Grade: GS 5
Vacancy no.: DC/MANILA/GS/2024/08
Publication date: 03 Jul 2024
Application deadline (midnight local time): 17 Jul 2024
Job ID: 12090
Department: RO-Asia and the Pacific
Organization Unit: CO-Manila
Location: Manila
Contract type: Fixed Term
Contract duration: One year (with possibility of extension)
Under article 4.2, paragraph (e) of the Staff Regulations, the filling of vacancies in technical cooperation projects does not fall under Annex I of the Staff Regulations and is made by direct selection by the Director-General.
In order to support the best informed process in the filling of the above-mentioned vacancy by direct selection, the ILO invites interested candidates to submit their application online by the above date.
The following are eligible to apply:
*The recruitment process for General Service positions is subject to specific local recruitment criteria.
The ILO values diversity among its staff and welcomes applications from qualified female candidates. We also encourage applicants with disabilities. If you are unable to complete our online application form due to a disability, please send an email to ilojobs@ilo.org.
Technical cooperation appointments are not expected to lead to a career in the ILO and they do not carry any expectation of renewal or conversion to any other type of appointment in the Organization. A one-year fixed-term contract will be given. Extensions of technical cooperation contracts are subject to various elements including the following: availability of funds, continuing need of the functions and satisfactory conduct and performance.
*Conditions of employment for external candidates: In conformity with existing ILO practice, the appointment of an external candidate will normally be made at the first step of this grade. The entry level salary for this position is 799,973 (in Philippines pesos) annual net pensionable remuneration based on the UN Salary Scale for the General Service Category, effective November 2023.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) joined hands with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) to form a programme titled, “Inclusive, Competitive and Responsible Digital Philippines (Digital-PINAS).” The three-year joint UN programme (hereinafter JP), to be funded by the Digital Transformation Window of the Joint SDG Fund, aims to enhance digital skills of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), promote meaningful digital adoption, and create an enabling and gender-responsive policy and regulatory environment, thereby facilitating a holistic and sustainable digital transition in the Philippines. The JP adopts a three-pillar strategy— Digital Empowerment of MSMEs, Inclusive Connectivity and E-services, and Facilitative Environment —ensuring a comprehensive and integrated approach to digital empowerment.
With regard to the ILO assistance under JP, the programme will build on the experience of supporting the digitalization of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) under the preceding ILO project, “Bringing Back Jobs Safely under the COVID 19 Crisis in the Philippines: Rebooting Small and Informal Businesses Safely and Digitally (BBJS)” as well as other relevant projects and activities on skills and entrepreneurship (Skills for Prosperity; Women in STEM; Rebuilding Better), digital wage payment (Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work), and social protection and the informal economy (Rise from Multiple Crises through the Integrated Formalization of Informal Economy with Social Protection and Decent Work in the Philippines; Support to the Social Protection Floor; Study on Shock-Response Social Protection under the Global Crisis on Food and Energy; Rollout of ILO R204 to the Regional Development Councils) among others.
ILO’s role under the JP will include: i) demonstrating capacity building at scale through the training-of-trainer (ToT) for the local capacity building partners, ii) supporting specific elements of the e-government services/educational resources/business support tools to MSMEs and entrepreneurs, and iii) supporting the policy dialogue based on the systemic assessment. Some of the important details of each will be as follows:
Under i):
Under ii):
Under iii):
Within the policy and procedural requirements established by the ILO and the SDG Fund Secretariat, the Programme and Administrative Assistant will help ensure the JP objectives are met by providing programmatic and administrative support and contributing to delivering the expected outputs under the purview of ILO. Note that there will be an overall project management unit under the purview of UNDP, and that the ILO’s Programme and Administrative Assistant will be responsible for the ILO activities while closely coordinating with the project management unit and the concerned officials of the three participating UN organizations (PUNOs).
The Programme and Administrative Assistant will be based in Manila, Philippines. Duty station may change depending on the regional priorities to be agreed with other UN partners.
The Programme and Administrative Assistant will report to and work under the supervision of the MSME Digitalization Coordinator who leads the management of the ILO part of the JP. S/he will receive overall guidance from the Country Director of ILO in the Philippines. Administrative and financial guidance will be provided by the Senior Operations Officer and programme-related guidance will be received from the Senior Programme Officer.
S/he is required to work in close collaboration with other ILO staff members, as required, as well as the JP project management unit, concerned officials of PUNOs. The Programme and Administrative Assistant will also coordinate with the Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) and DICT, both of which are the Co-Chairs of JP Steering Committee, as required.
The Programme and Administrative Assistant will be responsible for a range of specialized Programme and Administrative support services in an efficient, effective and client-oriented manner. The incumbent performs at a fully operational level and resolves a variety of recurring and non-recurring operational issues, requiring the correct application of financial rules and regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines.