The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) with co-funding by the European Union (EU) have commissioned GIZ to reach the specific objective to “Enhance the skills of youth and women in catchments of the IAIPs of Ethiopia” under the larger Ethio-German Sustainable Training and Education Programme (STEP III) and as part of the joint EU action for the “Promotion of Sustainable Ethiopian Agro-industrial Development” (PROSEAD) under the Component 4. 

 The project aims to increase decent employment and incomes for rural Ethiopians, particularly youth and women, in four environmentally sustainable Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks (IAIPs) and their agricultural production zones (catchment areas). The objective of the Project focuses on supporting students and graduates of vocational institutions and universities in increasingly find employment opportunities in the Agro-industrial and ancillary sectors of the Ethiopian economy.  

 This is achieved in all the for regions of interventions, including Oromia, through the implementation of Cooperative Training programmes and short-term professionalizing technical and soft-skills trainings for beneficiaries in the catchments areas of the Integrated agro-industrial parks of Bulbula (IAIPs), as well as the establishment of agro-industry specific training centers. The program also focuses in creating awareness on decent job agenda and (self-)employment opportunities in the agro-industrial sector.     

 Responsibilities:  

• Within the Skills for Agro-processing (SAP) Team under STEP III, the Vocational Training and Labor Market Advisor for Oromia will act as a key person for the project in Oromia region, acting as a focal point to all governmental and local regional actors and partners, to foster an harmonized approach, so that colleagues, partners, beneficiaries, relevant public and private sector organizations, companies, service and training providers as well as other involved public and private entities work together to assure high quality implementation and impact is delivered 

• S/he leads skills enhancement of youth and women in the catchment areas of the Integrated Agro-Industrial Park of Bulbula (Bulbula IAIP) in Oromia region by ensuring the coordination of regional activities under the Component Manager/Team Leader and the National Project Coordinator. 

Duties: 

• Provide policy advice on skills development measures for the agro-industrial sector at regional level and supports the development of measures to improve quality and relevancy of training in order to ensure the successful achievement of the project overall outcomes at federal level; 

• Identify training needs of local, regional authorities and counterparts for the capacity building of partnering institutions; 

• Support in the identification of employment potentials, availability of private sector associations and chambers as well as interested companies, training providers and other relevant bodies in the selected locations; 

• Supports the relevant enterprises, associations, chambers and training providers in the selected sector to establish a coordination framework for planning and delivering cooperative training in line with the Ethiopian TVET Qualifications Framework; 

• Ensure mainstreaming of decent job agenda in all activities and relationship with the implementing public and private partners; 

• Support the manager and the team in overall project management activities such as M&E, KM, C&V, procurement; 

• Communicate local interests and efforts, forwards these and encourages sharing ideas and information for the benefit of the project/program. 

• Monitors and steers implementation by external consultants, service providers and sub-contractors as assigned by the team leader (ToR, monitoring, reporting, quality...); 

• Draft documents related to the project as requested, such as ToR, reports, presentation, operational plans, concept notes, reports; 

• Implement tasks under the technical and disciplinary supervision of the Component Manager 

Job Requirements

Qualifications  

• Masters’ degree in Economics, Business Administration, Business Development, Engineering, Project Management, Education and similar; 

• Certifications as trainer are considered an asset. 

Professional experience  

• At least 5 years of professional experience in a comparable position, coordinating complex projects/programmes at regional level 

• At least 3 years of experience working in/with the education sector, implementing institutional capacity building projects  

• Experience as a project manager/coordinator an asset 

• Experience of development cooperation and advisory approaches and working for/cooperating with international development cooperation organizations; 

• Experience in skills development programmes and TVET system in Ethiopia is an asset; 

• Experience in cooperating with or working in Ethiopian government offices, agencies, NGOs and ideally international organizations. 

 Other knowledge, additional competencies 

 Good network with private sector companies, industries and Agri-businesses in Oromia; 

• Knowledge of employment-oriented education for skills development and formal/informal training; 

• Good knowledge about TVET and Cooperative Training, employment promotion and capacity building approaches. Added value: Training/teaching experience 

• Travel to project locations in Oromia, Amhara and SNNPR/Sidama will be required. 

• Flexibility and preparedness to perform a changing array of duties according to the needs of the project component 

• Fluent (written and oral) in English, Amharic and Oromifa languages is required. 

How to Apply

Submit your motivation letter along with tour non-returnable recent CV via email: hreth@giz.de or in person to GIZ Country Office Ethiopia and Djibouti, located around Kazanchis, Kirkos Sub City, Woreda 08/ through Post P.O. Box 100009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia