Ethiopia_ Development of Innovative Training Programms in Resource Management

AFC is tendering for GIZ-funded project “Development of Innovative Training Programms in Resource Management” in Ethiopia. The target of this project is to improve the consulting capacities of agricultural advisors from the public and private sectors. They will be trained in rehabilitation and economic development in selected areas. The main activities to be carried during the 25 months of project duration out are:

• Implementation of gender-specific analysis of needs within education and training institutions for agricultural advisors
• Capacity reinforcement of ATVET Centres; updating of curricula and courses with a focus on economic development
• Conduct of trainings and in-service-trainings for advisors, NGOs, cooperatives, small / medium-sized enterprises
• Context-specific and gender-specific trainings and coaching at regional / zonal level

The project is based in Addis Abeba with regular missions in the 6 project regions (Amhara, Oromia, Tigray, Southern Nations Nationalities Peoples‘ Region, Benishangul-Gumuz und Gambella). The project implementation is scheduled to start in December 2018.

We are currently looking for a qualified candidate for the position as team leader (25 months).

Tasks:

• Overall responsibility for the consulting packages
• Ensuring the coherence and complementarity of the services carried out by the contractor with other services of the program at local and national level
• Conception, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of activities of capacity development of local partners in the context of large-scale government programs
• Consideration of cross-cutting issues (e.g. gender equality)
• Staff management, in particular identification of the needs for short-term assignments within the available budget as well as planning and coordination of the assignments and supervision of the local and international short-term experts
• Ensuring the impact monitoring
• Regular, meaningful and timely reporting
• Responsibility for the control of the use of funds and for financial planning in consultation with the person responsible for the assignment (GIZ)
• Support to the person responsible for the assignment (GIZ) when updating and / or adapting the project conception, in evaluations and in the preparation of a follow-up phase