Junior Professional Officer in Labour Law

Junior Professional Officer in Labour Law position at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Switzerland. The role supports the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) with legal research and analysis on international labour standards, including employment policy, vocational training, and specific worker categories.

This position supports the Committee of Experts (CEACR) by conducting legal research and analysis on international labour standards, focusing on employment policy, vocational training, social policy, specific worker groups, and tripartite consultations. The role contributes to the ILO’s mission of promoting decent work through evidence-based policy analysis and technical support.

Responsibilities

• Carry out legal research and produce comparative analyses and draft documents for the CEACR on international labour standards covering employment policy, vocational training, social policy, specific worker categories, and tripartite consultations.
• Assess whether integrated employment policies support decent work, evaluate how economic growth leads to improved job quality, and analyze challenges related to tripartron consultations and worker groups such as domestic and home-based workers, including impacts of telework.
• Research, analyze, and draft responses to requests from ILO field offices and stakeholders regarding draft legislation and policy related to ILO instruments.
• Prepare briefing notes on specific thematic issues for selected member States.
• Review and analyze government reports on the application of ratified ILO Conventions, taking into account recent national policy changes, legal frameworks, new work arrangements, informal economy issues, and macro-employment policies that support formalization.
• Analyze reports from governments, employers, and workers’ organizations for the CEACR’s General Survey on the Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158) and Recommendation (No. 166), and assist in compiling, organizing, and interpreting the collected information.
• Support ILO events and meetings, including the Governing Body and the International Labour Conference, by contributing to note-taking, material preparation, drafting minutes, and providing input for the EMPGOV team.