International Labour Organization (ILO) – North Star Skills for Development

ILO SEEKS External Collaborator for Project in Uganda

Hello friends:

My former colleagues at the ILO have another wonderful opportunity to work with them. This time it is in Uganda. Sadly, in my career, I never made it to Uganda. The closest I got to was Malawi, but then I also worked in Nigeria and Ghana too and visited many more.

See their opportunity posting here. Just cut and paste the link to your browser.

📢 Call for External Collaborator | International Expert

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is seeking an International Expert to support Employment Services Delivery in Uganda.

The consultant will provide technical expertise for the design, preparation, facilitation and follow-up of an Employment Service Delivery Bootcamp in Uganda under the ILO PROSPECTS Programme. The assignment will help strengthen the operational effectiveness, coordination and adaptability of organizations delivering employment services to refugees and host communities.

🗓 Deadline: 22 June 2026, 12:00 GMT+2
🔗 Apply via UNGM: https://lnkd.in/e2hbP5_A

Please share with qualified experts in employment services, refugee livelihoods, labour market inclusion and capacity development.

#ILO #Uganda #EmploymentServices #Refugees #HostCommunities #PROSPECTS #DecentWork #Consultancy #UNJobs #DevelopmentJobs

ILO Seeks a Senior Consultant

Hello all:

A former colleague of mine in the ILO shared the attached request. Please read it carefully before applying. You still have a week before the deadline. (See corrected link information below.)

📢 Call for External Collaborator | Monitoring and Evaluation of National Skills Policies

The ILO Skills and Employability Branch (SKILLS) is seeking a highly specialised expert with more than 15 years of experience to develop a practical Guide and Toolkit on Monitoring and Evaluation of National Skills Policies.

The product will form part of the Global Skills Policy Guide — a flagship deliverable of the Strategic Skills Partnership Initiative (SSPI), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ).

The consultant will be expected to develop:
👉 A concise M&E conceptual framework, including an illustrative theory of change
👉 A policy and system-level indicator framework covering six monitoring dimensions (access and equity; quality and relevance; labour market responsiveness; governance and coordination; financing; policy coherence)
👉 A suite of practical tools, grounded in five diverse country examples

The assignment is for 40 working days over approximately five months.

📅 Deadline to apply: 15 June 2026

➡️ Apply via UNGM or here: https://unjobs.org/vacancies/1779895933555

Assisting the ILO in Lebanon

Map of Lebanon showing major cities including Beirut, Tripoli, and Baalbeck, along with bordering countries Syria and Israel.

I am very pleased to be assisting the ILO in Lebanon. This assignment will involve synthesizing a comprehensive study of approximately 180 pages into a structured report of around 40 pages, while preserving analytical rigor, key evidence and policy relevance.

In March 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) began implementing ENABLE, a 3-year EU-funded programme to support sustainable livelihoods and access to decent work for social protection beneficiaries in Lebanon, particularly unskilled and unemployed youth, women and persons with disabilities. Within the National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS), it supports employment activation so beneficiaries move beyond assistance by building skills, gaining work experience and accessing sustainable employment.

The 2023–2024 war displaced more than 1.2 million people within Lebanon and damaged or destroyed nearly 64,000 buildings, disrupting education for hundreds of thousands of students and contributed with other crises to economic contraction and increased unemployment as well as labour migration.

Using desk research, key informant interviews (KIIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs), this assessment under ENABLE analyses post-war market trends across five key sectors to identify value-chain constraints and opportunities for job creation. The findings inform short-term employment initiatives and market-responsive training to address skills gaps and support labour-market inclusion of marginalized people, contributing to productive and decent employment, poverty reduction, inclusive recovery and resilience.

It is encouraging to see the ILO with EU support continuing its important work in Lebanon.

Another Exciting Opportunity with the International Labour Organization

Call for External Collaborator – Skills & International Labour Standards (ILS)

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is seeking an external collaborator to support a promotional initiative on international labour standards related to skills development and lifelong learning.

This assignment will contribute to strengthening the understanding, promotion, and practical use of key instruments such as Conventions No. 140 and No. 142, helping bridge the gap between standards and their application in policies and programmes.

The selected consultant will:
– Develop concise, user-friendly guidance for ILO specialists and constituents
– Translate complex normative frameworks into practical tools
– Produce communication materials to support engagement and visibility

🌍 This is a unique opportunity to contribute to advancing skills systems, lifelong learning, and the effective application of international labour standards globally.

📄 Full details and how to apply:
https://lnkd.in/dddbdgEa

📅 Deadline: 13 April 2026

In case you didn’t realize it, I like to promote engagement with the ILO whenever I can. I did many assignments with them over the years, in Afghanistan working on employment policy, in the Middle East reviewing competency standards development, and in Bangladesh as Chief Technical Advisor on the TVET Reform project. All were tremendously rewarding professionally, and the assignment described above looks that way too. Why not check it out?

And a reminder that my memoir, Overseas Adventures – From Afghanistan to Zambia and Points In-Between is available from my website or from AMAZON.

The ILO is seeking an External Collaborator

Announcement from the ILO Evaluation Office seeking a professional evaluator for the independent evaluation of the UNV/ILO Partnership on the Measurement of Volunteer Work, with a deadline of 19 March 2026.

You can find the vacancy announcement below.

https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/293597

Let me apologize for sharing this announcement rather late. Note the closing date is 19 March 2026.

This announcement is personally interesting to me for several reasons. First, I know some of the very talented and committed people in the Evaluation Office at the ILO. Second, my TVET project in Malawi some years ago benefited from the skills and enthusiasm of national UN Volunteers who worked to support our communications efforts. I have and still do recommend volunteering as an option for many persons interested in international development who need somewhere to start. (See some of my previous posts on this blog about this volunteering.)

Note: To access this assignment you have to go through the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) system and register. Registration is free and allows you access to the ILO procurement system. Instructions on how to do this are provided in English, French and Spanish at the above link.

GOOD LUCK >>>