National Programme Officer

The ILO Office in Vietnam invites applications from Vietnamese nationals for the positions below:

The responsibilities and tasks of the position will be carried out within the ILO results-based management system and in line with ILO rules and regulations.
1. National Programme Officer, ILO Country Office for Viet Nam

As the ILO major vehicle to promote decent work for all in Viet Nam, the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) focuses on three strategic areas, namely, labour market governance; employment for sustainable enterprise development; and social protection. The ILO  Country Office for  Vietnam works in  close partnership with the Government of Viet Nam, in particular its technical line ministry, MOLISA and its social partners, the employers' and workers' organizations. This work is increasingly carried out within the framework of the ‘One UN’ Plan, which emphasizes a coordinated approach among UN agencies in the country.

The National Programme Officer works under the supervision of the Country Director and is responsible for providing assistance to the Director and carrying out technical duties and general coordination functions at the Country Office.

The position is based in Hanoi, at the grade of NO-A (UN Salary Scale)

Minimum Requirements include:

• First level university degree in a relevant field.
• At least one or two years of professional experience at the national level in the occupational area.
• Excellent command of one working language of the office and good knowledge of another official language of the duty station.
• Ability to respond to change in positive and effective manner, and to adapt to new work methods and structure,
• Ability to establish strong interpersonal relationships and builds internal and external networks; promotes cooperation, supporting others and sharing the credit for achievements; accepts consensus views
• Ability to continuously develop and improve professional skills, master new tools and diagnoses development needs and targets learning opportunities
• Thorough understanding of programming
• Trained analytical capacity of social and economic policy issues (linked to academic training) 
• Exposure to UN system, and good knowledge on M&E
• Good communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Excellent writing skills;

Application deadline:  24th Oct 2016

Details of the vacancies are available at the ILO Country Office for Viet Nam website: http://www.ilo.org/hanoi/Aboutus/WCMS_445482/lang--en/index.htm

All application materials must be submitted through this website.