Job Summary

Social Sustainability Advisor

GIZ-Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #025/2021

Sustainable Industrial Clusters (S.I.C.)

• The Ethiopian government has adopted an Industrial Development Policy to transform the currently agricultural-led economy into an industry-based one, aiming to lift the population out of poverty and becoming a middle-income country by 2025. The textile and garment industry are considered a priority sector on the path to industrialization. The sector is, however, often characterized by precarious working conditions, low wages, non-compliance with human rights, social and ecological standards and poor business linkages between companies operating in Industrial Parks (IPs), international and local suppliers.
• In line with the Ethiopian transformation agenda, the United Kingdom and Germany are supporting the country’s pathway towards industrialization through the implementation of a joint project named Sustainable Industrial Clusters (S.I.C.). The project will be implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH under a co-financing agreement between the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
•  S.I.C. has the objective to address the current challenges in the IPs and focus on increasing job-effective growth and improving the social and environmental sustainability of Ethiopia’s textile and garment industry. It will contribute to closing the gap between results and aspirations of the parks by tackling issues such as: improving park operations; satisfaction of labor; environmental and social regulatory framework and their enforcement; as well as business linkages into the wider textile and garment sector.
•  In this regard the project is looking for a Social Sustainability Advisor to support its Industrial Park Labor component.

 Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide technical support in the overall implementation of the project component focusing on Social Sustainability, in close coordination with the project management and team
• Support in monitoring the components’ inputs, activities and outreach, according to the overall project planning and management tools
• Support the improvement of a labor recruitment system in industrial parks
• Support the engagement with private sector actors (e.g. manufacturers and brands) on improvement of job quality for the factory workers
• Provide technical guidance in establishing of one or more multi-actor platforms for social dialogue at the community level
• Facilitate Capacity Building regarding the supervision of working conditions
• Introduce, plan and monitor the implementation of Labor Standards
• Coordinate assignments of national and international short-term experts as well as long term consultancy firms

Job Requirements

Qualifications 

• Master Degree in International Development, Social Studies, Economics, Business Administration, Human Resources, International Labor Law or other similar fields
• Good knowledge of Amharic and English language both in speaking and writing, German language knowledge is an asset
• Good working knowledge of IT (E-mail, internet and computer applications such as MS Office)

Professional experience 

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas: international labor standards, industrial park management, coordination, investors’ guidance or customer relation, community linkages, CSR for industry, social sustainability
• Experience in project management and coordination of various stakeholders
• Prior work experience in the private sector, preferably in the textile and garment sector or industrial parks management, is an advantage
• Prior experience working for GIZ is a plus or UKAid – funded projects

Other knowledge and additional competencies

• Excellent presentation, oral and written communication skills
• Good organizational and time management skills to prioritize workloads 
• Eye for detail and team spirit
• Strong results orientation

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via Ethiojobs or Email: hreth@giz.de

Note: Please make sure you mention the Vacancy Number ‘Social Sustainability Advisor #025/2021’ in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categories applications with the vacancy numbers. Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We encourage persons with disabilities to apply for the position. In case of equal qualification, persons with disabilities will be given preference.

Note: Applications from qualified women are encouraged.

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