Program Officer
Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #047/2018
GIZ- Qualifications and Employment Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities in Ethiopia Program (QEP)
Background
The new programme on Qualifications and Employment Perspectives for Refugees and Host Communities in Ethiopia (QEP) has been commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in December 2017. The programme is part of the German Special Initiative on Displacement and seeks to provide better vocational training and employment perspectives for refugees and host communities in Ethiopia. The programme leverages the potentials of TVET for integration. Implementation will take place in Addis Ababa and Jijiga, Aw-Barre and Shedder (Somali Region). A further area for implementation will be determined.
QEP works on three output levels and seeks to (1) increase the quality of technical and vocational training (TVET), (2) broaden the opportunities of TVET available to the target groups and (3) foster entrepreneurship and exchange formats for employment. QEP works together with the public TVET system and tries to extent the standards of the Ethiopian TVET system to TVET opportunities available for refugees and remote host communities. The programme works in fragile social and economic contexts. It is therefore crucial that refugees and Ethiopian host communities benefit equally from programme interventions. The changing regulatory framework governing inter alia access to education and employment for refugees poses a challenge and an opportunity at the same time.
One of the focus areas for implementation is Jijiga and the two refugee camps in close proximity, Aw-Barre and Shedder. In Jijiga, QEP will support the public TVET college in selected focus areas. Also, QEP will work with an NGO in the setting of Aw-Barre and Shedder refugee camps to support the improvement of TVET and further expand offers of TVET. Linkages (teacher exchange for training; student’s mobility for further training; etc.) will be created between the public TVET college in Jijiga and the TVET centres at refugee camps in Aw-Barre and Shedder. Measures of holistic entrepreneurship support for refugees and host communities will be conducted to achieve direct employment effects. Currently the program is looking for a qualified candidate as per the detail below.
Position: Program Officer
Place of Work: Jijiga, (with frequent travel to Aw-Barre and Shedder)
Application deadline: March 18, 2018
Required Candidate: One
The programme officer will be based at the Somali TVET Bureau, steers and ensures the satisfactory and timely implementation of activities related to the TVET College Jijiga and relations with the TVET implementing partner in Aw-Barre and Shedder refugee camp. The programme officer works with the programme coordinator in Addis Ababa regarding the conduct of activities in Jijiga area and will also cooperate with a programme officer in Addis Ababa regarding the design and steering of entrepreneurship related activities. The programme officer functions as the focal point of QEP in Jijiga for officials from the TVET system, other relevant bureaus, ARRA and partner NGOs.
Maintains good relations with the focal persons for QEP implementation at the TVET Bureau, at the TVET College Jijiga and other relevant (government) offices to further develop the foundation for a successful project implementation
Cooperates, regularly communicates and updates Program Officer coordinator on the progress of activity implementation in Jijiga, Aw-Barre and Shedder
Initiates, steers and monitors the implementation of activities in cooperation with the TVET College Jijiga. This includes inter alia
Steering of processes to improve college teaching facilities
Organization of maintenance trainings at the college
Contribution to procurement of material and equipment
Steering installations of materials and equipment
Organization of training for teachers
Organization of workshops
Contributes to the development of “mobile teaching modes”/outreach measures of the TVET college Jijiga to reach refugee populations in Aw-Barre and Shedder (linking the public TVET with TVET for remote communities)
Organizes outreach of the TVET college Jijiga (eg. short term trainings in metal work; wood work, etc.) to and cooperation with TVET implementing partners in Aw-Barre and Shedder
Cooperates with the agriculture department (focal person) of Jijiga TVET college and an international agriculture expert of QEP in introducing and maintaining an agriculture teaching field
In cooperation with implementing partner in Aw-Barre and Sheddder organizes agriculture related trainings for beneficiaries from irrigation schemes in Aw-Barre and Shedder on the newly introduced training field
Contributes to the development of holistic entrepreneurship support measures in cooperation with the TVET college Jijiga and implementing partners in Aw-Barre and Shedder
Provides guidance and advice to entrepreneurs to foster the success of their business
Supports implementing partners in Aw-Barre and Shedder in cooperation with the Centre of Competence and modes of assessing refugees according to the Ethiopian occupational standards
Contributes to the documentation of successful approaches to further document and develop generally applicable approaches of delivering TVET to displaced communities in remote contexts
Collects relevant data from TVET Bureau, TVET College, implementing partners in Aw-Barre and Shedder as well as other relevant organizations and provides them in appropriate form (word, excel) to QEP office Addis Ababa
Contributes ideas about success stories and major achievements in the field, shares them with QEP office Addis Ababa and connects respective PR staff with the “faces behind the story”
Organizes regional conferences/events and facilitates national and international visits to the implementation area Jijiga, Aw-Barre and Shedder in cooperation with QEP office Addis Ababa
Qualification and Requirement
Minimum Bachelor degree in social sciences (eg. educational science, political science, public management/policy, related fields) or Bachelor degree qualifying as TVET teacher
A minimum of 5 years relevant occupation experience in the necessary field
Experience in organising and steering complex processes that involve a variety of stakeholders and require a high degree of coordination
Theoretical and/or practical experience related to the Ethiopian TVET system
Experiences in entrepreneurship support and employment creation measures are additional advantages
Local experience and networks in Somali Region, especially Jijiga area including knowledge of relevant stakeholders in the field of TVET, entrepreneurship, and employment creation are a strong advantage
Experience in cooperating with Ethiopian government offices, agencies, NGOs and ideally international organisations
Very good language skills in English (writing, speaking, listening); good knowledge of Somali (writing, speaking, listening) is a strong advantage; good knowledge of Amharic (writing, speaking, listening) is an advantage
Good skills in using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook)
Flexibility and preparedness to perform a changing array of duties according to the needs of the programme