Position Title: Leader: Deputy Team
Employer: Education Development Center - EDC
Employment: Full-Time | Permanent
Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
Posted date: 3 months ago
Deadline: Submission date is over
Project Description
The purpose of this GIZ-funded activity is to support the operationalization of reforms in Ethiopia's vocational training system to align it with the needs of the labor market. The activity aims to strengthen the role of the private sector in managing vocational training, enhance the quality of cooperative and short-term training programs, and address skills gaps in areas such as green, digital, and entrepreneurial skills. It also emphasizes gender equality, inclusion of persons with disabilities, and environmental sustainability while fostering collaboration between public and private stakeholders to ensure long-term impact and sustainability.
Position Description
Education Development Center (EDC) is seeking a Deputy Team Leader to:
- Support designing and delivery of cooperative and short-term training programs in formal and informal sectors.
- Support the Team leader in the overall planning and implementation of the contract.
- Support all the coordination between the local partners and GIZ, particularly at regional level.
- Support the engagement of federal and regional actors.
- Manage the overall coordination of the labor market-oriented qualification measures tasks.
- Manage the coordination of regional implementation teams, with special focus on knowledge transfer and overall steering, coordination and harmonization of approaches across the respective regions.
- Coordinate with GIZ Component managers and experts.
- Support the Team Leader for checking the use of funds and financial planning in consultation with the officer responsible at GIZ
- Support the GIZ Commission Officer in updating and/or adapting the project strategy, in monitoring and evaluation and the preparation of the baseline for tracer studies.
Candidates shall have at a minimum the following qualifications:
Qualifications
Education:
University degree in TVET/Education, Business Administration, Project Management or a similar field. Master’s degree preferred.
Skills and Experience:
- 10 years of professional experience in the sector of TVET in Ethiopia.
- 8 years of professional experience jointly in:
- Cooperating with partners at ministerial/agency level, and
- In the (re)design of cooperative and short-term training programs, and
- in the (re)design of occupational standards and curricula in fields of digital or green transformation skills.
- 8 years of management experience in projects, companies or other organizations with disciplinary leadership responsibility for 7 people.
- Demonstrated team skills, excellent communication skills, initiative, sociocultural and intercultural skills, interdisciplinary thinking, and effective collaboration with partners and clients.
Language:
English and Amharic are required.
Don’t have a winning CV? Let GeezJobs write it for you! 👉 CLICK & Learn about the Service
