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National Programme Coordinator

ILORiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Category | Grade:Professional | NO-BDeadline:10 Aug 2026Job ID:BEY/DC/2026/08Posted on:24 Jul 2026
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Overview

Leads daily delivery of ILO’s Saudi Vision 2030 decent-work programme, converting strategy into monitored workplans, coordinating government and social partners, directing events and capacity building, assuring external deliverables, managing implementation risks and finances, and supporting partnerships, funding and visibility.

Department: Regional Office for Arab States / Decent Work Team Beirut

Languages

Required: Arabic, English

Job Areas

  1. Programme & Project Management
  2. Policy & International Affairs

Minimum Experience

3 years

Estimated Salary

Not available

Responsibilities

  • Translate programme strategy into detailed implementation and monitoring plans
  • Draft programme frameworks, proposals, reports, briefs and technical documents
  • Maintain results frameworks, indicators, baselines and milestones
  • Coordinate government, employer, worker and UN stakeholders
  • Direct conferences, consultations, workshops and capacity-building events
  • Manage external terms of reference and quality-assure provider deliverables
  • Conduct monitoring missions and follow up corrective action on delivery risks
  • Support resource mobilisation, partnerships, administration, finance and programme visibility

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in economics, public policy, public administration, law, social sciences, development studies, international relations, business, management or a related field
  • At least three years of experience planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development-cooperation programmes
  • Experience using an enterprise resource planning system
  • Written and spoken Arabic and English
  • Saudi nationality

Skills

Programme CoordinationResults-Based ManagementWorkplan ManagementMonitoring and EvaluationPolicy DraftingStakeholder NegotiationCapacity BuildingRisk ManagementResource MobilisationFinancial Management

Tools

ERP SystemsWord ProcessingSpreadsheetsPresentation Software

Additional info

  • National officer position open to Saudi nationals
  • One-year fixed-term technical-cooperation appointment