Social Protection

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Job Description

The incumbent will administratively report to the Director or Coordinator for the country in which the position will be based. Substantively, the incumbent will directly report to the Deputy Regional Director of the ILO in the Arab States. The incumbent will work under the technical guidance of the Senior Social Protection Specialist in ROAS and under the overall programmatic guidance of the PROSPECTS Chief Technical Advisor in the Arab States and the CTA of SIDA project (AP/Crisis). Close coordination will also be ensured with the Regional Crisis Response and Just Transition Specialists and with experts in SOCPRO, the global PROSPECTS team and AP-CRISIS ILO HQ teams.

Duties:

Support the development of ILO regional and country strategy on engagement in social protection in HDP nexus and crisis settings and in the context of climate change, in line with regional strategy in this field, including building on recommendations from recent Amman regional Nexus workshop related to social protection and the recent ILO HDNP strategic engagement review.
2. Under the guidance of the technical supervisor, the PROSPECTS Regional CTA and the HDPN CTA, coordinate the ILO engagement in social protection in HDP nexus and crisis settings and in the context of climate change. Steer strategic engagement with other ILO country teams, units, UN agencies, partners and donors relevant for humanitarian-development-peace coordination and just transition in social protection. Supervise the team of junior technical and administrative staff and consultant working in support of ILO engagement in these areas, as it may be required.
3. Support the regional office on the planning and delivery of key regional level activities in social protection in HDP nexus and crisis settings. Ensure effective interfacing and engagement with other regional initiatives and coordination platform through regional engagement on strategic and operational matters, including the Regional UN Issue Based Coalition on Social Protection and Jobs, the TRANSFORM initiative, the regional initiative with FAO on extending social security to agriculture workers in the MENA region, and other relevant ILO regional initiatives in the field of social protection.
4. Under the guidance of the technical supervisor, the PROSPECTS Regional CTA and the HDPN CTA, provide support to ILO country teams on social protection programming in HDP nexus and crisis settings. Support the ILO PROSPECTS programme teams in Jordan and Lebanon in the design, implementation and evaluation of the social protection components within Multi-annual Country Programmes (MACPs). Support relevant countries (Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Jordan and Sria) in the operationalization of the social protection component of the country action programmes developed at the Amman Nexus workshop.
5. Provide country teams, constituents and partners, including humanitarian partners, with technical assistance for the advancement of ILO social security standards in fragile and crisis context and support dialogue and engagement with humanitarian and development stakeholders for the advancement of a rights-based social protection agenda in crisis and fragility settings, and in the context of climate change.
6. Promote linkages and integration between social protection and broader decent work agenda in crisis contexts. Promote the extension of social protection coverage in crisis context, including amongst refugee populations, assess the impact of improved access to social protection and other social protection benefits on both refugees and host communities, and support innovation in the articulation of livelihoods and social protection interventions delivered by the ILO and its partners
7. Develop guidance materials, tools, approaches and reference documents on social protection topics relevant to the areas of focus of the assignment. Develop good practices and knowledge products in relation with the contribution to social protection in the HDPN and to feed into the Global HDPN Knowledge hub and PROSPECT knowledge management processes.
8. Provide technical inputs into regional dialogue under both programmes as well as other regional plaforms as required. Support the organization of regional and country level meetings and events for interchange of experiences, organize and support peer-to-peer learning, exchange and knowledge development initiatives for ILO constituents and partners across the region. Support ILO engagement in global and regional fora and platforms that are relevant to the topic.
9. Support and facilitate partners engagement, communication, reporting, planning and resource mobilization efforts for ILO social protection work in HDP nexus and crisis settings and in the context of climate change and environmental degradation.
10. Undertake such other tasks and responsibilities as may be assigned.

Required qualifications:

Education:

Advanced university degree in the relevant field (such as economics, social policy, development studies and/or other relevant social sciences field), with demonstrated expertise on social protection issues.
A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in one of the afore-mentioned fields or other relevant field with an additional two years of relevant experience, in addition to the required experience stated below, will be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Experience:

At least five years of relevant professional experience with thematic emphasis on social protection.
Experience with articulating social protection strategies in humanitarian-development and peace, displacement and/or climate change contexts would be an advantage.
Experience with social protection systems in MENA and Arab States region would be an advantage.
Exposure with UN coordination and donor engagement would be an advantage.

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