International Labour OfficeVacancy No: RAPS/1/2010/AF/03
Position title: Social Security Specialist
Grade: P.4
Contract type: Fixed-term appointment
Date: 1 February 2010
Deadline for application: 3 March 2010
(18 day(s) until closing deadline)
Currently accepting applications
Organization unit: CAIRO
Decent Work Technical Support Team
Duty Station: Cairo, Egypt
The following are eligible to apply:
- ILO Internal candidates in accordance with paragraphs 15 and 16 of Annex I of the Staff Regulations.
- External candidates.
Within the context of the ILO's efforts to promote staff mobility, applicants should expect to take up different assignments (field and Headquarters) during their career. The desirable length of the assignment in this specific position is three to five years, following which period the incumbent should be willing to move to another assignment and/or duty station.
The ILO values diversity among its staff. We welcome applications from qualified women and men, including those with disabilities.
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.
Conditions of employment are described in Appendix II.
The Office is a non-smoking environment.
INTRODUCTION
Under the supervision of the Director of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team in Cairo based in Cairo), the Specialist will provide technical advice and assistance to Governments and social partners and other ILO external offices, in establishing or up-dating country objectives, strategies and programmes in the countries covered by the ILO-Cairo Office. He/she will also provide technical support to other specialists when dealing with inter-disciplinary projects and programmes and interact with other UN agencies and other international organizations for on-going or planned joint interventions in the field of social security. He/she will also assist in the formulation, technical backstopping and evaluation of any technical cooperation project including a social security component.
The Specialist will report on any progress observed at the country level in terms of policies, strategies, programmes and initiatives aimed at enhancing the effectiveness and coverage of social security. He/she will closely coordinate his/her work plan and activities with the Social Security Department, ILO Headquarters, Geneva.
The Specialist will be responsible for providing technical advisory services at the sectoral or programme level in the field of social security. The scope of his/her interventions will cover all core nine contingencies stipulated in ILO Convention No. 102, namely medical care, sickness benefits, unemployment benefits, employment injury benefits, old age benefits, invalidity benefits, survivors' benefits, family benefits, maternity benefits. Though there is no single right model of social security, which remains a question of political and societal choice, he/she will promote in all interventions ILO's vision and principles, considering social security as a basic human right and a fundamental means of facilitating social cohesion and social inclusion.
Description of Duties
Specific Duties:
1. Provide technical inputs and policy advisory services to the Ministry of Labour, national social security institutions, other governmental ministries and institutions including Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Health, workers' and employers' organizations, and other institutions for particularly in connection with designing and implementing social security policies which are consistent with ILO principles and standards as a component of national decent work strategies, Poverty Reduction Strategies and UNDAFs.
2. Initiate, design, supervise and conduct relevant analytical and policy-oriented research on subregional and national social security programmes and policies which will serve as the basis for the formulation of relevant national social security strategies.
3. Identify pivotal policy issues in the region and contribute to the Social Security Department's policy developments and the formulation of National Social Security Action Plans in the conceptual framework of Decent Work Country Programmes.
4. Develop knowledge base within the region, including the collection, analysis, assessment, documentation and disseminations of major legislation, statistics and relevant data of social security and the identification of good practices of various extension initiatives within the subregion towards achieving the goal of universal coverage.
5. Extend technical advisory services to the government agencies, social partners and international agencies as well as social security institutions involved in innovative or major extension initiatives, develop evidence-based information on best practices and disseminate the findings among the policy makers and key stakeholders in order to influence future extension policies and programmes. Represent the Office or the Social Security Department at national and regional forums and consultations.
6. Work with office directors and ILO specialists on the integration of social security issues in their respective work programmes, especially those involving advisory work for ILO's constituents.
7. Liaise with donors and potential partners with a view to securing TC resources and expanding the Office's capacity to undertake various activities in the field of social security in the region; initiate/coordinate preparation of project proposals by the Cairo Office and field offices.
8. Manage RBSA resources for social security within the sub-region in consultation with the Social Security Department.
9. Provide support for the coordination and implementation of technical cooperation projects in the countries covered by the Office. Technically lead and manage in consultation with the Social Security Department and administratively backstop the portfolio of the technical cooperation projects in the subregion. This implies backstopping the work of senior Chief Technical Advisers and country project teams of national and international experts. It explicitly includes the technical clearance of all policy suggestions and recommendations of projects with government agencies (such as Ministries of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Planning and Finance) as well as with social partner organizations and other international agencies.
10. Maintain close liaisons with governments, workers' and employers' organizations, UN organizations, research institutions and non-governmental organizations which are involved in the field of social security. Develop a roster of social security experts/consultants.
11. Plan, organize and conduct various capacity building activities tailor-made for recipients, including seminars, workshops and technical meetings in collaboration with social security institutions and research institutes.
12. Undertake such other tasks and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Director.
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 social security programmes. This involves analysis or 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 in the field of social security.
3. Provide policy advice to ILO's constituents on the design and institutional strengthening, the application of ILO standards and the promotion of technical cooperation activities in the field of social security in the subregion in collaboration with the Social Security Department.
4. Formulate and submit project proposals and seek 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. Write manuals and/or training guides on social security and related topics.
9. Disseminate information on action programmes in social security in the region through publications and press releases as well as ensuring representations at donors meetings, international, regional and national fora and advocacy campaigns.
10. Monitor and coordinate research carried out by junior technical officers and external collaborators.
11. Provide technical inputs to office documents (sectoral meetings, technical committees and conference reports).
12. Participate in tripartite reviews on technical cooperation activities and international meetings and conferences.
Required Qualifications
Education
Advanced university degree in law, economics, public finance, social sciences, public administration or actuarial sciences with demonstrated expertise in the relevant technical field of social security.
Experience
Eight years' experience at the national level or five years at the international level in social security programmes and strategies. Experience in the design and management of international projects on social security would be an advantage.
Languages
An excellent command of English is required. Knowledge of either of the ILO's other working languages(French and Spanish) would be an advantage.
Competencies
The specific job competencies include the ability to: synthesize research and reach empirically based conclusions on related subjects; provide seasoned advice on best practices, to address broader issues outside the field of specialization; formulate new concepts and methodologies; develop training materials, alternative courses of action, project proposals, policy, procedural matters and present them at high-level meetings; design and synthesize strategies for programme development in member States; produce reports (e.g. reports for regional conferences and ILC, technical publications, training manuals and draft resolutions) and evaluate and monitor technical cooperation activities and projects. Demonstrated and recognized technical expertise in carrying out the objectives and the policies of the related work unit and devising concepts, approaches and techniques, leading to development of ILO standards and technical guidelines and ability to prepare ILO strategy reports for programme development, the ability to formulate and provide policy recommendations and the ability to coordinate activities among projects. Excellent analytical skills and ability to undertake high quality research in the related technical field. The ability to work in a multicultural environment and gender-sensitive behaviour and attitudes are also required.
Additional Information:
Interviews for this post will take place between last week of March and the first week of May 2010. Candidates are requested to ensure their availability should they be short listed for further consideration.
APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED DIRECTLY IF SELECTED FOR WRITTEN TEST.
APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED DIRECTLY IF SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW.
APPENDIX I
Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Austria
Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belize Botswana
Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Cape Verde Central African Republic China
Congo Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Equatorial Guinea Estonia Gabon
Gambia Georgia Grenada Guinea Guyana
Honduras Iceland Iraq Japan Kazakhstan
Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Lithuania Malawi Maldives Malta
Marshall Islands Montenegro, Republic of Mozambique Namibia Oman
Papua New Guinea Paraguay Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino
Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia
Swaziland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Turkmenistan Tuvalu
United Arab Emirates United States of America Uzbekistan Vanuatu Viet Nam
Yemen
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
Salary and post adjustment (with dependants) US$
Salary Minimum 71393
rising to Maximum 93138
Post adjustment for Cairo Minimum 24059
Maximum 31387
Salary and post adjustment (without dependants) US$
Salary Minimum 66482
Maximum Maximum 86151
Post adjustment for Cairo Minimum 22404
Maximum 29032
Other allowances and benefits subject to specific terms of appointment:
* Children's allowance (except for the first child if the dependent rate of salary is paid in respect of that child);
* Children's education grant (per child per year);
* Pension and Health Insurance schemes;
* 30 working days' annual leave;
* Assignment Grant;
* Entitlement to transport expenses of personal effects;
* Repatriation Grant;
* Home-leave travel with eligible dependants every two years;
* Rental subsidy (if applicable).
Recruitment is normally made at the initial step in the grade.
The Director-General reserves the right to appoint candidates at one level below the grade of the advertised post.
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 Cairo 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.
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