GIZ-EnDev Project Technical Advisor Vocational Training Jobs in Ethiopia
GIZ-EnDev Project Technical Advisor Vocational Training Jobs in Ethiopia
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development 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
Main Responsibilities
Supporting the development of foundations and specific material for renewable energy vocational trainings (e.g. curricula, teaching-, training- and learning material) with a particular focus on solar photovoltaic and related applications (e.g. solar irrigation, solar cooling)
Supporting trainings of trainers (TOT), trainings of trainees and other capacity development measures related to solar photovoltaic and related applications (e.g. solar irrigation, solar cooling)
Supporting basics training for PV maintenance
Coordinating measures in support of facilitating follow-up job-search and employment of training graduates.
Technical advisory and capacity development of public-, private- and other stakeholders relevant for the component’s activities.
Support of the component’s team members as well as external consultants and other service providers hired for the implementation.
Supporting the monitoring, evaluation and knowledge management of all relevant activities within his/her component and cooperation with the overall energy portfolio’s M&E and knowledge management.
General support of the planning and implementation of the Green People’s Energy Ethiopia project (hereinafter GBE).
Tasks
Technical implementation processes
Plans, prepares and implements project activities in support of vocational training activities of the component. These encompass, amongst others:
Assess the needs for specific or general vocational trainings in renewable energy technologies as well as the labour market situation for technical professions in these areas.
Identify vocational training fields GBE shall engage in, following a thorough and careful analysis using SWOT and other relevant methodologies.
Coordinates and collaborates closely with federal, regional and local government agencies, TVETs and other educational institutions, as well as other donors and donor-driven initiatives (such as ADRA’s Green Energy TVET initiative).
Supports measures to develop or refine occupational standards, curricula and training-, teaching- and learning material (TTLM) when required.
Provide any further technical advisory to public- and private sector actors where required and relevant for the above undertaking.
Organize trainings of trainers (TOT) and other capacity development measures for teachers, trainees or other relevant target groups.
Organizes measures to conduct basics training for PV maintenance
Coordinates measures in support of follow-up measures for training graduates regarding job-search and employment.
Plans, implements and documents meetings,
workshops, seminars and other capacity development measures in support of the above activities.
Develops Terms of Reference for external trainers and consultants in support of the above activities.
Cooperation and coordination processes
Consults routinely with – and reports to the component manager regarding all project activities.
Coordinate and collaborate closely with federal, regional and local government agencies, NGOs, research institutions, as well as private sector and other donors and their relevant initiatives.
Undertakes duties in consultation and collaboration with his/her component manager, relevant other GIZ projects (such as EnDev) and partner
institutions to ensure smooth communication and knowledge exchange.
Technically supports and supervises external contractors and service providers and gives feedback on their performance.
Establishes and entertains relevant networks between key stakeholders relevant for the above activities.
Liaises GBE with relevant institutions (public, private, national, international, NGOs/CSOs) and represents GBE in meetings, workshops and conferences and other events in consultation with the component manager.
Monitoring, reporting and knowledge management
Provides information and any other support needed by the Monitoring & Evaluation section,
Knowledge Management section and PR & Communication sections.
Updates information concerning the progress and results of his/her activities in any required on-line and off-line databases and data management systems in line with GIZ filing and ICT standards.
Produce progress reports and participates in regular and ad-hoc internal meetings of the GBE component/project.
Shares all information about activities, research findings and studies that are relevant for the project planning, implementation and monitoring of his/her component and other components of GBE.
Contributes to the design and compilation of information material for external communication and knowledge management purposes.
General Duties
Familiarises with GIZ- and GBE Ethiopia-specific planning, implementation and reporting procedures and its updates.
Represents the interests- and always acts on behalf of GIZ and GBE Ethiopia.
Carries out tasks relevant to the component/project which may not be explicitly mentioned in the job description but lie in its nature.
Participates in trainings related to his position and duties, as required and agreed on in the annual staff talks.
Ensure the use of office and transport facilities in accordance with terms, conditions and any other agreements of usage.
Job Requirements
Required qualifications, experiences and competences:
Formal qualification:
Bachelor degree or higher in education, vocational education, engineering, renewable energy-related studies, rural development or any other relevant field.
Professional experience:
Minimum of 5 years work experience in vocational training development, preferably in the renewable energy sector.
Proven advisory experience for public stakeholders (local, regional, federal level) and private sector stakeholders in the educational field.
Extensive knowledge and understanding of rural electrification issues, rural development and rural business promotion in relation with modern energy services
Project management experience and ability to conduct technical and financial planning of operations.
Other knowledge, additional competences
Ability to work in a team and with a minimum of instructions
Very good communication and presentation skills.
Fluent written and oral knowledge of English.
Very good working knowledge of standard ICT applications of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and willingness to obtain proficiency in GIZ-specific applications (MS Teams, OneDrive, OneNote, IDA)
Readiness to undertake business travels to remote rural areas on a regular base
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants shall submit their application letter and updated CV through giz-endev@ethiojobs.net or www.ethiojobs.net
Only short-listed applicants who are considered for the position will be contacted.
Any inquiry should be directed to Info Mind Solutions (Ethiojobs).
GIZ is an equal opportunity employer!
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