| Vacancy No: RAPS/1/2015/WORKQUALITY/01 Title: Disability Specialist Grade: P.4 Contract type: Fixed-Term Appointment | Date: 5 March 2015 Application Deadline (midnight Geneva time) 6 April 2015 (13 day(s) until closing deadline) Currently accepting applications Organization unit: DDG/P WORKQUALITY Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General introduction: The following are eligible to apply: - ILO Internal candidates in accordance with paragraphs 31 and 32 of Annex I of the Staff Regulations. - External candidates. Staff members with at least five years of continuous service with the Office are encouraged to apply and will be given special consideration at the screening and evaluation stage. In accordance with the Staff Regulations and letters of appointment, successful candidates for positions in the Professional category would be expected to take up different assignments (field and Headquarters) during their career, the desirable length of an assignment in any specific position being two to five years, following which the incumbent should be willing to move to another assignment and/or duty station. Within the context of the Office's renewed efforts to promote mobility, staff members seeking mobility are encouraged to apply to vacancies. Mobility will be given special consideration at the screening and evaluation stages. The specific language requirements for this position are detailed hereunder. Candidates whose mother tongue is not one of the ILO working languages (English, French and Spanish) shall possess a fully satisfactory working knowledge of at least one of the working languages in order to apply. If appointed, and if so required as per the position requirements, they may be required to acquire a working knowledge of a second working language during their initial years of service in the Office. The ILO values diversity among its staff. We welcome applicants from qualified women and men, including those with disabilities. If you are unable to complete our online application form due to a disability, please send an email to erecruit@ilo.org . Applications from qualified candidates from non- or under-represented member States, or from those member States which staffing forecasts indicate will become non- or under-represented in the near future, would be particularly welcome. A list of these countries is in Appendix I. Successful completion of the Assessment Centre is required for all external candidates. Conditions of employment are described in Appendix II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INTRODUCTION The position is located in the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch (GED) within the Conditions of Work and Equality Department (WORKQUALITY). GED is responsible for promoting equality and respect for diversity in the world of work. It strives for the elimination of discrimination, including based on sex, gender, race, ethnicity, indigenous identity, and disability. It provides policy advice, tools, guidance and technical assistance to constituents including with respect to promoting more inclusive workplaces, and addressing multiple discrimination. It also works with constituents to ensure that policies, programmes and institutions are gender-responsive. The Disability Specialist will undertake work to improve the ILO knowledge base on equality and diversity, provide policy advice and capacity building on disability inclusion and non-discrimination, and oversee ILO technical cooperation projects concerning persons with disabilities, including dedicated projects and projects catering to the general population that include persons with disabilities in their target group. He or she will contribute to ILO's capacity to foster the inclusion of disability in all of the ILO means of action, and to develop and promote disability-specific approaches and activities that are necessary to support the inclusion and participation of persons with disability who face additional barriers in the world of work. He or she will promote equal employment opportunities and equal access to social protection floor initiatives, for people with disabilities, through support to the implementation of international standards including the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159), and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), and other related ILO standards and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The position reports to the Senior Specialist on Disability Inclusion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description of Duties Specific duties 1. Lead in organizing, planning, coordinating implementation of and providing technical support to, where requested, technical cooperation projects that cater to persons with disabilities, including disability specific projects and projects that have a disability component. 2. Coordinate, develop and further strengthen the network of Disability Equality Training Facilitators as a resource to promote awareness of disability rights issues among ILO staff, constituents and project partners. 3. Collaborate in developing the capacity of workers' and employers' organizations, governments, and representative organizations of and for disabled persons, mainly in developing countries, to address disability issues, including through policies, legal frameworks, training and employment programmes at country level. 4. Collaborate with other units to expand disability inclusion, for example as it relates to labour and worker rights, entrepreneurship, social protection and other issues, and in exploring the impact of multiple discrimination faced by persons with disabilities, including in combination with gender, indigenous and ethnic identity, HIV/AIDs. 5. Support ILO collaboration with other UN agencies in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities within the ILO's decent work mandate. 6. Prepare practical guides, fact sheets and other tools relating to the identification of good practices, designed for ILO constituents, ILO staff and project partners in relation to laws, policies, programmes and services for women and men with disabilities and their access to decent work. 7. Collaborate in the planning and implementation of capacity building for ILO constituents and other relevant stakeholders, particularly in developing countries, including with the ILO International Training Centre, Turin. 8. Collaborate in preparing programme and budget proposals on skills development, employability, employment and social protection of persons with disabilities, also taking account of multiple discrimination. 9. Undertake other duties to stimulate interest in and advocate attention to disability issues in WORKQUALITY and overall ILO work. 10. Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Chief of the Branch. These specific duties are aligned with the relevant ILO generic job description, which includes the following generic duties: 1. Design and promote a wide range of disability-related programmes. This involves analysis of complex or conflicting data, statistics, information or policy guidelines in a manner requiring the advanced application of principles of a recognized technical specialization. 2. Develop and review an institutional framework, in which social partners can best improve, implement and evaluate efficient and equitable ILO action programmes. 3. Provide policy advice to ILO's constituents on institutional strengthening, the application of ILO standards and the promotion of technical cooperation activities. 4. Formulate and submit project proposals and negotiate funding. 5. Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the project activities. 6. Undertake technical advisory missions independently or in collaboration with other specialists. 7. Conduct seminars, workshops, technical meetings and training courses. 8. Prepare draft recommendations and guidelines for discussion and adoption as ILO Recommendations or Conventions on related technical fields. 9. Write manuals and training guides on related topics. 10. Disseminate information on programmes through publications and press releases as well as ensuring representation at donors' meetings, international, regional and national fora and advocacy campaigns. 11. Monitor and coordinate research carried out by junior technical officers and external collaborators. 12. Provide technical inputs to office documents (sectoral meetings, technical committees, Governing Body, conference reports, Director General's report to ILC). 13. Participate in tripartite reviews on technical cooperation activities and international meetings and conferences. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Education Advanced university degree in economics, law or the social sciences, or in a related field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Experience Eight years' experience at the national level or five years' experience at the international level, specifically related to disability. Within this field, the incumbent should have experience working in at least two of the following areas: advocacy, programme and policy design and management, legislation review, training, or human resource management. Experience should include working with diverse stakeholders such as governments, workers' and employers' organizations, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, disabled persons organizations, and UN and other inter-governmental organizations. Experience working in developing countries would be a significant advantage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Languages (See also above) Excellent command of English. Working knowledge of French or Spanish would be a significant advantage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Competencies In addition to the ILO core competencies, this position requires: Technical competencies - Demonstrated and recognized technical and advocacy skills in policy development and implementation concerning the promotion of decent and productive work opportunities for persons with disabilities; demonstrated technical expertise to devise new methods, concepts, approaches and techniques, leading to development of ILO standards and technical guidelines and ability to prepare ILO strategy reports in the field of disability for programme development; the ability to provide reasoned policy and programme advice to constituents on adapting good practices to country-specific needs and circumstances with a particular emphasis on developing countries; ability to develop training materials and project proposals and present them at high-level meetings with multi-stakeholders; ability to integrate disability advocacy and outreach tools within related areas of employment promotion; proven ability to manage disability-specific technical cooperation projects and to facilitate disability inclusion in those designed for a mainstream population; advanced communication and drafting skills including demonstrated facilitation skills. Behavioural competencies - Ability to conduct discussions and negotiate with governments, employers' and workers' organizations, non-governmental and disabled persons' organizations, other UN agencies and bilateral donors as well as top-level professionals in fields relating to disability, build internal and external networks, and work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to achieve shared goals. Ability to work well in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams. Gender sensitive behaviour and attitudes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Information: Evaluation (which may include one or several written tests and a pre-interview competency-based assessment centre) and the interviews will tentatively take place between May and August 2015. Candidates are requested to ensure their availability should they be short listed for further consideration. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED DIRECTLY IF SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| APPENDIX II CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to ILO Staff Regulations and other relevant internal rules. - The first contract will be issued for a twelve-month period (for Geneva-based positions) and a twenty-four month period (for non Geneva-based positions) - A successful external candidate will be on probation for the first two years of assignment. - Any extension of contract beyond the probation period is subject to satisfactory conduct and performance. Grade: P.4
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Please note that the above salary levels are determined according to the criteria established by the International Civil Service Commission. The ILO is international public sector employer and salary and other employment conditions are not negotiable. Other allowances and benefits subject to specific terms of appointment:
Recruitment is normally made at the initial step in the grade. Salaries and emoluments are exempt from taxation by the Swiss authorities and, on the basis of international agreements or national law relating to presence or residence abroad, are generally exempt from taxation by other governments. In the absence of exemption, in most cases tax paid will be reimbursed in accordance with an ILO document which will be supplied upon request. While the successful candidate will be initially working in Geneva, he/she may be assigned to any duty station designated by the Director-General of the ILO. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Please note that all candidates must complete an on-line application form. To apply, please visit ILO's e-Recruitment website at: erecruit.ilo.org. The system provides instructions for online application procedures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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