Grade: NOB
Vacancy no.: DC/NEWDELHI/NOB/2025/04
Publication date: 21 March 2025
Application deadline (midnight India time): 15 April 2025
Job ID: 12868
Department: RO-Asia and the Pacific
Organization Unit: DWT/CO-New Delhi
Location: New Delhi
Contract type: Fixed Term
Contract duration: with a possibility of extension
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Child Labour Platform is the leading business initiative to eliminate child labour in supply chains. The Platform draws on the ILO’s extensive experience on international labour standards to provide guidance and knowledge-sharing opportunities for businesses to address obstacles, seize opportunities to eradicate child labour globally and on the ground, and foster practical action that can make a difference in affected communities. The Child Labour Platform is a cross sectoral initiative open to companies of all sized and sectors. It is co-chaired by the International Employers’ Organization and the International Trade Union Confederation.
The Child Labour Platform draws on ILO’s unparalleled convening power to jointly address the root causes of the problem, collaborates with companies to develop innovative collaboration models, provides guidance on how to improve company policies and practice and enable its members to join ILO led initiatives to prevent, assess risks and remediate child labour. To accelerate change on the ground the Platform established with its members four country working groups, including one in India. As of 2024, at least 20 members of the CLP have joined this group, particularly from the agro-industry, the garment, furniture and telecommunications sectors, among others. Collaboration with CLP members is guided by the Accelerating Action Plan developed with them to tackle the root causes of child labour and advance decent work opportunities for adults and youth.
The Child Labour Platform contributes to India’s Decent Work Country Programme, which prioritizes:
1. Promoting International Labour Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at work, strengthening social dialogue and supporting constituents for effective policy responses;
2. Ensuring full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including through formalization and just transition;
3. Promoting and strengthening institutions to enable all workers, especially those who are marginalized and vulnerable, to improve their employment outcomes and progressively achieve universal social protection.
The National Project Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of the Child Labour Platform’s activities in India, including these outcomes through specific activities on the ground (most likely within the states of Telangana and Karnataka).
Reporting lines
The incumbent will report to the Deputy Director of ILO Country Office for India. S/he will receive technical supervision from the Senior Programme and Operations Officer on Supply Chains and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and Global Coordinator of the Child Labour Platform in Fundamentals. The incumbent will receive technical guidance from the FPRW Specialist in ILO DWT/CO New Delhi and work very closely with other relevant specialists in the DWT Delhi as well as the programme team in Delhi. In addition, s/he will collaborate closely with the Child Labour Platform Secretariat in HQ.
-Lead the Secretariat of the Child Labour Platform in India, including its strategic direction and coordination with critical partners at the country level. Develop and roll-out the work-plan, budget and monitoring strategy to ensure effective implementation of the Platform’s core services and planned activities in line with donor and funding requirements.
-Coordinate CLP’s cooperation and coordination with government, employers' and workers' organizations, UN agencies and civil society in the planning and implementation of its core services and activities. Advance strategic collaboration between the Platform and Government’s authorities, social partners’ organizations, UN agencies, civil society and academia.
-Maintain engagement with ILO employer constituents and the wider business community to ensure political support for and ownership of the CLP strategy, core services and activities in India. Actively contribute to CLP membership growth in India, including on the outreach to enterprises.
-Identify problems, propose solutions and action and follow-up with relevant specialists and departments at headquarters and regional office, executing agencies, government offices, constituents and other organizations to expedite implementation of CLP’s core services and activities and meet targets.
-Develop innovative and impactful intervention to address the root causes of child labour in supply chains and promote responsible business conduct across supply chains. ---Provide technical guidance on the elimination of child labour in supply chains with due attention to other fundamental principles and rights at work and the promotion of decent work for adults and youth. Facilitate access to legal and policy advice to CLP members on issues related to identification, prevention and remediation of child labour in supply chains.
-Coordinate the design of CLP research, tools and methods so as to support delivery of technical services and activities set out in the work plan and coordinate the contracting of external collaborators in this regard. Ensure the delivery of quality technical inputs, including qualitative and quantitative research in line with ILO core conventions on child labour.
-Organize CLP’s training programmes and awareness raising activities to improve understanding on child labour elimination, businesses due diligence and responsible business conduct and effective collaboration to tackle its root causes.
-Represent the CLP Secretariat in global and national fora under the guidance of the ILO Country Director. Undertake missions, including for the Child Labour Annual meeting, for the purposes advocating for child labour elimination in supply chains and promoting the Platform’s core services and activities for CLP members and the business community in India.
-Collaborate and work closely with ILO specialists within the ILO, New Delhi, and other colleagues, on specific technical areas requiring comprehensive and collaborative interventions and on the Decent Work Country Programme.
-Report, monitor and facilitate the CLP’s efforts and impact all project’s components according to the work plan and Decent Work Country Programme. Prepare required technical progress reports on the status planning and implementation of CLP core services and activities for submission to members and other partners.
-Responsible for the effective administrative management of the project, including guidance and supervision of the personnel assigned to the project.
-Promote the inclusion of gender equality and non-discrimination in all the work of the Child Labour Platform.
-Other related duties as assigned.
First level university degree in economics, social sciences, or related field, and strong knowledge on development issues particularly in India.
At least three years of experience in project management, supervision, administration and implementation of grant/cooperative agreement requirements (including meeting deadlines, achieving targets, and overseeing the preparation and submission of required reports to the project donor). Extensive experience working with government authorities, managing public-private partnerships, and delivering solutions to address the root causes on child labour, including social protection and building capacity of workers' organizations. Familiarity with the ILO Child Labour Platform.
Technical requirements: Good knowledge of policies and institutional frameworks to address child labour in supply chains, human rights due diligence processes and policies as well as poverty reduction and social protection strategies and policies. Knowledge of other Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
Excellent knowledge of English. A good knowledge of the local languages, both written and oral, will be highly advantageous.
• Good knowledge about social, economic development, including labor and employment, trends in the country
• Ability to maintain good working relationships with all project stakeholders.
• Ability to establish and maintain systems within project operations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage technical co-operation projects of international organizations.
• Ability to understand and effectively work with Government, workers and employers organizations, non-government organizations and UN agencies.
• Ability to conduct action-oriented research and write analytical technical report in English.
• Ability to conduct policy discussion and high-level political processes.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, to successfully advocate for and mobilize action to promote freedom of association and right to collective bargaining principles.
• Clear commitment to mainstream gender into project activities.
• Ability to lead and work in a team and good interpersonal relations.
• Ability to train and guide personnel.
• Ability to work under time pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in diversified environments.
• Proficient in basic computer software (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Reader) and ability to use other software packages required by the Office
• Ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and to demonstrate gender-sensitive and non-discriminatory behaviour and attitudes.
Under article 4.2, paragraph (e) of the Staff Regulations, the filling of vacancies in technical cooperation projects does not fall under Annex I of the Staff Regulations and is made by direct selection by the Director-General.
In order to support the best informed process in the filling of the above-mentioned vacancy by direct selection, the ILO invites interested candidates to submit their application online by the above date.
The following are eligible to apply:
Internal candidates
External candidates*
*The recruitment process for National Officer positions is subject to specific local recruitment and eligibility criteria.
Technical cooperation appointments are not expected to lead to a career in the ILO and they do not carry any expectation of renewal or conversion to any other type of appointment in the Organization. A one-year fixed-term contract will be given. Extensions of technical cooperation contracts are subject to various elements including the following: availability of funds, continuing need of the functions and satisfactory conduct and performance.
*Conditions of employment for external candidates: In conformity with existing ILO practice, the appointment of an external candidate will normally be made at the first step of this grade. The entry level salary for this position is INR 3,269,846 yearly, less deductions for pension and medical.
Recruitment process
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ILO is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates,irresepctive of gender, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply.
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