CARE seeks a Youth Workforce Development Advisor for an anticipated USAID-funded education project is Somalia. This procurement is expected to be a five-year contract in the $50-$75-million USD range.
The procurement is expected to be released on March 30, 2016, and awarded by September 30 2016. This position is subject to project award and funding.
The Youth Workforce Development Advisor will design, manage, and implement youth vocational, workforce, and/or professional development programs and provide assistance to the Government of Somalia’s Ministry of Education around national policy frameworks for workforce development. He or she will also network and develop linkages with key government relevant departments, technical vocational training centers and private sector employers and stay abreast of analyze labor force statistics and trends.
The Youth Workforce Development Advisor will identify curriculum for remedial education, soft skills training, and technical skills training, work to integrate the principles and wraparound services required for effective youth development, and ensure that workforce development interventions use best practices to address the needs of youth. The Advisor will also collaborate with local curriculum design experts to establish or identify competency-based standards or industry certifications as identified and improve training curricula for related occupations to create a more highly qualified and technologically skilled youth workforce that matches labor market demand.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the technical team in the design, management, and implementation of youth workforce development interventions with close collaboration of local government.
- Lead programming aimed at improving workforce readiness of at-risk youth.
- Identify curriculum for remedial education, soft skills training, and technical skills training.
- Work to integrate the positive youth development principles and wraparound services required for effective youth development, and ensure that workforce development interventions use best practices which are sustainable and replicable to address the needs of youth as per local context.
- Collaborate with local curriculum design experts of the Ministry of Education and assist them in identifying and including competency-based standards or industry certifications. Collaborate with relevant government representatives to improve training curricula for related occupations to create a more highly qualified and technologically skilled youth workforce that matches local labor market demands.
- Develop youth vocational skills programs linked to market demand in order to provide youth with meaningful livelihood pursuits.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to education or youth development. Related Master’s degree strongly preferred.
- Technical expertise and theoretical and practical knowledge of best practices in the field of non-formal education for youth, workforce development especially education.
- Minimum of six years of experience managing workforce and curricula development initiatives.
- Technical knowledge and experience in skills development, curriculum development, positive youth development, and related support services for youth.
- Previous experience working on a USAID-funded program is preferred.
- Experience working in institutions with a focus on serving the needs of youth.
- In-depth knowledge of youth workforce development interventions in Somali.
- Fluent Somali and advanced professional proficiency in English.
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