Programme Officer (Tigray region)
Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #119/2019
GIZ- Qualifications and Employment Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities in Ethiopia Program (QEP)
Background
The 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, Somali Region, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella and Tigray.
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 host communities.
A rather new implementation area for the programme is Tigray region, with a special focus on the area around Shire. The programme officer will play a major role in preparing the programme implementation in different areas of Tigray region, develop activities further, build a reliable cooperation network and keep close relations as well as coordination among various stakeholders and implementing bodies.
The programme officer will be based in Shire, steers and ensures the satisfactory and timely implementation of activities in Tigray. The programme officer works with the programme coordinator in Addis Ababa regarding the conduct of activities in Tigray region and will also cooperate with further programme officers and advisors in Addis Ababa office. The programme officer functions as the focal point of QEP in Tigray and ensure excellent cooperation and coordination with relevant private, government and non-government stakeholders.
Position: Programme Officer
Place of Work: Tigray Region
Application deadline: July 10, 2019
Required Candidate: One
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