Advisor, Employment Promotion for University of Applied Science

GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement ‘#018/2022’

STEP III

 The Ethio-German Sustainable Training and Education Programme (STEP) improves the employment prospects of young Ethiopians by promoting quality and relevance in vocational training and higher education. In cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MoSHE) as well as related agencies and institutions, the programme establishes strong linkages between the education and the private sector to support the development of a modern education system geared towards employment and economic growth. In this, employers, education providers and public authorities come together to identify their needs and jointly develop education and training solutions that best tackle the skill mismatch.

 Duration of contract:  30.11.2024

Role

The Technical Advisor is responsible for supporting Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) in introducing/professionalizing career centers, internships/externships, short-term employment trainings and implementing career trainings as well as career counselling for students and companies in the region. He/she analyses employment trends found in regional labor market studies, supports relevant training providers to plan and coordinate training, which shall lead to the employment of graduates. The primary responsibilities include: 

•  Analysis of the regional labour market
• Support relevant training providers to plan and coordinate training implementation
• Support UAS in professionalise career services by intensifying cooperation with companies
• Scale up piloted employment relevant measures
• Support in introducing an interactive website for internships and offers in the region
• Facilitating the establishment of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System for career service programmes. 
• Implement tracer studies

The professional advisor performs the following tasks:

Responsibilities and Tasks

Sector specific advisory services:

The Advisor

• Conducts research on the selected economic sector and identify employment potential, availability of private sector organizations, training providers and other relevant bodies. 
• Supports the relevant training providers and enterprises in the selected sector to establish a coordination framework for planning and delivering career training
• Advises UAS in professionalizing career centers
• Supports the training delivery, including the training of trainers and lecturers.
• Facilitates the assessment activities and processes in the completion of the training cycle.
• Advices private sector organizations in offering job placement online and the way how to receive students for internship programmes and young graduates for their first employment.
• Advices UAS and companies how to organize job fairs
• Facilitates monitoring and evaluation systems for career service at respective UAS.
• Elaborates periodic reports on career centers at Ethiopian UAS.

Intervention Area: UAS Employment

The Advisor

• Supports the intervention area component “University of Applied Sciences” including the development of regional labor market analysis, competence standards, curricula and assessment packages
• Supports UAS in qualifying career counsellors at the respective UAS as link between students and companies
• Coordinates training and certification of career counsellors
• Introduces quality assurance measures in the career centers at UAS
• Supports UAS and companies in establishing digital platform for job and internship announcements.
• Advises UAS and companies in organizing job fairs
• Advises career center managers about career trainings for students
• Facilitates training-of-trainers for career trainings
• Coordinates qualification assessment of career training trainers
• Supports and coordinates the conceptualization, establishment and implementation of the M&E System for the career centers

Networking, and cooperation

The Advisor

• Supports cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with partners, assists with PR work and cooperates with local communities, relevant organisations, non-governmental agencies and individuals in the project/programme environment and with other projects to improve and maintain good working relationships
• Communicates local interests and efforts, forwards these and encourages sharing ideas and information for the benefit of the project/programme

Knowledge management and coordination

The Advisor

• Ensures knowledge transfer to project/programme information
• Develops ready-to-use strategies and technical concepts, including guidelines, manuals and procedures
• Draws up reports and presentation documents
• Prepares appropriate input for various project/programme reports including annual reports, and contributes to the other reports required by the programme manager and GIZ Head Office
• Assists with research activities and studies on political issues which benefit joint programmes.

Coordination tasks

The Advisor

• Assists with general project planning and develops project concepts including preparation, organization and moderation of planning exercises and their implementation, management, monitoring, quality management, evaluation, communication and documentation
• Coordinates relevant project activities at local level in consultation with the manager and in cooperation with the partners, both as regards implementation and preparing organizational aspects
• Compiles the relevant information for joint activities and assignments

Other duties/additional tasks

• Perform other duties and tasks as assigned by the programme or supervisor. 

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in fields related to Business and Economics, Business Development, Engineering, Social Sciences)

Professional experiences

• At least 5 years professional experience in a comparable position in the areas of employment promotion, placement services, facilitating internships/externships, HR services
• Expertise in human resource development
• M&E experience in educational context
• Proven expertise of training implementation
• Proven expertise of coordinating events such as job fairs
• Good experience in public relation and promotion of activities in newspapers, TV and social media
• Sound knowledge of UN SDGs and how entrepreneurship contributes to the achievement of SDGs
• Good understanding of Development Cooperation and advisory approaches

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Excellent understanding of UAS and capacity building approaches
• Very good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, email, internet) and computer applications (MS Office)
• Proof of digital literacy via intermediate level of International Computer Driving Licence – certificate of the diagnostic test
• Fluent written and oral knowledge of the English language
• Good interpersonal skills and willingness to cooperate with various stakeholders from the public and the private sector
• Willingness to improve existing skills and gain new skills as required by the tasks to be performed
• Good public relations, marketing and communication skills

How to Apply

Application procedure:

 Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non- returnable recent CV via CLICK HERE or Email: giz-recruitment@lonadd.com

Note: Make sure you mention the vacancy number and position title ‘Advisor, Employment Promotion for UAS #018/2022 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. Applications from qualified women are encouraged.

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