Consultant for Development of WEWB Staff Capacity Development and Training Plan

Job description

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations and the leading UN agency in the field of migration. Bangladesh is one of the world's largest labour-sending countries, and labour migration continues to make an important contribution to national development.

The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE) provides policy leadership on labour migration and migrant welfare. The Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB), an affiliated institution of MoEWOE, plays a key role in delivering welfare, assistance and reintegration-related services to Bangladeshi migrant workers and returnees. IOM is seeking a Consultant to develop WEWB's Staff Capacity Development and Annual Professional and Technical Training Plan, working with technical support from IOM and in close coordination with MoEWOE and WEWB.

Responsibilities

• Review the OIDF process, findings and priority areas identified by WEWB, together with relevant institutional documents, organograms and policies
• Review relevant Government and IOM policies and frameworks related to institutional development and migration governance
• Review existing staff categories, functional responsibilities and available training/capacity-building practices within WEWB
• Develop methodology and tools for assessing professional, technical, managerial and service-delivery capacity needs of WEWB staff
• Conduct consultations, key informant interviews and focus group discussions with WEWB management, staff, MoEWOE, IOM and other stakeholders
• Identify capacity gaps by staff category, function and level, including immediate, medium-term and recurring professional-development needs
• Develop a structured capacity-development framework aligned with WEWB's priority areas
• Define priority competency areas and recommended learning objectives for relevant staff categories
• Propose capacity-building modalities including technical training, orientation, refresher training, coaching/mentoring and peer learning
• Develop a phased implementation plan for the capacity-development framework

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in human resource development, organizational development, public administration, public policy, development studies, migration studies, management, or a related field
• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in institutional capacity development, organizational development, human resource development, training needs assessment, or public-sector reform
• Demonstrated experience developing institutional capacity-development plans, competency frameworks or training strategies
• Experience conducting training needs assessments and facilitating consultations with government institutions and senior stakeholders
• Knowledge of Bangladesh's public-sector institutional context; knowledge of labour migration, migrant welfare and reintegration is an advantage
• Excellent analytical, report-writing, facilitation and communication skills in English and Bangla

Skills

• Capacity Building
• Organizational Development
• Report Writing
• Stakeholder Facilitation
• Training Needs Assessment