Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #153/2019
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 more employment opportunities 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 and Benishangul-Gumuz region. In 2019, an expansion of the programme to Tigray and Gambella is currently under way.
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 extend 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. The changing regulatory framework governing inter alia access to education and employment for refugees poses a challenge and an opportunity at the same time.
The programme will expand its operations to Gambella in 2019 with a strong focus on employment promotion. The new Expert on Employment in the Context of Migration will be based in Gambella town with frequent duty trips within Gambella region and occasional duty trips to Addis Ababa.
S/he will be responsible for closely cooperating with all relevant government and non-government stakeholders of the programme working in the field of employment within the refugee context. The Expert will develop and facilitate the implementation of approaches that allow to multiply improved training and employment promotion measures within the context of refugees and host communities, most likely around refugee camps. S/he will facilitate and steer all regional activities, which are related to (short term) training and employment promotion for refugees and host communities. The Expert will closely cooperate with the regional Expert on Training and Employment, focusing on capacity building of regional government actors.
The Expert cooperates with the programme team in Gambella and brings in his/her knowledge to further develop solutions to employment promotion that can also be linked with refugee communities. S/he maintains a close relation with the Addis Ababa head office and reports to the Programme Coordinator for QEP.
Position: Expert on Employment in the Context of Migration
Place of Work: Gambella Town
Application deadline: September 15, 2019
Required Candidate: One
Duties and Responsibilities
Required qualifications and experience