Programme Technical Officer, ILO/Korea Partnership Programme

The Programme Technical Officer will assist the Chief Technical Advisor in managing the implementation of the ILO-Korea Partnership Programme in the Asia-Pacific region. The role involves providing technical support, coordinating with stakeholders, organizing events, and supporting programme objectives related to youth employment, skills development, and social dialogue.

Responsibilities

• Support monitoring, and evaluation of project activities in line with ILO policies and gender responsiveness.
• Collaborate closely with ILO Field Offices, HQ, DWT, and relevant projects to share technical inputs and best practices.
• Support partnerships with Korean partner institutions (handling planning, reporting, and visibility) while actively strengthening cooperation with governments, workers' and employers' organizations, UN agencies, and non-governmental organizations.
• Plan, coordinate and manage programme events including regional conferences, capacity-building workshops, knowledge-sharing seminars and high-level dialogues, ensuring alignment with programme objectives and visibility requirement.
• Provide administrative and technical backstopping, including the timely preparation of technical progress reports, extraction of lessons-learned, and implementation of mitigation measures.
• Undertake project-related missions and other duties as required to support project objectives.
• Ensure gender mainstreaming considerations are taken into account in all work, projects and activities of the Programme.

Requirements

• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in economics, social policy, public finance or other relevant field.
• Desirable: Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in the relevant fields with demonstrated focus on employment, skills development and social protection issues.
• At least three years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in the field of employment promotion and skills development.
• Familiarity with Just Transition, Social Protection, Skills Development and Social Dialogue.
• Experience in organising and managing multi-stakeholder events, workshops or conferences in an international development context.
• Excellent knowledge and command of English.
• Familiarity with ILO policies, technical programmes and procedures, including experience working with the United Nations and its Agencies, Ministries of Labour or affiliated Agencies, other Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, would be a strong advantage.
• Strong knowledge of development issues, particularly in the region of Asia and the Pacific and the target countries (Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Mongolia), including related to gender and inclusion.
• Solid experience in donor relations, donor-related activities and projects.
• Strong project and event management skills, including ability to manage multiple concurrent activities under tight deadlines.
• Strong communication skills, complemented by active listening abilities, including experience liaising with donors, government partners and agencies.
• Ability to draft clearly and concisely and prepare project reports and studies.
• Ability to identify problems and make recommendations.
• Demonstrated skills and ability to perform complex analyses on a wide range of factors, requirements, policies and priorities for the assessment and implementation of projects.
• Ability to work effectively in a team, leveraging strong interpersonal skills and empathy to build trust and collaboration.
• Ability to participate effectively in technical missions and to provide technical inputs as required.
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and gender-sensitive behaviour and attitudes are also required.

Skills

• Employment promotion
• Skills Development
• Social Protection Policies
• Social Dialogue
• Multi-stakeholder Event Management
• International Development
• ILO Policies
• Donor Relations
• Project Management
• Event Management
• Technical Reporting
• Policy Analysis
• Technical Coordination
• Stakeholder Liaison
• Technical Mission Participation
• Gender Inclusion
• Development Issues Asia-Pacific
• English Language
• Drafting Analytical Reports

Languages

English