GIZ- Sustainable Training and Education Programme Private Sector Expert Jobs in Ethiopia

GIZ- Sustainable Training and Education Programme Private Sector Expert Jobs in Ethiopia

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 GIZ Programme for Sustainable Training and Education (STEP) aims at improving the employment prospects of young Ethiopians by promoting more relevant and demand-oriented TVET and Higher Education.

One of the programme components focuses on the topic of employment creation for graduates. The main goal is to create more employment for graduates by improving the matching systems in the labor market.

Activities will include the support of multi-stakeholder dialogue platforms to identify problems and solutions for better matching mechanisms.

In addition, the skill needs of the industry in selected sectors in the region will be assessed. Skill gaps of TVET and university graduates need to be identified in order to develop innovative pilot solutions jointly with all involved stakeholders.

To support the work of this programme component, GIZ-STEP is looking to recruit a Private Sector / Employment Expert as per the details below.

Major duties and responsibilities