International Labour Organisation: National Project Coordinator

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is a United Nations specialised agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognised human and labour rights.

Through the Public Procurement and Social Economy (PPSE) project, ILO explores the potential to use public procurement to stimulate the social economy in South Africa. It is delivered in partnership with the Provincial Government of KwaZulu-Natal and the Municipalities of Umkhanyakude and eThekwini. The project works both on the demand side (clarifying and influencing the interpretation of procurement regulations, and creating greater procurement opportunities) and the supply side (building the capacity of social economy enterprises to respond to these opportunities).

The ILO Decent Work Team (ILO DWT) for Eastern and Southern Africa, and ILO Country Office for Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland, (ILO DWT) CO PRETORIA seek to appoint a National Project Coordinator (NPC), based in Pietermaritzburg or Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

Position Grade: NO-B.

Responsibilities:

• In association with the implementing partners and ILO colleagues, manage the PPSE project and ensure effective implementation and monitoring of all project components;
• Provide technical advisory services and conduct seminars, workshops and technical meetings and training courses;
• Represent the project at provincial, national and international levels and will maintain strong relationships with partners and stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Experience in project management;
• Experience and technical expertise in social economy enterprise development.

Only South African citizens will be considered.

For more information and full job description, refer to www.ilo.org/pretoria.

To apply, submit a CV, at least three referees and motivation letter with ‘National Project Coordinator’ in the subject line to the Director, ILO Office Pretoria at hr_pretoria@ilo.org. Alternatively, post to P.O. Box 11694, Hatfield 0028.

Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Enquiries: Tel: 012 818 8000.

For more about the International Labour Organisation, refer to www.ilo.org.

For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies.

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