Enabling Environment for Responsible Global Supply Chains

Promoting sustainable and responsible enterprises is about strengthening the institutions and governance systems which nurture enterprises – strong and efficient markets need strong and effective institutions. Enterprises are eager to find innovative ways to approach the challenges and opportunities as presented under the Future of Work Initiative. The Enterprises Department is at the forefront of the dialogue with enterprises and their workers so that human, financial and natural resources are respectfully, equitably and efficiently used in order to achieve innovation and enhanced productivity for competitive markets and prosperous societies.  The Enterprises Department’s work areas cover Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises, Multinational Enterprises, Employment Injury Protection and Green Jobs.

The position will be located within the Global Employment Injury Programme (GEIP). The ILO's (GEIP) is anchored in the Enterprises Department to strengthen the synergies between ILO’s know-how on employment injury protection and on enterprises. The ILO's GEIP is focussed on insurance and social protection in case of work injury (GEIP) to promote better conditions in the world of work through adequate, sustainable and affordable employment injury benefits along occupational prevention and safety. Through its GEIP, the ILO will lead policy debates at the global level, namely in the context of global fora such as the G20 and others, and deliver technical assistance to design, implement and assist reforms to improve employment injury protection for all workers. It works in close partnership with other ILO units, such as Better Work, and OSH units and others.

As an intern in Global Employment Injury Programme, you will be exposed to a whole range of areas such as the analysis for establishing, extending or reforming employment injury insurance schemes and/or to strengthen the prevention and operational framework relevant to employment injuries in ILO member States.

You would be gaining experience in working with specialists who are involved in the following tasks: assistance with the preparation of training materials on legal, financing and administration of employment injury insurance schemes including their prevention and inspection and other inter-related actions at the enterprises’ workplace level; learn methodologies and techniques for analysing the legislative framework and in modelling the current and future cost and the financing of employment injury insurance schemes; and about the principles which should guide the development and extension of national social security systems which include employment injury insurance schemes.

Under overall guidance of the Head, Global Employment Injury Programme Unit and programme specialists, the intern will perform the following tasks:

• Contribute to the research to survey country experiences with employment injury insurance pricing and experience rating;
• Conduct research on national social protection schemes, with particular focus on benefits and coverage in the event of accidents at work and occupational diseases, with the aim of supplying a bank of good practices
• Contribute to the research to survey country accident incidence rates by sector and occupation groups;
• Targeted involvement in multi-disciplinary working groups (actuaries, doctors, lawyers) to discuss national measures to meet the requirements of the ILO Conventions related to employment injury insurance
• Contribute to the preparation of a toolkit aimed at assisting States and social partners in bringing their laws and practices in line with the ILO's fundamental principles in the field of employment injury scheme
• Support to the global campaign for the ratification and application of Convention No. 121 (benefits in the event of accidents at work and occupational diseases). In this context you will be invited to drafting working, research and analysis papers to identify the extent to which the countries targeted by the campaign are in compliance with the provisions of the Convention and what, if any, areas in which corrective action should be taken ;
• Contribute to the preparation of project proposals and support to project implementation;
• Support to the implementation and maintenance of the Global Employment Injury Programme website.
• Other tasks related to the programme

Interns should expect to devote 10 per cent to 20 per cent of their time to administrative tasks.

Law, occupational safety and health (OSH), mathematics, engineering, actuarial science or economics.The candidate should be enrolled in their final year of a graduate degree programme or should have completed such a programme no longer than 1 year ago (mandatory).

Any relevant work experience and knowledge in a policy area related to employment injury and prevention would be an asset.

Good knowledge of English is required (both oral and written); knowledge of French, Arabic or Spanish is an asset.

Adaptable to an international, multicultural and multilingual environment, good communication skills and be able to work in a team. Experience in quantitative research or policy and data analysis would be an asset.