UN CAREER in siring a Programme Assistant – Business Relations – G6 (DC) 2023 in Dhaka

UN CAREER in siring a Programme Assistant – Business Relations – G6 (DC) 2023 in Dhaka

Job Responsibilities:

• Support the business relations team in establishing and maintaining progressive relationships with buyers, other stakeholders, and business, following the planned outcomes and activities.
• Track and monitor challenges and opportunities in business relations activities using systematic tools, provide timely updates to supervisor and relevant business stakeholders.
• Facilitate response to the inquiries from business and support internal communication and planning in areas needed in a timely and systematic manner.
• Plan for meetings, calls and events with business, as required by the program work plan. Support the development of agenda and take notes on substantial matters for internal review.
• Act as one of the focal team members for information exchanges on business relations activities. Collects and drafts case studies, articles and feature stories that highlight the priorities and impact of relationship management.
• Support business in accessing information from Better Work Portal, including initial induction for local business representatives and troubleshooting.
• Maintain internal documentation and knowledge-sharing systems for business relations activities.
• Contribute to the development of tools and materials for business relations activities.
• Maintain and update business contact list
• Participate in internal and external meetings as required.

The Improving Working Conditions in the Ready-Made Garment Sector– RMGP funded by the Governments of Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and jointly implemented by Government of Bangladesh and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The programme has been addressing the challenges facing the ready-made garment industry and to secure lasting improvements to working conditions in Bangladesh. As a part of this programme, Better Work programme in Bangladesh (BWB) has been making a positive impact on the rights and the lives of workers, the business of enterprises and the socio- economic development of the countries. Better Work launched in Bangladesh in 2014, bringing the knowledge and expertise from other countries where it was already operating. BW’s work relies on a comprehensive package of core services delivered to factories to create sustainable changes in their approach to compliance that supplies to the international buyers, many of them are global partners. Regular and accurate communications with these partners as per program requirements is very critical in succeeding with sustainable implementation of the improvements at enterprise level that the program is designed to support.