor the work of the project team
• Allocate work to staff and control the quality of output, and evaluate the work performed by the staff of the unit
• Provide new staff with guidance and training
• Identify and activate public-private partnerships with multinational enterprises and other key private sector partners, government and public-sector institutions, as well as social partners, strategically important NGOs and community-based organisations
• Manage reporting of project activities and outcomes
• Ensure project data is collected in line with the project’s monitoring and evaluation system
• Contribute to knowledge generation and sharing at the global level, with a particular focus on developing a proof of concept of the Productivity Ecosystem for Decent Work approach based on the lessons learnt in South Africa

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Economics, Management and Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Social Sciences or a related field
• Seven years, minimum, of relevant development cooperation project management experience, with three years, minimum, of international development experience at international level, with focus on business development and/or employment and labour market policies
• Broad knowledge of and international experience in small and medium enterprise development and employment policies, with specific reference to business services, employment promotion, working conditions and productivity issues
• Sound knowledge and experience in all aspects of project cycle, i.e., design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Fluency in written and spoken English

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