Location: Ethiopia
Deadline: August 23, 2024
Job Description
The project it has of the GIZ program “Qualification and Employment Prospects for Refugees, IDPs and Host Communities (QEP II)”.
The overall objective is: Training and employment opportunities for refugees, IDPs and residents of host communities in Ethiopia are strengthened in line with national, regional and international strategies in the context of refugee movements and internal displacement. The consulting firm will be tasked with three work packages.
WP (1): establishing the coordination platform that will bring together MoLS and RRS to facilitate the implementation of the MoU, thereby anchoring the inclusion of refugees in Ethiopia’s TVET system and labour market.
WP (2): strengthen capacities of relevant stakeholders within MoLS and RRS, especially with regards to supporting the inclusion of refugees into the national vocational education system as well as labour market.
WP (3): implement activities contributing to the implementation of the TVET and employment output).
Tasks include:
– Overall responsibility for the advisory packages of the contractor
– Ensuring the coherence and complementarity of the contractor’s services with other services delivered by the project at local and national level
– Design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of capacity development measures for local partners in the following areas inclusion of refugees into TVET and employment
– Responsibility for taking cross-cutting themes into consideration (for example, gender equality)
– Staff management, in particular identifying the need for short-term assignments within the available budget, planning and managing the assignments and supporting local and international experts
– Ensuring that monitoring procedures are carried out
– Regular reporting in accordance with deadlines
– Responsibility for checking the use of funds and financial planning in consultation with the officer responsible for the commission at GIZ
– Provide technical advice and backstopping on institutional capacity development regarding inclusive TVET provision in Ethiopia, stakeholder management of public institutions in the TVET and employment sector in Ethiopia as well as on the implementation of inclusive TVET and employment promotion approaches in Somali
region
Qualifications required
Only the experts meeting the set criteria will be shortlisted and contacted.
Education:
- University degree (master’s) in Political Science and/or Social Science and/or International Relations and/or Development
Language:
- Knowledge of English C2-level
General professional experience:
- 6 years of professional experience in the vocational education and governance/ public service delivery sector, of which 3 years in refugee hosting contexts
Specific professional experience :
- 3 years of professional experience in inclusion of refugees into public vocational education systems and the labour market.
Leadership/management experience :
- 4 years of management/leadership experience as project team leader or manager in a company.
International professional:
- 5 years of professional experience outside the country, 3 of which in refugee hosting contexts.
Professional experience in Ethiopia:
- 2 years of work experience in Ethiopia
Experience in the field of development cooperation:
- 4 years of work experience in development cooperation projects
Other:
- 2 years of professional experience in advising government stakeholders in the area of forced displacement policy
Duration
200 days (of which 40 in Ethiopia) throughout project duration
Commencement
11.2024 – 12.2026
