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Local Consultant to Support Advisory services for Better Factories Cambodia

with International Labour Organisation
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Local Consultant to Support Advisory services for Better Factories Cambodia

Announcement Description

Background

The garment, textile, footwear sector remains the heart of the Cambodian economy, generating 74% export earnings, formally employing more than 650,000 Cambodians, the majority of whom are women. It is estimated that each garment worker supports another three to four family members. This means that two million Cambodians depend on the garment sector for their livelihoods.

Since 2001, Better Factories Cambodia has joined with workers, employers and government to improve working conditions and boost the competitiveness of the garment industry. Originally, the project was linked to an innovative trade agreement between the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) with the United States that provided market access in return for improving working conditions in the garment sector. After the expiration of the trade agreement in 2004, the Cambodian Government, together with unions and employers, requested the ILO to continue with the implementation of the programme.

As its longest running programme, Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) is in many ways the driving force behind Better Work and has inspired the establishment of the programme in nine other countries. Central elements of the programme’s approach began in Cambodia: from cultivating social dialogue through worker-management committees, to offering factories tailored advisory services to help them solve their own labour rights’ challenges or using public reporting to spur improvements in factory working conditions and workplace environment across the industry. The programme currently covers over 550 factories and has close collaboration with over 200 of those factories where it helps systems of social dialogue to help solve workplace issues.

Bid Components

Local Consultant to Support Advisory services for Better Factories Cambodia

  • Career Category: Consultancy
  • Location: Phnom Penh

Objective

BFC’s main core services are assessment, advisory and training. BFC is recruiting for an enterprise advisor maternity cover. The role of the enterprise advisor is to work with factories through the worker-management committees, providing professional level enterprise advisory services to support remediation and enterprise improvement. For each advisory factory, progress reports will be written, which are accessed by enterprises, international buyers.

Reporting/supervision

The Better Factories Cambodia Enterprise Advisor will report to a team leader who is based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Guidance and advice on technical procedural aspects of the work are received as required. Judgement, initiative and creativity required in translating projec­t tools and approaches the ­­­enterprise level. The work product is controlled by the supervisor for technical soundness and appropriateness.

Proposed period and duration of assignment

The contract will commence to carry out this advisory task on 01 May 2023 and will be completed on 30 September 2023. This timeline can be modified through mutual agreement, but the finished date should be no later than 30 September 2023.

Qualification and Selection Criteria

  • Experience in working with worker manager committees to build good social dialogue in factory or any organization
  • Two year experience in proving the training/capacity building and facilitation skills
  • Understanding of labour law and occupational health and safety, and labor standard in factory context
  • Understanding of gender equality and inclusiveness in the workplace

Submission Requirements

Interested consultants are requested to submit an expression of interest by 15 March 2023, including a

  • Proposal and consultancy fee
  • Portfolio of previous similar works
  • List of produced training materials (or equivalent)

The expression of interest shall be sent to email provided in the contact details.

Confidentiality Statement

All data and information received for the purpose of this assignment are to be treated confidentially and are only to be used in connection with the execution of these Terms of Reference. All intellectual property rights arising from the execution of these Terms of Reference are assigned to IFC and ILO. The contents of written materials obtained and used in this assignment may not be disclosed to any third parties without the express advance written authorization of the IFC and ILO.

 
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  • International Labour Organisation
 
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