Grade: NOA
Vacancy no.: DUSHANBE/DC/NO/2023/01
Publication date: 03 October 2023
Application deadline (midnight Moscow time): 31 October 2023
Job ID: 11187
Department: RO-Europe and Central Asia
Organization Unit: DWT/CO-Moscow
Location: Dushanbe
Contract type: Fixed Term
Contract duration: 12 months renewable
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Social protection plays a key role in achieving sustainable development, promoting social justice, reducing poverty and vulnerability and inequality within and across the life cycle, supporting inclusive and sustainable growth by raising household incomes, fostering productivity and human development, boosting domestic demand, facilitating structural transformation of the economy and promoting decent work.
In 2021, during the 76th session of United Nations General Assembly, President Xi of China launched “The Global Development Initiative” (GDI), calling on the international community to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The same year, and in line with his report “Our Common Agenda”, the UN Secretary-General called for a new Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, (The Global Accelerator) to help countries create jobs and extend social protection for the billions of excluded population. GDI and The Global Accelerator represent concrete global responses towards accelerating results to achieve SDGs.
Tajikistan and Laos PDR have been identified as participating countries in the project Accelerating universal social protection for achieving the SDGs and ending poverty through strengthened governance and digital transformation that will be implemented in close collaboration with UN DESA and with support of relevant Chinese counterparts. Both countries have a long history of full-fledged bilateral cooperation with China including on social protection. Furthermore, as far as social protection is concerned, the Chinese experience in extending social security to all, including, central-provincial coordination, improved management information systems, the use of inspection systems to increase compliance [3], community services [4] as well as the digitalization of social security administration and services is very relevant for the two priority countries. It is therefore expected that, as part of the proposed project, continued learning and south-south exchanges on governance and digital transformation of social security will benefit from the good practices of China’s social protection system
In Tajikistan, the project will contribute to implement the priority on “Inclusive Human Development” of the United Nations Development Cooperation Framework 2023–2026. The project supports the implementation of the output on “Human Capital Development” of the National Development Strategy, which focuses on poverty reduction, increasing life expectancy and services for the vulnerable. The project reflects constituents’ priority 2: “Improving working conditions and extending coverage with social protection for women and men of the Decent Work Country Programme between the Government of Tajikistan 2020-2024 and the ILO”. The project is aligned with SDGs 1 (including 1.3.1. target), 3, 5 and 10.
Importantly, the project will contribute to the implementation of the national social protection strategy which has been adopted in early December 2022 and which seeks to extend social protection coverage to informal economy workers, migrant workers and returning migrants and their families, as well as to refugees. This has become particularly important after the crisis in Ukraine and the expected influx of returning migrants from Russia. Improvements of administrative processes to identify and reach out to these and other disadvantaged groups, the design of tailor-made schemes, a pension reform and increasing fiscal space for social protection have been identified as key elements of the draft social protection strategy. Importantly, there is a recognition that existing electronic management information system, which is currently used to deliver targeted social assistance, is a steppingstone to develop a fully-fledged electronic management information system (EMIS) for the entire social protection system.
First level university degree in social protection, social or political sciences, economics, public policies, development studies or a relevant field. An advanced degree in social protection studies would be a strong advantage
At least two years of professional experience at the national level in social protection, in the area of project management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Proven experience in working effectively with government bodies in charge of policy making and with development partners would be an asset.
Technical requirements: Good knowledge of social protection and social security as well as economic developments, poverty reduction, and social policies. Knowledge of the policy making process. Knowledge of ILO social security standards.
Excellent knowledge of the working language of the duty station and a good knowledge of English.
Candidates interested in the position should consider that the nine core competencies of the ILO, listed below, may be evaluated during the selection process: Integrity and transparency, Sensitivity to diversity, Orientation to learning and knowledge sharing, Client orientation, Communication, Orientation to change, Takes responsibility for performance, Quality orientation and Collaboration. Among these nine competences, the following are of particular importance for this position: Customer Orientation, Communications, Collaboration
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