GIZ- internal/external Vacancy
Terms of Reference for private sector and employment expert for Agro-Processing or Agro-Business
in the Component
Enhancing Skills of Youth and Women in Catchments of Agro-Industrial Parks
of the
GIZ- Sustainable Training and Education Programme
As German organization for international development cooperation with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes in more than 80 partner countries.
In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors.
The Ethiopian Growth and transformation Plan (GTP) assigns a key role to the education sector for accelerating economic growth, achieving developmental goals and becoming a middle-income country by 2025. The Ethio-German Sustainable Training and Education Programme (STEP), co-financed by the European Union and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), improves the employment prospects of young Ethiopians by promoting quality and relevance in training and education. The programme establishes strong linkages between the education and the private sector to support the development of a modern education system geared towards employment and economic growth. The programme supports the agro-industrial development of the country, a cornerstone of the Government’s economic transformation plans through the development of long- and short-term trainings in the agro-processing parks and their catchment areas and the establishment of agro industry incubator units and establishing career services.
To support the work of this programme component, GIZ-STEP is looking to recruit an TVET Expert for Agro-Processing or Agro-Business as per the details below.
Major duties and responsibilities
Driving the implementation of the GIZ-activities in the Agro-Processing Component with a focus of private sector outreach and cooperation on regional level. Areas are not limited to but will include the following
i. Support the set-up incubations centers at the Industrial parks incl. network forming and capacity development of the centers
ii. Coordination of career services for women and youth in the catchment areas
2. Support all general project management activities such as:
3. Implement tasks under the technical and disciplinary supervision of the Component Manager of STEP
Required Candidate: One
Starting date: December 2019
Duration: 30. June 2021
Qualification Required & Experience