Introduction
The ILO Skills portfolio is responding to a challenging country context. The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent Beirut Port explosion has had a severe impact on Lebanon, exacerbating an already serious economic crisis and its profound, and ongoing, effects on livelihoods, employment, and the delivery of education and training. Lebanon is currently experiencing rising poverty levels, heightened job insecurity amidst widespread business closures and increased unemployment, and a highly unstable foreign exchange market. The high refugee population in Lebanon is at particular risk, though the impacts of these multiple crises are felt by both Lebanese host communities and Lebanon’s refugee population alike.
The ILO’s skills portfolio responds to these challenges by supporting the strengthening of the skills development system for entry to, and transitions within the Lebanese labour market through improving access to and capacities to deliver market relevant technical and vocational education and training (TVET). The ILO supports Lebanese formal TVET as well as non-formal vocational training providers, with a portfolio of projects implemented within the framework of the Lebanon Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) and the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP).
The Skills portfolio in Lebanon currently comprises three projects, and implementation responsibility for the skills component of a fourth project, Inclusive jobs and education for forcibly displaced persons and host communities (hereafter ‘Prospects’). The National Skills Officer (NOA) will
manage the Skills component of this fourth project, Prospects. The Prospects partnership, recently launched by the Government of the Netherlands, builds on the combined strengths, experience and values of specific development and humanitarian organizations to develop, and implement, a new paradigm in responding to forced displacement crises. The partners include: the Government of the Netherlands, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the ILO, the UNHCR, UNICEF and the World Bank.
The Prospects partnership is implemented in two identified regions: MENA (Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt) and the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya). The interventions under Prospects are planned across three pillars: education and skills, employment, and protection. In Lebanon, the ILO is involved in all three pillars, necessitating a full-time National Skills Officer to oversee the implementation of the ILO education and skills pillar in close collaboration with both project staff members working under the other two pillars, and the broader ILO skills team in Lebanon working under other projects. Close coordination is required at all stages with ILO constituents - Government, employers and workers.
Reporting lines
The Prospects National Skills Officer (NOA) will work under the direct supervision of Prospects Project Regional Chief Technical Adviser based in ROAS, Beirut. S/He will be technically backstopped by the Senior Skills Specialist at ROAS and will work and coordinate closely with the
Skills Team in Lebanon working under other projects.
Description of Duties
Required qualifications
Education
First level university degree public policies, social sciences, economics, development studies or a relevant field. An advanced degree and a focus on TVET would be a strong advantage.
Experience
Technical requirements:
Good knowledge of skills systems and technical and vocational education and training (TVET).
Good knowledge of the policymaking process, labour economics as well as economic developments, poverty reduction, and social policies.
Please note that all candidates must complete an on-line application form. To apply, please visit the ILO Jobs website. The system provides instructions for online application procedures. DO NOT send an email to the contact person email.
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