Private Sector Advisor Full Time

Responsibilities and Duties

The Advisor is responsible for supporting organized private sector organizations in selected
economic sectors in their effort to increase their involvement and contributions in planning,
managing, and implementing Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

• Advice Ministry of Labor and Skills (MoLS), TVET authorities, TVET institutions and the
  private sector such as Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association (ECCSA)
  and other Business Member Organizations (BMOs) on boosting the involvement and
  meaningful participation of the private sector in TVET reforms, planning and delivery.
  • Provide capacity building training and hands-on solutions to the representatives of the
  organized private sector entities on topics of their involvement in TVET and cooperation with
  the education providers
  • Establish and promote public-private dialogue on TVET by setting up or strengthening
  cooperation platforms and bodies at national and regional level.
  • Actively supports the private sector organizations (chambers, business & sectoral
  associations and employer’s organizations) to assess the human resource needs of the
  companies in selected economic sectors considering the labour market requirements of the
  digital and green transformation.
  • Promote gender-transformative and inclusive approaches in TVET when advising the
  partners on TVET reforms, cooperative training models and other employment promotion
  measures.
• Identifying, engaging and supporting the private sector in selected economic sectors to jointly
  design, plan and implement cooperative training programmes as well as other employment
  promotion measures in cooperation with the public sector and civil society.
• Contribute to monitoring & evaluation, reporting, public relations / communication, knowledge
  management, operational management and stakeholder engagement.
• Keep track of new developments in the Ethiopian TVET system and relevant sectors and
  present to the team, identify and assess new opportunities for the project and for business
  development.
•  Manage Finance Agreement, Consulting Contracts and Local Subsidy contracts.

Required qualifications, competencies, and experience.

• Qualifications:  Master’s degree or equivalent qualification in human resource management /
  development, vocational education or similar fields.
  Professional experience
• At least 5 years of work experience in Human Resource Management in the private
  sector, preferably in Human Resource Development

Other knowledge, additional competencies

•  Proven experience in TVET, particularly in managing cooperative training models and
  cooperating with TVET institutions.
• Business Fluency in English and Amharic is required.

How To Apply

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their recent
CV via Email: hreth@giz.de

Please make sure you mention the vacancy number and position title ‘Private Sector Advisor
#006/2025’ in the subject line of your email application. Applications without vacancy
numbers in subject lines might be disqualified.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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