*project*: mexico awareness raising (map) - usdol funded project
*start date*: as soon as possible
*location*: mexico city, mx, with travel required throughout different mexican states
*type of position*: part-time with a minimum of 10 work days per month
*hours*: 10 days a month, wherein 1 day = 8 hours
social accountability international (sai) is a non-profit organization advancing laborstandards and
working conditions around the world.
we envision a world where workers, businesses, and communities
thrive together.
sai is a leader in policy and implementation - developing socialstandards, guidance and
tools, facilitating learning and capacity building, and convening partnerships to drive dialog and
*job description*:
social accountability international (sai) is hiring an adviser, trainer and facilitator to support the
implementation of the project activities for the "mexico awareness raising" a us department of labor
funded project.
the project aims to "support the government of mexico, including the federal and statelevel secretariat of labor and social welfare, to design, execute, and sustain effective communication
strategies that inform workers, unions, and employers of the legal ramifications of the country's labor
law reforms" (usdol).
the reforms focus largely on freedom of association, collective bargaining rights,
the elimination of protection contracts and other amendments in the 2019 labor reforms.
the project
is led by partners of the americas (poa).
sai is one of the implementing partners of poa and focused on
increasing understanding amongst mexican employers in target sectors of the new requirements under
the country's recent labor reforms.
this position would support sai in the on-the-ground delivery of this
project component.
job
*responsibilities*:
1.
in partnership with other advisers, trainers and facilitators, the senior director for innovations
and capacity building, and the program manager for latin america and the caribbean, deliver
both in-person trainings and virtual webinars on the selected labor topics to participating
employers.
2.
develop and customize the content for the presentations on the selected labor topics, which are
to be used in the employer virtual webinars and in-person workshops.
these include, but are not
*limited to*: freedom of association, collective bargaining, the prohibition of protection contracts,
the legitimization of contracts, no discrimination, no forced labor, no child labor and ethical
remuneration and hours of work standards.
3.
support the development of and contribute ideas to the toolkits and complementary materials
that will accompany the trainings.
4.
conduct analysis of governmental and private sector industry sharing and communications
platforms, in order to identify gaps in the dissemination of labor reform news and opportunities
for improvement.
5.
participate and help manage and prepare materials for the national level summits to be attended
by stps and sectoral business associations.
6.
support the development of baseline assessment pre and post tools and materials for the
companies that will receive technical assistance.
7.
in partnership with other advisers, trainers and facilitators, and the senior director for
innovations and capacity building, deliver in-person trainings to employers, technical assistance
activities to manufacturing facilities and conduct baseline assessments for the companies that
agree to participate.
8.
analyze and prepare materials on the best labor practices on union democracy and the prevention
and remediation of gender-based violence at work.
9.
for all technical materials that are developed, incorporate materials on the rapid response
mechanism defined by the united states-mexico-canada agreement cases.
10.
participate in virtual and in-person meetings with key stakeholders.
11.
support the implementation of the project's comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan.
12.
provide input to technical progress reports for usdol-funded projects.
*skill requirements*:
excellent communication skills
spanish fluency.
english competency - required
experience creating presentations and leading trainings
experience with mexican labor law, labor audits, and/or labor research
mexican labor law expertise preferred
experience working with employers in mexico
knowledge of mexican labor law and 2019 reforms and usmca - article 23 requirements
flexible work schedule, able to travel (within mexico) with little notice
compensation commensurate with experience and appropriate for a charitable organization of sai's size.
sai is an equal opportunity employer.
funding is provided by the united states department of labor under cooperative agreement number il35868-21 75k.
100% of the total costs of the project is financed with usg federal funds.