CTA Job Description - International Labour Organization

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Project duration
Duty station
Duration of post
Title of position
Grade
Starting date
4 years
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
12 months (with the possibility of extension)
Statistician
NOB
01 February 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter
1. Background
The International Labour Organization has recently entered into a partnership with the MasterCard
Foundation called the "Work4Youth" (W4Y) Project. The project, which began in June 2011 and will
run through May 2016, will be instrumental in strengthening the capacity of the ILO to deliver
services to constituents in the priority area of youth employment. 28 target countries – five
countries across four regions and eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa – have been invited to
engage with the ILO in the programme.
The immediate objective of the project is to "strengthen knowledge of the youth employment
challenge at global, regional and national levels supports the shaping of evidence-based policies
and programmes". The main topic is the transition of young people from school to the labour
market. One of the core outputs that will help to meet the objective is the running of the ILO's
school-to-work transition survey (SWTS). The surveys – one household survey of young men and
women aged 15 to 29 years and one establishment survey of employers of youth – are to be run
twice in each selected country over the five-year period of the project. Final reports, presenting
and analysing survey results will be written in association with each survey; national workshops to
discuss findings and develop progress in policy design and implementation will be organized in each
of the target countries; regional reports will be written to broadcast a synthesis of regional trends
(ten reports in total); five thematic reports will be written that explore particular transition-related
topics in greater depth; a global database of SWTS indicators will be developed; and all of this will
feed into the ILO flagship publication, the Global Employment Trends for Youth reports of 2012 and
2014.
The candidate will be based in Dar es Salaam but will oversee the school-to-work transition surveys
in five countries, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. S/he will report administratively to
the Director of the ILO Country Office for the United Republic of Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and
Uganda, but for technical work, will report to the Senior Research Specialist of the Work4Youth
project at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva

2. Description of the position and specific duties
Duties:
Coordination, planning and implementation of school-to-work transition surveys (SWTS) in
the above-mentioned countries, both on technical and administrative/financial sides.
Strengthening capacities and assistance to the ILO partners involved in the project: assisting
in design of sampling frames, adaptation of survey questionnaires; providing training on
data entry and tabulation, if needed.
Organize hiring of final report writers of the SWTS in each country covered by the project
and oversee production of reports.
Develop partnerships with Government Ministries (especially Ministry of Labour and
National Statistical Offices), employers’ organizations and trade unions, civil society
organizations, including youth organizations, research institutions and various United
Nations agencies.
Technical support, advice, and coaching provided to the tripartite partners to ensure that
capacities- both functional and substantive - are in built to enable them to carry out their
mandates and functions more effectively.
Adapt ILO global tools to national circumstances, as well as apply them and monitor their
application.
Prepare, manage and keep up to date a finance and administration system that facilitates a
proper reporting and effective interface with the administration and finance system of the
ILO.
Develop a knowledge management and sharing strategy of the programme, including
information materials and research.
Perform other tasks related to project objectives as requested by the ILO Country Director.
3. Required qualifications/application process
Education:
Advanced university degree in Statistics or Economy with a specialization in quantitative techniques
(preferably in statistics) or any other degree considered equivalent
Languages: Excellent command of English is required.
Experience: The candidate should have at least Three years relevant knowledge and experience in
the design, the collection and the analysis of statistical data, especially data coming from
household and/or establishment surveys

Competencies:
He/she must have the ability to work with statistical software as SPSS and STATA and to write
statistical reports and other technical documents. Work experience with governmental and/or
international organizations in the area of labour statistics. The candidate must be available to travel
abroad. Candidates having solid experience in the design and implementation of labour force
surveys will be an asset.
Applications: Applications including a one-page essay detailing how their work experience and
qualifications meet the specific duties of this post to be submitted to statisticiandar@ilo.org 03
January 2012.