Deadline: 25 November, 2021

Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Senior Programme Officer.

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

• Provide substantial professional programming inputs for the formulation and implementation of the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) framework, ensuring alignment with regional and global strategic priorities
• Monitor the status of the office’s work programme and measure and report on performance, including through the strategic use of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
• Monitor and verify accuracy of programming data
• Monitor and assess country development plans and priorities and make proposals to support the design and setting of objectives within the DWCP framework and stated priorities and outcomes
• Stay abreast of the political and socio-economic situation and propose actions in response to new and emerging operational challenges
• In cooperation with technical specialists, draft substantive inputs for programme framework documents, project proposals, reports and other documents for monitoring and reporting purposes
• Initiate, plan and undertake missions to monitor, assess and report on programme implementation and propose corrective action
• Assist with the planning and organisation of capacity-building activities
• Oversee the work of and provide guidance to staff in concerned programming areas
• Supervise staff as applicable
• Conduct training in relevant programming areas and provide briefings and induction to new staff
• Participate in negotiations with key stakeholders to discuss project definition, scope and funding requirements
• Prepare and/or review drafts of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in cooperation with implementing partners and technical specialists, ensuring consistency with requirements and timelines for project implementation
• Seek opportunities to build and enhance partnerships with a range of stakeholders
• Participate in resource mobilisation activities
• Organise and participate in meetings to facilitate collaboration between different actors
• Participate in interagency forums and meetings with a view to identifying areas for joint activities
• Keep abreast of changes to applicable standards and best practices
• Share knowledge and provide guidance to staff
• Monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of work methods and processes and make recommendations for improvements
• Liaise closely with staff and managers to ensure effective and smooth service design and delivery, recommending improvements on interrelated processes
• Provide inputs to support the office’s communication activities
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned

Requirements

• University degree in a field relevant to the job
• Three years, minimum, of professional work experience in programme and/or project planning, monitoring, implementation and evaluation activities
• Experience in working with ERP system
• Good knowledge of programming and result-based management principles and concepts
• Excellent command of English
• Working knowledge of another official language of the organisation or an official national language of the duty station

To apply and for more information, click here.

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