Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 06 Dec 2018
I.Purpose and Scope of the Assignment**
Background
Ethiopia is at a critical point in economic development, aiming to industrialize rapidly through trade-led strategies under Growth and Transformation Plan II (GTP II). Economic growth has averaged more than 11 percent over the last decade. The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has pointed at Ethiopia as the leading economy in East Africa, and the reason behind the region’s remarkable economic performance.
Public investments have fuelled recent economic growth, focusing on infrastructure and development of industrial parks. The recently operationalized Hawassa Industrial Park is expected to generate approximately 60,000 jobs and US$1 billion in exports when it becomes fully operational. In support to these plans, the Government has made remarkable progress in developing the country’s skills system. Furthermore, the One Page Priority Dashboard broadcasted in November 2018 by the Office of the new Prime Minister for Ethiopia shows that operationalization of the agro-industrial parks and expansion of small and micro enterprises (SMEs) would be part of the measures to address the high youth unemployment in the country.
The country’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training(TVET) system has been reformed to address critical labour market issues of mismatch between skills set of graduates and the demand articulated from the businesses. However, the TVET system is not yet well-equipped for the challenges of exporting industries. Light industry Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Ethiopia focuses mainly on tasks that are repetitive and relatively simple. Most jobs can be undertaken by workers with limited technical skills. More skilled jobs, from technician level up, are filled by expatriate workers, or by workers trained ad-hoc by their employers. Hence, the SKILL-UP project is expected to fill the gap of middle and high level technical skills pertinent to the priority sectors identified by the government to promote economic development and address youth unemployment in the Country.
The Role of the ILO
The ILO in partnership with the relevant national constituents will implement a project on skills development over the next 15 months, SKILL-UP Ethiopia. In particular, the project will work across three components:
1) Component 1: Sector-based analysis of current and future skills needs in the target tradable sectors.
This component will deliver assistance to analyze sectoral growth scenarios, and anticipate the skills needed to enable the future success of exporting sectors.
The ILO’s successful experience in carrying out this type of comprehensive, sectoral analyses in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Malawi will inform work under this component.
2) Component 2: Skills system reform.
The second component will build on the results of the first component. It will assess how the overall skills system can: enable the rapid expansion in manufacturing employment planned under GTP II; build manufacturing sectors and support supply chains that offer decent jobs and are sustainably competitive in the face of technological and market change; and provide the skills underpinning to match the development of a strong export-led manufacturing sector with a productive and inclusive domestic economy.
This component will benefit from ILO experience in supporting large-scale reform in countries such as Bangladesh and Jordan.
3) Component 3: Inclusive skills systems.
The third component of the project focusses on ensuring that skills development enables inclusive and sustainable growth. Education is a powerful tool to level off economic and social inequalities. Given the tremendous economic opportunities taking shape, skills system reform in Ethiopia is especially timing. Reform designed to support inclusive growth would ensure that skills advancements among the labour force translate into wider access to decent work.
Work under this component will be informed by ILO’s extensive experience in promoting skills for social inclusion across the African region.
The ILO SKILL-UP Project Global Component (GLO/18/54/NOR) is hiring a National Consultant in Ethiopia who will help the ILO begin SKILL-UP Ethiopia work in Ethiopia.
The purpose of this assignment is to:
a) Organise a roundtable of national stakeholders in January 2019, including coordinating with ILO Addis and ILO HQ on the identification of participants, on preparing and dispatching invitation letters, venue etc.
b) Draft a project document for Ethiopia, based on SKILL-UP Strategy and results of the mission in June 2018, with the support and guidance of specialists in ILO Addis Ababa and in ILO Headquarters in Geneva based on the ILO development cooperation project document (PRODOC)
II. Expected outputs
The external collaborator will deliver the following specific outputs:
A roundtable of national stakeholders in January 2019.
Report on the roundtable discussions, including the recommendations by stakeholders.
A final draft of the SKILL-UP project document for Ethiopia as per the ILO DC PRODOC template.
III. Detailed Activities
- Organising Multi-stakeholder Roundtable in Ethiopia (January 2019)
Technical review phone call with Senior Specialist
and Initial Meetings with specialists in ILO Addis Ababa
Review the first draft of the National TVET policies and systems in Ethiopia study for presentation at the roundtable, and the draft of the sector selection note produced by ITC-ILO.
Consult with HQ Skills Specialists when drafting agenda for the Roundtable. Meet with relevant stakeholders to validate the agenda for the roundtable and make any changes, including other UN agency representatives in One ILO initiative
Draft the agenda and get feedback from specialists from ILO Addis Ababa and ILO Headquarters in Geneva
Manage logistics of the roundtable, including photographer
This includes identifying potential participants of the roundtable, preparing a draft list of participants along with their contact details, identifying the venue, preparing invitations, arranging for invitations to be sent to participants, in coordination with ILO Addis Ababa administration, and arranging for notes to be taken during the roundtable, especially on the report on National TVET policies and systems in Ethiopia and conducting other necessary activities for organising the roundtable
Submit roundtable report, including the scanned signed list and Excel sheet of participants to specialists in ILO Addis Ababa and ILO Headquarters in Geneva
- Draft Project Document
Review Documents
Review the Project Summary Document prepared for SKILL-UP Ethiopia
Review the first draft of the report produced on the National TVET policies and systems in Ethiopia (first draft available by end-November, early-December 2018)
Review the sector selection note prepared for the roundtable discussion (first draft to be ready by mid-December)
Review the Project Development Note for SKILL-UP Ethiopia
Draft the project document zero draft
Capture comments on the project document at the roundtable, revise the project document to include results of the roundtable
Consult with specialists in ILO Country Office - Addis Ababa and ILO Headquarters in Geneva.
Finalise the project documents based on feedback
IV. Payment schedule
On completion of task (i) and (ii) to the satisfaction of the ILO, the ILO will pay a sum of USD, corresponding to 50% of the value of this contract;
On completion of task (iii) to the satisfaction of the ILO, the ILO will pay the balance of USD.
V. Key Qualifications
The candidate should have a Master’s degree in Economics, Business Management or related fields
More than 5 years’ experience in similar assignment; preferably in the area of skills development and TVETs;
Experience of organizing meetings;
Good working relationship with relevant stakeholders and partners;
Experience of drafting project documents
How to apply:
Applications should be sent to the following three addresses.