INCLUSIVE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OFFICER (ITEO)
The Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) Association was established and registered with the Ministry of Justice in December 2005. Following the Charities and Societies Proclamation of 2009, ECDD was registered by the Charities and Societies Agency on 3 November 2009 and re-registered on 6 December 2012 as an Ethiopian Residents Charity. ECDD has 60 Association members, a 7-member Board of Directors, and 20 staff members, the majority being persons with disabilities. ECDD works collaboratively with other organizations to promote and facilitate “disability inclusive development” in Ethiopia – the inclusion of disability issues and persons with disabilities in mainstream government service delivery and development organization programs.
ECDD is now implementing a project entitled “Inclusive Skills Training and Employment Project for and by Persons with Disabilities” (ISTEP) in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide youth and adults with disabilities increased access to mainstream vocational skills training, business skills training, support for self-employment, internships, and formal sector employment opportunities. The 3-year project is implementing activities in Tigray, Southern Regions, in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. The project partners with Regional Bureaus of Labor and Social Affairs (BOLSAs), TVET colleges, Regional Micro and Small Enterprise Development Agencies (ReMSEDAs), Zonal and Kebele level Micro and Small Scale Enterprise Development Offices and Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs), the Society of Human Resource Management of Ethiopia (SHRME), and the Federation of Ethiopian National Associations of Persons with Disabilities (FENAPD) and member Association branch offices.
ECDD is now requiring to recruit an ITEO (Inclusive Training and Employment Officer) for the activities in Tigray Region to coordinate ECDD ISTEP project activities in the Region.
The ITEO will be resident of the regions and will be expected to travel widely within the region. ITEO will report to and work under the supervision of the ISTEP Project Coordinator in the head office at Addis Ababa. The ITEO will also work in close collaboration and guidance of the ISTEP Senior Advisor. The ITEO is responsible for planning, organizing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on all activities of the ECDD ISTEP project in the region.
Description of Tasks
Specifically, the ITEO will:
1. Education – minimum BA degree in a social science field
2. Professional experience – minimum 2 years work experience
3. Work experience in the area of vocational skills training, employment, small enterprise development and/or human resource management highly desirable
4. Previous experience working with persons with disabilities desirable
5. Willingness and ability to travel within the assigned region/cities
6. Record of excellent interpersonal relationships and team work
7. Excellent communication skills
8. Competence in the use of computer applications
9. Fluency in English and Amharic, with knowledge of other Ethiopian languages desirable