Int'l Labour Org Subregional office for the Caribbean

The International Labour Organization (ILO)was founded in 1919 and became a specialized agency of the United Nations in 1946. Within the UN system, the ILO has a unique tripartite structure with workers and employers participating as equal partners with governments. As of January 2008, the ILO has 181 member States.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues.

In promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, the organization continues to pursue its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity. Today, the ILO helps advance the creation of decent jobs and the kinds of economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress.

The ILO’s Subregional Office for the Caribbean was established in 1969 and is based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. It serves 13 member States and 8 non-metropolitan territories in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean.

The paramount consideration in the filling of any vacancy shall be the necessity to obtain a staff of the highest standards of competence, efficiency and integrity. Recognition will be given to the need to take into account considerations of gender and age. In the Subregional Office for the Caribbean ,every official is required to possess a fully satisfactory knowledge of English. Knowledge of either Spanish or French may be an advantage.

Without prejudice to the foregoing, officials shall be selected without discrimination on the basis of age, race, gender, religion, colour, national extraction, social origin, marital status, pregnancy, family responsibilities, sexual preference, disability, union membership or political conviction. The ILO is a no-smoking environment.