Junior Programme Officer at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

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Position: Junior Programme Officer

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Permanent

Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Posted date: 4 years ago

Deadline: Submition date is over

Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #032/2020 GIZ- STEP Programme Background 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 the commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors. The Second Ethiopian Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II) assigns a key role in the education sector for accelerating economic growth, achieving developmental goals and becoming a middle-income country by 2025. The Ethio-German Sustainable Training and Education Programme (STEP), co-financed by the European Union and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), improves the employment prospects of young Ethiopians by promoting quality and relevance in vocational training and higher education. The programme establishes strong linkages between the education and the private sector to support the development of a modern education system geared towards employment and economic growth. The programme supports the agro-industrial development of the country through the development of long- and short-term training in the agro-processing parks and the establishment of agro-industry incubator units. Currently, GIZ-STEP would like to recruit a qualified Junior Programme Officer as per the details below: Position: Junior Programme Officer Place of Work: Addis Ababa Required Candidate: One Application deadline: February 24, 2020 Contract duration: March 15, 2020- June 30, 2021 Responsibilities and Duties The officer will be the focal point for monitoring and evaluation, as well as knowledge management for the component, therefore the responsibilities will be: Monitoring of activities of the component Follow up with product owners on progress Quality control for regional activities (including editing of reports) Knowledge management of the component Assuring implementation of gender mainstreaming Assuring implementation of communication and visibility strategy and guidelines Administrative backstopping of all activities Supporting the component manager on concept development Supporting the component manager on management (M&E, report writing, coordination, etc) Any other task delegated by the component manager Required qualifications, competences and experience Qualifications BA Degree in an area related to the activities described (e.g. Development Economics, Agro-engineering, Project Management, International Relations, MIS or related fields of studies). Professional Experience Fresh graduate with relevant internship experience Previous experience of working with GIZ is an additional asset. Other knowledge, additional competences Excellent communication skills Excellent English skills: written and oral (report writing skills in particular) Excellent Amharic skills: written and oral A thorough understanding of the Ethiopian education system and its current priorities Demonstrated ability to manage several complex and competing for tasks under tight deadlines Excellent skills in quality management Excellent computer skills (MS Office, MS Teams, ability to find information in GIZ system) Recommendation letter from superior