TVET Expert
Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #99/2018
GIZ-Sustainable Training and Education Programme
Background
Commissioned by the German government, the GIZ programme for sustainable training and education supports both the higher education and technical and vocational training and education (TVET) sectors in Ethiopia. The overall objective of the programme is to increase the quality of higher education and TVET in Ethiopia. In doing so, the programme’s aim is to pave the way for Ethiopia’s education sector to qualify and provide a skilled workforce for the country’s emerging industry.
The German programme for the higher education and TVET sector helps strengthen Ethiopian organisations and individuals working in the field of higher education and TVET so they can provide quality education. STEP started operating in 2015.
The programme works with various institutions on a national and regional level. These include the Ministry of Education, the Higher Education Quality and Relevance Agency, the Education Strategy Centre and the Federal TVET Agency and others. It also provides direct support for selected universities, institutes of technology (IoTs) and TVET colleges.
Through a systematic approach, Germany’s measures reach more than 750,000 students, 350,000 TVET learners and 112 institutions engaged in providing quality TVET and higher education in Ethiopia. More than 6,000 prospective TVET teachers have managed to attain qualifications in their fields through the programme’s contribution. Almost 50,000 TVET graduates managed to find their training as per the detail below GIZ-STEP is looking for a qualified candidate.
Position: TVET Expert
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Application deadline: June 05, 2017
Required Candidate: One
Duties and Responsibilities
Coordination and project management for the GIZ-activities in the TVET component. Areas are not limited to but will include the following:
Improving core processes of Cooperative Training Models
Support the concept development and alteration of international cooperative training approaches to the local context in the pilot regions
Assist the adaptation of TVET’s strategic framework by relevant stakeholders and strengthen private sector collaboration.
Provide advice for the establishment of the regulative framework documents, guidelines and project set up for innovative cooperative training programs
Support the regional teams of STEP in selected TVET colleges to organize and coordinate the implementation of cooperative training with the partner companies
Facilitate the endorsement of guidelines and handbooks with the Federal TVET Agency for the scaling up of cooperative training approaches
Improving capacities of key actors in multiplying cooperative training
Coordinate Institutional capacity building (incl. Management & research)
Support measures and approaches for digitalization, blended learning in the context of TVET
Support other project activities to reach the project’s objectives - areas of involvement will be agreed upon as needed
Support all general project management activities such as:
Communication and PR
Knowledge management
Reporting
Preparation of concepts, strategies and operational plans for current and follow-on phase of the project
Implement tasks under the technical and disciplinary supervision of the TVET Component Manager of STEP
Requirements
University Degree: Msc or above
Minimum of 5 years professional experience in a comparable position
Fluent in written and spoken English
Experience in project management, capacity building and ToT provision, experience within GIZ is an asset,
Technical background: engineering, entrepreneurship, MSE support, knowledgeable in the Ethiopian education system, focus on TVET