Vacancies at United Nations, other foreign and local government institutions in India⁠— in top job vacancies this week

Every month a million people in India turn 18, ready to take up jobs. And millions of jobs are posted across hundreds of search engines. Every week, Business Insider collates some interesting vacancies across marquee organisations. This week we bring interesting job openings across international institutions as well as in local government.

Here a few of those opportunities:

UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

Position: National Consultant
Location: Delhi
Experience: Minimum 5 years
Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree or above in Business, Public Administration or Social Sciences.

The United Nations' global development network UNDP is hiring for the role of National Consultant. The job will require extensive knowledge on gender diversity in South Asia — and adaptability on culture, race and nationality front.

The consultant will facilitate interactions, meetings, events around Women Empowerment, along with coordinating with partner programmes. He will conduct background research on women empowerment, fact sheets and related media updates and launches.

The candidate will also be required to create a database of the WEA programme indicators for monitoring and reporting.

To apply for the job, the candidate should have strong writing skills and experience with software packages along with research capabilities.

Interested candidates can apply here.

British High Commission in India

Position: Programme Officer-Chevening Scholarships Team
Location: Delhi
Experience: Not specified
Eligibility: Not specified

The British High Commission in India is looking to hire a Programme Officer to manage all programme and administrative aspects of the Chevening Scholarship programme delivered by them. The selected candidate will be responsible for managing candidate queries on visa, along with handling end to end logistics — from selection to departure.

The candidate will also look after the shortlisting process, arrange interviews and pre-departure events. He will also be responsible for creating content for social media, press. The role will also demand maintaining an alumni database.

The candidate should be skilled in writing and editing along with computer literacy.

Interested candidates can apply here.

High Commission of Canada in India

Position: Recruitment Officer
Location: Delhi
Experience: Not Specified
Eligibility: Master’s degree

The Government of Canada is inviting applications for Recruitment Officer group. The applicant will be responsible for managing the recruitment and selection process for the High Commission’s staff including middle and junior level positions

He will also be responsible for induction program for new employees, maintain their database and the exit formalities of all employees. The candidate must possess good communication skills.

Interested candidates can apply here.

International Labour Organisation

Position: Labour Law and Labour Standards Specialist
Location: Delhi
Experience: Minimum 8 years
Eligibility: University degree in law

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is looking for a Labour Law and Labour Standards Specialist. The role includes developing technical advisory and promotional activities, including seminars, workshops, lectures and discussion groups.

The selected candidate will have to formulate policies and applications as per the international labour standards and the strengthening of labour practices via development cooperation activities. He will also be required to work on legal frameworks.

Interested candidates can apply here by January 8, 2020.

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Position: Research Associate,Research Assistant
Location: Delhi
Experience: Fresher
Eligibility: M.Phil, Ph.D, M.A

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is a public university, hiring research assistants for a project titled "Assistive Technology, Assistive Technology Services Framework and Artificial Intelligence Applications for People with Disabilities: A Cross-National Study". The applicants will be responsible for researching the policies in social sciences with government aid.

The candidate should possess analytical skills.

Interested candidates can apply here by December 31, 2019.