Background

The main objectives of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Africa are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. Africa’s population is rising the fastest. The pressure to provide decent work opportunities for new labour market entrants will be particularly acute in Africa. The ILO in the region has given priority to promoting employment in the rural and informal economies and underscored the need for action to tackle youth unemployment. Building the capacity of its constituents to contribute more effectively to the achievement of equitable and inclusive growth is a major urgency.
The ROAF has overall political and management responsibilities for the promotion of ILO principles, policies and decent work priorities in the region as well as provides strategic guidance and support to all country offices and Decent Work Technical Support Teams (DWTs) in Africa. 
The Regional Programming Unit (RPU) provides support at regional and country level in the areas of strategic planning, strategic used of resource, decent work country programmes development and implementation, development cooperation projects formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and knowledge management.  
The ILO’s Africa Skills Hub at ROAF supports ILO constituents and skills development actors in Africa to build strong and impactful skills development systems. Guided by the ILO’s vision to promote social justice through decent work, the Abidjan Declaration, and the ILO’s Skills and Lifelong Learning Strategy, the Africa Skills Hub advocates for inclusive and effective skills and lifelong learning systems based on social dialogue and African-grown solutions. 

Learning areas

As an intern in ROAF, you will work within the Regional Programming Unit (RPU) under the supervision Chief RPU and the ILO’s Senior Regional Skills Specialist.

Your duties and responsibilities include: 

i.    Support ILO’s Africa Skills Hub at ROAF in the implementation of their monitoring strategy, including data collection, data analysis, reporting, and in communication and advocacy activities.

ii.    Assist in the development and finalization of technical products on skills and lifelong learning for the African region in collaboration with skills specialists, through research assistance and the drafting of sections of reports or briefs.

iii.    Assisting in the drafting as well as the monitoring of Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs).

iv.    Assisting in the analysis of proposals and use of resources of the regular budget, the regular budget supplementary account (RBSA), and other special resources to ensure compliance with ILO policy and programme priorities.
v.    Assisting in resource mobilization for ILO’s work on skills, youth and lifelong learning, including preparing tools to improve DC projects’ monitoring across the region.Contributing to the development of monthly DC and RBSA reports through Power BI.

vi.    Contributing to the preparation of periodic programme implementation reports, including the quarterly programme performance reports. 

vii.    Assisting in the preparation of briefs, webinars, periodical reports and any other document of the Africa Skills Hub and RPU. 

viii.    Assisting in drafting programming training materials, including on RBM, the ILO’s Service Tracker, theory of change and DWCP formulation.

ix.    Assisting in preparing ToR, concept notes, and evaluation documents.

x.    Providing any other support in other area of work for the RPU and Africa Skills Hub as may be required by the supervisors.

Required profile

Education

A university degree in Economics / Management/Political Science / Social Sciences or related fields. The candidate should be enrolled in their final year of graduate degree programme or should have completed such a programme no longer than 1 year ago. 

Experience

Experience in data analysis, quantitative and qualitative research, as well as programme management would be an advantage.

Languages

Fluency (both oral and written) in French or English. good knowledge of other language would be an advantage.

Competencies

The candidate is expected to demonstrate and be guided by ILO competencies, specifically:
o    Adaptable to an international, multicultural and multilingual environment; 
o    Good communication skills, both written and verbal;
o    Strong orientation to learning and knowledge sharing;
o    Capacity to work on own initiative as well as cooperate as a team member; and
o    Sensitivity to diversity as well as gender equality issues.
•    Additional requirements: Take initiative and responsibility for high-quality outputs and meet deadlines; knowledge of statistical software; experience in research and data analysis.