Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit Program officer Jobs in Ethiopia

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Program officer Jobs in Ethiopia

The new 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 employment perspectives 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 foreseen.

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 extent 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. It is therefore crucial that refugees and Ethiopian host communities benefit equally from programme interventions. The changing regulatory framework governing inter alia access to education and employment for refugees poses a challenge and an opportunity at the same time.

Through a co-financing agreement with Norad (Norway), the programme will expand its operations to Gambella in 2019. QEP seeks to establish an office in Gambella town.

A new implementation structure needs to be set up in Gambella. The new Regional Programme officer in Gambella will be crucial in establishing a new GIZ office in Gambella and set up the implementation structure in the region. She/he will be based in Gambella.

She/he steers and ensures the satisfactory and timely implementation of activities related to the Poly-Technical TVET College Gambella, other government partners in the region, and relations with other implementing partners in the refugee camps setting.

The Programme Officer works with the Programme Coordinator in Addis Ababa regarding the conduct of activities in Gambella.

The programme officer functions as the focal point of QEP in Gambella for officials from the TVET system, other relevant bureaus, ARRA and partner NGOs.

She/he coordinates the GIZ-QEP office in Gambella town in cooperation with the Programme Coordinator in Addis Ababa.

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