Vacancy title:
National Project Officer - NOA (DC)

Jobs at:
ILO

Deadline of this Job:
18th October 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 4th October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

The International Labour Organization is devoted to promoting Social Justice and internationally recognized Human and labour rights. Today, the ILO helps advance the creation of decent work and the economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress. Its tripartite structure provides a unique platform for promoting decent work for all women and men. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. At the International Labour Conference (ILC) in 2008, it was stressed that education, training, and lifelong learning foster a virtuous circle of higher productivity, more employment of better quality, income growth, and development. Skills development is therefore, an essential prerequisite for sustainable development.

JOB DETAILS:
INTRODUCTION
In Tanzania, skills systems and institutions face many challenges including low capacity by TVET institutions to deliver effective and efficient trainings. Many young people are not able to access skills development due to inadequate number of TVET centres, restrictive conditions such as fees, entry qualifications etc. As a result thousands of young people resort to informal apprenticeships as a means for skills acquisitions. For those who receive trainings, often the skills and competency levels do not match labour market requirements hence longer transitions periods and growing unemployment among graduates.

In response, the ILO country office Dar es Salaam is supporting skills development strategies and policy initiatives that promotes employability, reduces transition periods from school to work, promotes training partnerships with companies and enterprises, ensure inclusion of marginalized groups and strengthen capacity of TVET institutions to provide relevant trainings. Support on skills development initiatives is provided through active collaboration and involvement of our social partners (government, Workers and Employers). In particular our strategy is to provide technical assistance in promoting work based trainings programmes such as Quality Apprenticeships including Informal Apprenticeships; strengthen capacity of social partners and training institutions to link skills supply and demand and develop training programmes for rural economic empowerment.

REPORTING LINES
Under the overall supervision of the director of the ILO Country Office for United Republic of Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, the Programme Officer will work under the direct supervision of the Programme Manager Skills Development. The overall technical backstopping will be done by the Senior Skills and employment Specialist from DWCT-Pretoria.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education
First level University Degree (or equivalent) in Education, social sciences, development studies. The Applicant should also have proven experience on Project development and management

EXPERIENCE
At least two or more years of work experience of programme/project implementations in the area of Education, TVET development; entrepreneurial and skills development, poverty reduction, micro finance, applied research or social work. Experience in implementing development projects is an asset. Experience in working with Governments, employers and workers in Zanzibar is desirable.

LANGUAGES
Excellent written and spoken command of English. Good knowledge of Swahili.

COMPETENCIES

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
  
• Ability to organize and meet deadlines with minimum supervision.
  
• Ability to work proactively in the spirit of team work.
  
• Ability to establish and maintain a good working relationship with international and national colleagues working in the same field.
  
• Excellent verbal and written English and Swahili
  
• Knowledge of programme and budget, project administration and evaluation concepts and procedures.
  
• Ability to interpret project information and to identify and analyse problems with implementations
  
• Good drafting skills
  
• Ability to organize own work
  
• Ability to work with different computer software and databases
  
• Must demonstrate responsible behaviour and attention to detail
  

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