The International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITC-ILO) is the training arm of the ILO, the Specialized Agency of the United Nations, which promotes social justice and human rights in the world of work. The ITC-ILO delivers training, learning and capacity development services to governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, and other national and international partners, in support of decent work and sustainable development. Its mission is to provide people with access to digitally-enhanced capacity development services to successfully manage their future of work transitions. The Centre leverages global alliances and partnerships to deliver hundreds of training activities each year, covering topics like employment promotion, international labour standards, social protection, social dialogue, innovation, gender equality and diversity, sustainable development, and the future of work. The training centre offer academies, on-line, face-to-face and blended courses.

The position is located in the Development and Investment Programme (DEVINVEST).
Within the Centre, the DEVINVEST Programme supports young leaders in the world of work to explore the social dimension of sustainable development and devise systemic and integrated approaches to promote social justice. Highlighting the ILO’s contributions to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, DEVINVEST Programme motivates future leaders in the world of work to leverage synergies that connect Sustainable Development Goal 8 to all of the other Goals for the benefit of their communities of reference.

Under the close supervision of the DEVINVEST Programme Manager, the incumbent supports developing relationships in the academic world, develops training activities and capacity development services of international global competence development initiatives for future leaders in the world of work for sustainable development and social justice. For the past three years the DEVINVEST Programme has been implementing piloting activities in partnership with Chinese Universities and plans to consolidate its offer in China and expand the initiative in the Global South.

Specifically, the incumbent:
• Selects, organizes and summarizes background information to describe the over-all situation or developments relevant to a specific technical area, and prepares comments on the improvement of training materials, the development of new courses, and on potential promotional activities related to specific courses in the technical area;
• Assesses local conditions for the organization and implementation of training activities, courses and workshops in a country, region or global, and informs resource persons, experts and course participants about course objectives, and the logistical arrangements and internal procedures related to the implementation and evaluation of specific training courses;
• Develops course curricula, training material (including on-line), promotional materials, schedules, and methods for the implementation of training courses;
• Acts as activity manager or co-manager, organizes, delivers, monitors, prepares reports, evaluates and facilitates the implementation of training activities (blended, distance and face-to-face), identifies problems, and proposes action to expedite and maximize delivery and to ensure technical quality;
• Actively contributes to financial resource mobilization through drafting project proposals for advisory services, training and capacity building activities in the field of DEVINVEST;
• Performs other related duties as required.