Employment and Reintegration Services Coordinator

Job Description

Employment and Reintegration Services Coordinator – 1 position(s) – Open For All

Duty Station: Ministry of Youth, Labour and Employment (MoYLE), Singha durbar, Kathmandu

Job Description

Job purpose: The primary purpose of this position is to work closely with MoYLE to support policy, guidelines and procedures that enhance efficient and effective public employment services delivery at Employment, Skills and Entrepreneurship Centers (ESECs) in Nepal, including support for reintegration of returnee migrants. The role aims to strengthen the ESECs across Nepal to ensure its full function and provide holistic and quality services on public employment services, including labour, employment, migration and reintegration. Additionally, it involves contributing to the promotion of productive domestic and foreign employment opportunities while fostering synergies with relevant development partners.

Roles and Responsibilities

Specific roles and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Coordination, Collaboration and Networking

• Support MoYLE to organise the thematic committee meeting on labour and employment, public employment services, and digitalization; follow up on the decisions of the committee and ensure that the key related agenda are discussed in the meeting.

• Enhance inter-ministry coordination and coordinate with government and stakeholders at all levels to strengthen policies, procedures, and guidelines, particularly related to public employment services (including migration and reintegration) and digitalization.

• Effective coordination and facilitation among various departments, projects (ReMi, SaMi, K-HaMi and other relevant projects), and development partners (SDC, World Bank, ILO, FCDO, KOICA, JICA, ADB) within MoYLE, as well as across provincial and local governments and local-level associations.

• Enhance program complementarity and strategic coherence with all relevant projects through aligned government strategies, policies, guidelines, communication on public employment services, labour migration and reintegration services.

• Facilitate aligned support from relevant projects and development partners to MoYLE and the ESECs to improve governance, operations, and financing frameworks of the ESECs.

• Engage with the Foreign Employment Board, Department of Foreign Employment, and others in planning, monitoring and implementation of integrated public employment services, integration of digital systems and implementation of respective reintegration programs, ensuring that ReMi interventions are aligned and coordinated with all other related programs and projects.

• Coordinate with all levels of government to establish one door ESEC and digitalization.

2. Technical assistance

• Review any available research, labour market analyses, the employment services assessments, etc to inform and facilitate policy and programmatic discussion within the Ministry, projects and with development partners.

• Draw learning and experiences of ReMi project and support MoYLE to incorporate the learning in reintegration, public employment service and private sector related policies, guidelines and programs.

• Be updated on various inter-governmental regional consultative processes and inform/sensitize senior government officials about the importance of and engagement in such platforms.

3. Institutional and Operational Mechanism to Strengthen ESECs

• Support MoYLE for coordination and consultation with different divisions, sections and institutions providing reintegration and public employment service to review the service packages of ESECs and support to enhance and clarify the role and responsibilities of ESECs.

• Support MoYLE to develop and implement capacity building strategy for updated labour, employment, migration, reintegration and public employment services provided through the ESECs including scope of work, resources (human, technical and financial) required, implementation of standard operating procedures, and monitoring and quality assurance frameworks.

• Support MoYLE in developing and implementing the digitalisation plan related to labour, employment, migration and reintegration in close coordination with digitalization specialist.

• Identify opportunities for systematic engagement with private sector, the formalization of linkages and referrals with relevant public and private sectors, and the employers’ associations, cooperatives, and other relevant member-based organizations.

4. Coordination support for ReMi Project

• Work as a facilitator between ReMi project and the MoYLE in coordination with Deputy Team Leader and other ReMi team members.

• Facilitate communication and collaboration between ReMi PSU team and concerned Ministries/Departments at federal level as required.

• Facilitate and support MoYLE on planning and budgeting in relation to the project mandate.

• Extend support on public finance management including planning and reporting.

• Support the ReMi team by providing policy-related information, facilitation, and timely updates on policy changes and processes at MoYLE and other relevant ministries concerning labor, employment, migration, and reintegration.

• Support to organize steering/advisory committee meetings and other meetings with MoYLE.

5. Compliance to policies, rules/regulations, and guidelines

• Adhere to relevant policies, procedures, regulations and guidelines of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation (Code of Conduct; NPR-Nepal; Finance Manual; Security Response Guide; Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Guide; Mobbing, Sexual Harassment & Abuse of Authority; Code of Conduct Against Corruption etc.) and other specific policies applicable for ReMi.

• Ensure Conflict Sensitive Program Management at all levels.

• Ensure compliance of all the terms and conditions agreed between HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Nepal and the donor.

6. Other Specific Responsibilities

• Professionally discharge other mutually agreed tasks assigned by the ReMi Deputy Team Leader.

Job Requirements:

• A. Minimum Education Attainment: Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Economics, Development Cooperation or in any relevant discipline.

• B. Minimum Professional Experience: Minimum 5 years of working experience in project/ programme with at least 3 years dedicated experience in governance, public policy development, employment services and private sector engagement. Having experience in labour migration and working with government system is an added value. Commitment towards gender equality, social inclusion and poverty reduction; and sensitivity towards migrant workers and their families.

C. Required Competencies:

• Ability of working in a complex multi-stakeholder project with public institution and systems building objectives.

• Sound understanding on migration, reintegration and social protection are an added value.

• Knowledge on project cycle management, including outcome/results-based project implementation, monitoring and reporting.

• Strong social skills for collaboration with wide variety of stakeholders including three levels of government agencies, national and international development partners, private sector and civil society.

• Strong understanding on governance system, particularly on the federal context of Nepal.

• Strong networking skills, ability to link various actors and institutions.

• Strong communication, negotiation and facilitating skills.

• Excellent analytical, conceptual and programmatic competencies.

• Excellent reporting and writing skills.

• Strong motivator, a team player, and collaborator. .

• Commitment towards gender equality, social inclusion, and poverty reduction.

• Fluency in English and Nepali, both written and orally is essential.

• Knowledge on digitalization will be an added value.

• IT: Proficiency in using office application software.

Additional Information

Duration: Initially for 3 years

Salary and Benefits: As per the rules and regulation of Helvetas Nepal.

Application Procedures: Interested candidates who meet above requirements are requested to visit our website at http://apply.helvetasnepal.org and submit application through online portal. Detail job description is available on the website.

Any telephone inquiries and/or attempts to apply undue influence will result disqualification of candidates. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the selection process. Helvetas Nepal reserves the right to reject any or all applications without assigning any reasons.

Helvetas Nepal promotes workforce diversity and applies positive discrimination to candidates from discriminated groups (Women, Dalit, Janajati, Madhesi/Terai, and other minority communities).

Application Deadline: September 20, 2026
To apply for this job please visit apply.helvetasnepal.org.