ILO Country Office for Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan,
and for the Special Representative to the AU and the ECA
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Introduction
The ILO Country Office for Ethiopia Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan, and for the Special Representative to the AU and ECA will be implementing a comprehensive sectoral intervention to advance decent work and inclusive industrialization in Ethiopia through the ILO Apparel and Textiles Programme. A commitment to the textile and garment sector is part of Ethiopia’s broad Industrial Development Strategic Plan (2013-2025) to propel the country to middle-income status over the next decade.
Better Work Ethiopia, as a component of the Advancing Decent Work and Industrialisation in Ethiopia Programme, aims to improve working conditions in the nascent apparel sector in Ethiopia. While this growing sector represents opportunities for business, industrialization, job creation and inclusive economic growth, a concerted effort from various actors is required to realize this potential. This project is part of a comprehensive sectoral intervention of the ILO to advance decent work and inclusive industrialization in Ethiopia. This will be achieved through interventions at factory, sectoral and national level to improve worker wellbeing and achieve higher industry productivity and competitiveness.
Better Work Ethiopia will focus, through its Core Services delivery model of assessment, advisory and training work on improved compliance with labour standards and will partner with factories to improve working conditions by providing practical assistance to help workers and employers in the workplace to engage and cooperate effectively, to self-diagnose and to fix problems themselves. Better Work will also work with leading brands, retailers and manufacturers and harness their commercial influence in order to further stimulate improvements.
The function of the position will be to provide professional level factory services with a view to support sustainable improvements in compliance performance and enterprise development. This includes conducting independent enterprise assessments against labour standards, delivering training services to management and worker representatives, provision of tailored advisory services to strengthen internal systems and sound industrial relations, and reporting on factory performance according to BW guidelines and quality requirements.
Reporting lines
Based in Addis Ababa or Awassa, the incumbent of the position will work under the direct supervision of the Better Work Enterprise Advisor Team Leader and will be reporting to the Chief Technical Advisor of the ILO Apparel and Texile Programme in Addis Ababa.
Roles & Responsibilities
Using Better Work’s Compliance Assessment Tool, independently conduct assessments of enterprises’ labour standards and management systems;
DUTY STATION AND REMUNERATION
Contract Type: Fixed Term (12 months) with possibility of extension
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