GIZ- Sustainable Training and Education Programme Office Manager Jobs in Ethiopia

GIZ- Sustainable Training and Education Programme Office Manager Jobs in Ethiopia

Job Id: 225795

Category: Admin, Secretarial and Clerical

Location: Addis Ababa / GIZ STEP Office, Addis Ababa

Career Level: Senior Level (5+ years experience)

Salary: As per GIZ Scale

Job Description

GIZ- internal/external Vacancy

Terms of Reference for Project Management Officer

in the

NORAD Component

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 vocational training and higher 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.

To support the work of this programme component, GIZ-STEP is looking to recruit an Office Manager as per the details below.

Major duties and responsibilities

Supporting the component management and the technical team with administration and logistics.

Facilitate meeting and workshops organized by the project team and short and long term experts contracted by the programme;

Support the settlement of finance agreements and contracts

Prepare letters and minutes and other documents for the component;

Facilitate logistics and travel arrangements for internal and external long and short-term experts, visitors and other relevant bodies;

Initiate and follow up on administrative processes (procurement, tendering, workshop requests, other office management tasks) and admin experts at STEP and GIZ;

Initiate service requests in a timely manner

Update Team Calendar / Online Tools like MS Teams

Implement tasks under the technical and disciplinary supervision of the Component Manager of STEP;

No of Required:- 1

Starting date:- Septemebr

End of Duration:- 30. June 2021


Job Requirements

Qualification Required & Experience

University Degree: B.Sc or above in Business Administration or other field relevant to the task

At least 5 years professional experience in a comparable position

Excellent knowledge of administrative processes at GIZ or similar organization

Experience within GIZ or other organizations for international development is an asset,

Sound knowledge of IT applications;

High capability of self-management;

Fluent in written and spoken English and Amharic

How to Apply

All interested and eligible candidates can apply by sending their CV and Motivation Letter through:

gizstep@ethiojobs.net

All questions about the position should be directed to Ethiojobs

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

GIZ- Sustainable Training and Education Programme Office Manager Jobs in Ethiopia