Job Description
Stemming Irregular Migration in Northern and Central Ethiopia (SINCE) program is funded by European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Stability through Italy embassy in Addis Ababa. SINCE is comprised of five Lots: Addis Ababa (1), Amhara (2), Oromia (3), SNNP (4), and Tigray (5). IRC Ethiopia is the lead agency for the SNNPR Lot consortium, with its partners: CARE, JeCCDO, and Salem Awassa Business Group. The overall objective of SINCE project is to contribute to the reduction of irregular migration from Northern and Central Ethiopia by improving the living conditions of the most vulnerable population, including potential migrants and returnees with specific focus on youth and women.
Establishing inclusive economic programs that create employment opportunities for potential migrants, and returnees, especially women and youths, in SNNPR is SINCE project specific objective. It has also two intermediate objectives: 1) Improving access of beneficiaries to TVET and employment opportunities through the promotion of partnerships among TVET service providers and the private sector, and 2) Improved capacity of selected industrial clusters to create additional job opportunities with a special focus on the promotion of decent work. Meskan and Siltie are the two impact woredas of SINCE project.
The apprenticeship and TVET cooperative training senior officer is responsible for partner TVET collages’ capacity building, coordination of work based learning (cooperative and apprenticeship) initiatives, and ensuring the quality of hard and soft skills provided to the project beneficiaries, and facilitating soft skill training to TVET teachers and project beneficiaries. Under SINCE project manager leadership he/she will provide technical support to TVET collages and enterprises hosting project beneficiaries’ cooperative training and/or apprenticeship program, identifying enterprises that host work based learning, facilitating the signing of PPP agreement (between the enterprise, TVET collage, and woereda public employment services (PES)), and ensuring cooperative training and apprenticeship programs are delivered of high quality and on a timely basis.
Particular and hands on experience on TVET collage management and good understanding of work based learning (cooperative and apprenticeship) approach will be essential for this role. This position is based in Butajira, with frequent travel to Worabe TVET, and Siltie woreda, and Hawassa is required. The senior officer reports to SINCE project manager based in Hawassa, and work with in close collaboration with SINCE consortium (IRC, CARE, and JeCCDO) field staffs, PES, and TVET collages deans.
Specific duties and responsibilities.
Work Based Learning
- In collaboration with TVET collage deans and PES staffs identify potential enterprises that host project beneficiaries’ through cooperative training and apprenticeship programs
- Prepared and facilitate the PPP agreement that will be signed between TVET, enterprise and PES
- Ensure decent work principles are regularly and continuously promoted to partner enterprises, and document its outcome.
- Develop tools and instruments used to measure and/or monitor the skill competencies of project beneficiaries gained through cooperative training and apprenticeship program
- Plan and execute the work based learning programs
- Play a key role in the PPP dialogue forum by catalyzing discussion among PES, TVET and private enterprises
- In collaboration with the project manager negotiate with the private enterprises on the number of trainees they host, and they type of skills they provide during the cooperative training and apprenticeship program
- Develop apprenticeship program agreement signed between the TVET, and enterprise, by outlining apprentice working hours, mandates and duties, skill sets to be acquired, and possible wage employment opportunities after completion of apprenticeship program
- Develop job description to each value chain trainees and apprenticeship agreement signed between apprentice, enterprise, PES and IRC.
Capacity building
- Assess the capacity need of the TVET collages on regular bases for project plan preparation, develop capacity building plan and timely execute the plan
- Ensure the timely initiation of material procurements process as per the specifications and its delivery to TVET collages
- In collaboration with woreda PES organize decent work principles focused training to partner enterprises and PES staffs
- Provide soft skills TOT training to TVET teachers and project team.
- Provide soft skill training to SINCE project beneficiary who are attending their in-school and cooperative training, and apprenticeship program
- Ensure project beneficiaries’ gained all the necessary soft skills that fit them for wage and self-employment market
- In collaboration with TVET collages ensure project beneficiary TVET trainees are sufficiently prepared for COC exam and secure its certification
- Facilitate regular (monthly) meeting with TVET collage deans to discuss trainees performance, skills learned, operational challenges faced and their solution, cooperative training, and apprenticeship program, and wage employment opportunities, etc.
- Develop and share guidelines and tools required for tracking and monitoring TVET trainees competencies, cooperative training and apprenticeship program attendance and follow up, wage employment placement
Project Monitoring and Reporting
- Develop detailed activity, budget plans and monitoring tools for the project, and monitor progress against plans ensuring that project objectives and indicators are achieved.
- Monitor the implementation of all components of the project, with a focus on keeping activities on track for completion and meeting project milestone-based payment plan.
- Compile high-quality project related narrative reports (monthly/quarterly reports, ad hoc reports, donors report, etc) and submit to the Grants Unit for final review.
- Assist the IRC Finance Department in preparing the financial reports, as needed.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, textile, construction social sciences, metal work, and other TVET relevant fields
- Minimum of four years of professional work experience related with TVETs cooperative training and coordinating apprenticeship programs; preferably experience working with TVET collages in similar roles
- Demonstrated understanding of work based learning (cooperative training and apprenticeship program), and capacity building support in the TVET collages context
- Demonstrated experience developing agreements, tools and protocols relevant to work based learning program execution
- Computer literate (word, excel, and power point)
- Ability to work under pressure, long work hours, and high workload.
- Ability to independently organize work and prioritize tasks.
- Self-motivated, honest, highly responsible, and punctual.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
More Information
- Job City Butajira, SNNPR
