Grado: NOB
Número de la vacante: CIUDAD DE MÉXICO/TC/NOB/145-24
Fecha de publicación: 22 octubre 2024
Fecha de cierre (medianoche hora de Ginebra): 5 noviembre 2024
Job ID: 12490
Departamento: OR–América Latina y el Caribe
Unidad: OP-México
Lugar de destino: Ciudad de México
Tipo de contrato: Duración determinada
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- Los candidatos externos.
- Los candidatos internos, con arreglo a lo dispuesto en el Estatuto del Personal.
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) implements the Project “Building a Comprehensive Government Approach to Combating Child Labor and Forced Labor in Mexico” (2022-2026), a US$ 13,000,000 effort that works to address child labor and forced labor in the migration context at the federal, state and local level with specific and direct interventions in the Southern states of Chiapas, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo, as well as regional interventions that include Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. The project also contributes to the US Government´s efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration and strengthen migration management in Mexico and Central America.
By doing this, the Project supports Mexico to advance its commitments as an Alliance 8.7 Pathfinder Country aiming to by accelerate actions to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Target 8.7 that calls for countries to 8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms. The Alliance 8.7 is an inclusive global partnership initiative launched during the UN General Assembly in September 2016. Its main objective is to assist all UN member states and other partners in their efforts to achieve SDG Target 8.7. As an Alliance 8.7 Pathfinder country, and with the contributions of the three orders of government (executive, legislative, and judicial), Mexico has adopted a Road Map that establishes 10 priority actions to eradicate child labor, forced labor and human trafficking. The project provides support to implement the Road Map. Mexico is also member and co-chair of the advisory board of the Global
Initiative for Fair Recruitment that aims, amongst others, to prevent forced labor. The project will support Mexico to promote Fair Recruitment practices nationally. Moreover, the project will strengthen Mexico´s role in the Regional Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour (RILAC), a regional platform that coordinates closely with Alliance 8.7. To date, the RILAC has showed significant results in the region, including the creation of a South-South and Triangular Cooperation mechanism and the development and implementation of the Child Labor Risk Identification Model (CLRISK). The RILAC has represented an important platform to foster partnerships, innovation, coordination and mutual cooperation, and has prioritised migration related to child labor in their strategic planning for 2022-2025.
The Forced Labor and Migration Official will report to the Director of ILO Country Office for Mexico and Cuba and to the Project Coordinator based in Mexico and will receive technical guidance and supervision from FUNDAMENTALS/MIGRANT through the Labour Migration specialist based in Brasilia and San José and specialists in Geneva.
The Forced Labor and Migration Officer will also oversee the work of consultants hired during the course of the project
University degree in the field of social sciences, international relations, human rights, development, economy, or other relevant fields
Minimum of three years of experience in migration and forced labour prevention and eradication activities.
Experience advising and working with Government and other key actors on forced labour issues, (labour) migration, specifically child migration and worst forms of child labour will be considered as an advantage.
Experience in workwithnational, regional, and local governments to improve migration, child labour , force labor policy, strategic planning, action plan development, and incorporation of force labour issues into social protection programs will be considered as an advantage