Recruitment of an individual consultant to support ILO project on Making Just Transition Work through stronger Workers’ Organizations in chemical and pharmaceutical industries

Chemical and pharmaceutical industry has a relatively high environmental footprint, through its use of natural resources, the emission of greenhouse gases and the generation of contaminants, in particular through waste water. Acknowledging the adverse impact on the quality of working and living conditions and the unsustainable level of emissions, the industry has begun making efforts to reduce emissions and control pollution, whilst at the same time securing workers’ health and improving its overall contribution to the quality of the environment. 

This project intends to improve the technical knowledge, managerial capacity and policy influence of workers’ organizations in Malaysia and Vietnam in order to help in organizing workers to initiate and sustain social dialogue, to strengthen a network with community-based organisations for joint advocacy and campaign and to manage successful collective bargaining for a Just Transition, at enterprise and sector level.

The project is funded by the Japanese Government under the ILO-Japan partnership Programme.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is looking for a national expert to support the project in the impact assessment of the working conditions, review of the environmental challenges of the industry (with a focus on neighbouring areas), regulatory and compliance gaps, and market forces driving the industry towards sustainable business practices in Vietnam.

Type of contract: Excol contract.

Deadline for Submissions: Midnight (Hanoi time) on 10 April 2022

Address for Applications:

Interested candidates are required to send CVs and cover letters to ahn@ilo.org, with copy to trieu@ilo.org, kanokporn@ilo.org and pei@iloguest.org no later than 10 April, 2022 with subject “Make Just Transition work – impact assessment of environmental conditions on workers and review of environmental challenges of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in Vietnam”.

More information can be found in the attached TOR.