TVET Expert Agro-business Sector Vacancy at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Required Candidate:            One

Support skills enhancement of youth and women in catchments of Agro-Industrial Parks in Baeker, Humera in Tigray (from Mekelle):

• Coordinating at regional level and with the other team members in the other regions of intervention (Amhara, Oromia and SNNPR) the implementation of short and long-term trainings and the establishment of training and career services centers for rising awareness on decent job opportunities in the parks;
• Engaging and developing relations with partners (e.g. parks’ management, educational institutions as well as private businesses in and around the parks) to strengthen their capacity to implement long- and short-term trainings and to establish agro-industry specific training centers and employment related services for the agro-industry parks;
• Fostering the networks between relevant stakeholders in the park and the catchment area, especially private companies and education institutions;
• Steering and coordinating with local and international consultants and other sub-contractors for the implementation of the action;
• Supporting in the design and organization of events such as workshops, trainings, and conferences and responsible for their implementation at regional level;
• Implementing other project activities in order to reach the project’s objectives – areas of involvement will be agreed upon as needed.

Support all general project management activities such as:

• Facilitate learnings and contribute to knowledge management;
• Implement the EU visibility and communication strategy in your respective location;
• Support monitoring activities (M&E);
• Work in close coordination with a team of local and international experts;
• Preparation of required documents such as ToR, concepts, strategies, report and operational plans for current and follow-on phase of the project.
• Implement tasks under the technical and disciplinary supervision of the Component Manager of STEP.

Qualifications

• M.A./M.Sc or higher in the field of (agro-)economics, (agro-) business administration, (agro-)engineering or related;

Professional experience

• At least 10 years professional experience in the private sector (e.g. Engineering, Capacity Development, Entrepreneurship) or working with/for the private sector (e.g. in private sector development projects, BDS, consultancy, SMEs support etc.) and/or in TVET sector

• Experience in working for or cooperating with international development cooperation organizations is an asset
• Experience in working with industrial parks is an asset

Other knowledge, additional competencies

• Strong ability for capacity building and cooperation with TVET sector for implementation
• Knowledge on employment-oriented education expected
• Access to local and sector specific networks and excellent reputation
• Added value: Training/teaching experience…
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Amharic is required