ILO Employment and Migration Officer Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. ILO Nigeria looking for “Employment and Migration Officer”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 03 November 2022.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice through setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and oldest specialised agency of the UN. The ILO has 187 member states: 186 out of 193 UN member states plus the Cook Islands. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with around 40 field offices around the world, and employs some 2,700 staff from over 150 nations, of whom 900 work in technical cooperation programmes and projects.
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ILO Employment and Migration Officer Jobs 2022
The ILO has published a job vacancy announcement on 21 October 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Employment and Migration Officer to be based in Abuja, Nigeria.
| Recruiter | International Labour Organization (ILO) |
| Position | Employment and Migration Officer |
| Location | Abuja, Nigeria |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | University degree |
| Experience Required | At least five years |
| Application Deadline | 03 November 2022 |
ILO Job Vacancy 2022
Job Purpose: The main purpose of the position is to provide technical support and assistance with development cooperation projects on employment and labour migration, including programme planning, implementation and reporting.
The incumbent will assist in the development of strategies and employment and labour migration policy frameworks for the countries covered under the ILO Country Office, Abuja. The specialist will technically backstop programmes and projects with employment and labour migration-related components. S/he will work in close collaboration and coordination with the regional Labour migration specialist, other specialists in the region and relevant specialists in technical units at ILO headquarters, notably in the Employment Policy Department (EMPLOYMENT) and the Labour Migration Branch (MIGRANT) of the WORKQUALITY Department. The incumbent will also liaise with local counterparts and UN bodies in the region involved in employment and labour migration work.
Duties:
- Participate in the formulation and promotion of employment and labour migration strategies, programmes, projects and provide technical support to governments, employers and workers organizations and other relevant institutions.
- Contribute to the provision of policy advice to the ECOWAS Commission and member States on employment, labour migration, labour mobility and the labour market dimensions of people’s movements.
- Support the design and supervision and conduct gender-sensitive policy-oriented research on macro-economic and sectoral trends and their impact on employment and migration at national levels, including in relation to youth employment.
- Contribute to and coordinate the production of gender-sensitive policy-oriented research on labour migration, labour mobility and interactions with economic and social policy, including as concerns crisis or climate change-related migration or trafficking as relevant.
- Support development cooperation projects on the integration of employment and migration priorities into their respective work programmes to respond to the defined needs of constituents as expressed in the DWCPs and on the development of ILO’s knowledge base on employment and migration in the region.
- Support the design, negotiation (with donor and project partners), and implementation of the second phase of the Support to Free Movement of persons and Migration in West Africa (FMM project) as well as other labour migration projects in close collaboration with ROAF regional labour migration specialist and MIGRANT.
- Provide support to technical programmes with the preparation of programme proposals, analyse and provide information to programme managers on proposals to support decision-making.
- Coordinate the technical preparation and organization of outcome-based workplan (OBW) reviews.
- Contribute to the preparation of programme implementation and activity reports, regional reports, Governing Body reports and long-term plans on the basis of contributions from technical programmes.
Qualification:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in economics, business or public administration, social sciences, labour law or other related fields.
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in one of the afore-mentioned fields or other relevant field with an additional two years of relevant experience, in addition to the experience stated below, will be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
Experience:
- At least five years of relevant professional experience. Experience in employment and/or labour migration policy development and project implementation or management particularly in Africa would be an advantage. Experience in Programming would also be an advantage.
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Languages: Excellent command of English. A working knowledge of French would be an advantage.
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply ILO Employment and Migration Officer Jobs 2022
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The Closing Date: 03 November 2022
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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| Official Website | www.ilo.org |
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