ILO INTERNSHIP (General Technical) - SEA Fisheries Project, ILO Indonesia

ILO Indonesia is looking for a suitable candidate for a Project intern. More details are as follows :

Vacancy No:	Jakarta/2017/013	Date:	10 November 2017
Position title:	Project Intern – General Technical	Deadline for application:	1 December 2017
Project title:	SEA Fisheries Project	Organization unit:	ILO CO Jakarta
Grade:	Internship	Duty Station:	Jakarta, Indonesia
Contract type:	Internship
Duration:	4-6 months	Expected starting date:	8 January 2018 or earlier

For any questions related to this post, please contact: Ms Among RESI, National Project Officer, ILO CO Jakarta – resi@ilo.org.

 

1. Background

 

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a tripartite U.N. agency with government, employer, and worker representatives as its constituents. This tripartite structure makes the ILO a unique forum in which the governments and the social partners of the economy of its Member States can freely and openly debate and elaborate labour standards and policies. The ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste is carrying out a diverse programme of activities and projects related to issues such as employment, labour rights and standards, social protection and skills development in order to support Indonesia in its development of an inclusive, sustainable and job rich economy and society.

 

Indonesia is one of the priority countries under the SEA Fisheries Project, which aims to reduce trafficking and labour exploitation in fisheries by strengthening coordination at the national and regional levels.

 

Globally, over 54 million women and men work in fishing and aquaculture. The majority are in the Asia-Pacific region, home to around 87 percent of the world's fishers and 73 percent of its fishing vessels. In recent years, the trafficking of workers into fishing has emerged as an issue in Southeast Asia’s fishing and seafood industry.

 

Fishing is inherently hazardous, and it takes place in relative isolation and with unique practices in terms of working hours and wages. There are a weak legal framework and limited enforcement in the sector, complicated by jurisdictional challenges. There are strong links between illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the use of forced labour on board. The seafood supply chain is also one of the most complex global value chains, involving multiple sources and processing locations, some of which are mobile, as well as multiple markets with different consumer demands and preferences.

 

The work is often carried out by migrants, who are particularly vulnerable to being deceived and coerced in recruitment and employment. Workers are trafficked within the region, but also on vessels fishing all over the world. The work is highly segregated by gender, with women and children usually working in processing factories and less formal ‘peeling sheds’, while fishing is almost exclusively the domain of men.

 

The project is regional in nature, with a particular focus on Indonesia and Thailand. The project works on three key areas:

1. To establish a Regional Coordination Body, which will support existing national bodies to improve coordination in combating trafficking in the fisheries sector.

2. To coordinate strategies and to support the adoption of result-oriented and gender-responsive regional action plans that enhance complementarity and efficient of various initiatives on going to combat trafficking in the fisheries sector.

3. To commission and conduct independent research, and to provide a platform for knowledge sharing and enhancing communication.

2. The Assignment

 

To support the SEA Fisheries Project, the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste is offering an internship position to provide assistance to the work related to regional coordination, with a focus on mapping of activities related to trafficking and labour exploitation in fisheries in Southeast Asia. The assignment will support the development of the Regional Coordination Body and its regional and national work plans. The intern will coordinate contribute to data collection tool design, coordinate data gathering process, designing assessment approaches and liaise with constituents in the Southeast Asian region.

The intern will be based in Jakarta and report to National Project Officer. The position will require close coordination with the project team, colleagues based in ILO offices throughout Southeast Asia, as well as with government offices, NGO, and ILO’s tripartite constituents in the region. The intern may also be required to coordinate with the various technical specialist in SECTOR ILO HQ in Geneva, and backstopping officers both in the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste and at the ILO Regional Office for Asia Pacific.

 

Tasks

1. Together with the project team, support the design of a mapping tool and coordinate the data collection from Southeast Asia in relation to activities and projects at national and regional levels related to efforts to combat trafficking and labour exploitation in the fishing sector.
2. Support the project team in conducting and updating research in relation to activities and efforts to combat trafficking and labour exploitation in the fishing sector in Southeast Asia.
3. Contribute to the project's database management, baseline exercise, and good practices documentation.
4. Support knowledge management and sharing through providing inputs to a range of documents including briefing notes, press releases and the minutes of meetings, among others.
5. Support the preparation of documents for consultation meetings held at national and regional levels by the project.
6. Participate in tripartite reviews on technical cooperation activities and meetings and conferences in Jakarta.
7. Other relevant tasks requested by the Project Manager and the Director of the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

 

3. Experience and qualifications

Qualifications: The candidate must be enrolled in the final year of a post graduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme or equivalent), or in a higher degree programme, or have completed such programme in the year preceding the application. Courses in social sciences, development studies, anthropology, law, and/or public policy are desirable.  Experience in project coordination, monitoring and evaluation, or facilitating research on migration is desirable.

 

Competencies: Core competencies include adaptability, collaboration, communication, initiative, integrity, knowledge management, problem solving and decision making and sensitivity to diversity. The intern should be able to work independently as well as part of a team and be initiative and flexible.

 

Application: The ILO promotes equal employment opportunities. Therefore, qualified women and men are encouraged to apply and submit their application along with CV, other supporting documents and references, addressed to:

 

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE

Email: hrdjkt@ilo.org

Fax: +62 310 0766

 

Only qualified candidates will be notified.

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