Administrative Consultant for Operational Project Setup in Uzbekistan

Background

About Better Work

We mobilize global brands, governments, factory owners and workers to improve working conditions, drive competitiveness and create a more equitable, more prosperous world.

The Power of Convening

As a partnership between the UN’s International Labour Organization and the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation, we know how to bring diverse groups together to create positive action that improves working conditions while stimulating productivity and competitiveness.

A Proven Approach

We create lasting, measurable change by empowering factories to improve the working conditions in their facilities. Our assessments are the global gold standard for rigour and integrity. Our training programs and advisory services change attitudes as well as behaviours.

National Action/ Global Influence

Through our comprehensive, university-led research, and by sharing best practices from our on-the-ground experience, we are able to shape the agenda well beyond the countries in which we work, influencing governments, brands and policy makers to make improving working conditions a top priority

Purpose

Our work and our research have demonstrated – to employers, unions, global brands and governments – that improving working conditions and defending the rights of workers benefits all of us. We’ve improved the lives of more than 3 million workers, and millions more family members, while enhancing the profitability of their employers. There is no trade-off between better work and better business.

For more information about Better Work please see www.betterwork.org.

Scope of Work

Better Work is setting up a new project in Uzbekistan. To this end, support is required to set up the new office and programme infrastructure. Hence, Better Work is seeking to contract a consultant for a short-term (3 months) contract to help with the following tasks:

• Help to establish the new programme office in Tashkent, including procurement of office equipment and supplies;
• Organise transportation for new programme team in Tashkent and other parts of the country by preparing required documents as per ILO rules and regulations and help with any practical needs to organize these missions;
• Manage and maintain all project administrative and financial files and records;
• Provide administrative support to businesses seeking enrollment with the Better Work programme and help manage communication with them
• Help to organize workshops and meetings with programme constituents;
• Help to manage communication and coordination with other ILO and IFC teams in country;
• Help with any other administrative, finance or logistics challenge that the new team will face.

Qualification and Experience

• Uzbek national
• Fluent in Uzbek, Russian and English in written and oral language
• Qualification and experience in administration, finance, office management, logistics

Application

Interested candidates should submit their application with CV, proof of qualifications and cover letter expressing interest to: uzbekistan@betterwork.org by 9 June 2023.

Non-Disclosure Agreement

1. Confidential Information.
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