Overview
Provide leadership, coordination, support, and assistance for the timely implementation of Migration, Business and Human Rights (MBHR) Projects in Malaysia.
Key Responsibilities
- Pro-actively leads discussions and negotiations with the private sector, public sector, and civil society partners on corporate responsibility and modern slavery.
- Pro-actively leads formation of partnerships with public and private sector, including development of MOUs.
- Participation in relevant private sector working groups on corporate responsibility and irregular migration.
- Stay abreast of the landscape of potential and relevant partners to strengthen stakeholder capacity.
- Monitor progress of MBHR projects, including private sector partnerships, and activities.
- Assemble and edit basic data required for planning and negotiation of project activities.
- Initiate the design of relevant research activities on the intersection of migration, environment and climate change.
- Develop communications and promotional products and materials.
- Designing and conducting/helping conduct relevant training courses.
- Assess training programs’ effectiveness, success, and periodically report on them.
- Prepare training work plans including logistics and budget.
- Provide technical and backstopping support to various teams in the mission.
- Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
Required Experience
- Significant experience liaising with - and proven networking experiences in - the private sector, governmental and diplomatic authorities, as well as with international institutions;
- Experience in developing and implementing programs related to labor migration, international labor recruitment and corporate sustainability and compliance programs;
- Experience in investigation and conduct of legal cases and dispute resolution;
- Experience in work related to access to justice or remedy;
- Experience in program management, project development and implementation, analysis and evaluation, including budget planning and monitoring;
- Experience in facilitation and training of large groups, diverse groups, and groups of senior level executives as well as experience with innovative training, facilitation approaches and training designer.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree from an accredited academic institution in law, social sciences, economics or other relevant disciplines; or University degree with minimum two years of relevant professional experience.
