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Duties and responsibilities:
As a technical advisor for vocational trainingand entrepreneurship promotion for women,you are responsible for
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Providing professional advisory services to women in the area of vocational training, basic qualification and entrepreneurship;
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Building up capacities of women who are already active in a local business or are interested to develop and upgrade in vocational trades (e.g. electricity, construction, plumbing, restaurant management and others);
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Cooperating with - and strengthening capacities of project partners such as the women section of the craftunions, women’s unionsand micro-finance institutionsto effectively and independently implement demand-oriented trainings to women;
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Enablingwomen to increase the competitiveness and profitability of their businesses;
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Providing professional advisory services, coaching and training in the sector of entrepreneurship promotion and non-financial services;
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Build up partnerships and networks for women employment in the private sector;
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Supporting project planning and the conceptual development including preparation, organisation and facilitation of planning exercises and their implementation, management, monitoring, evaluation, communication and documentation.
Specifically, your tasks comprise
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Develop demand driven skills training to women and ensure the quality standards of trainings;
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Provide with respective partners in Gedaref and Kassala tailor made business development services to women;
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Support relevant stakeholders in the creation of employment opportunities for women in Gedaref an Kassala;
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Analysing lessons learnt and compiling best practices for project implementation;
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Developing ready-to-use strategies, innovative initiatives and technical concepts, including guidelines, manuals and procedures;
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Conducting cultural and linguistic translation (oral and written Arabic and English);
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Collect and review training manuals and curricula for the mentioned vocational trades in cooperation with the other technical advisor for vocational training;
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Drafting reports, articles and other written documents in English and Arabic;
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Support incoming internal and external Consultants related to women issues.
Other duties/additional tasks
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performs other duties and tasks at the request of the management.
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Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:
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Diploma in vocational training or engineering or academic degree (B.A. or Master) in the areas of business economics, development studiesor similar fields;
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Extensive knowledge of the context of women working in vocational or handicraft trades in Eastern Sudanand/or practical experience in establishing and developing an artisan workshop;
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Knowledge and experiencein entrepreneurship promotion, specifically in the handicraft sector;
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Business and results orientation;
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Experience in working within international teams;
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Very good working knowledge of ITC technologies and computer applications (e.g. MS Office, Excel);
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Proven experience in gender equality/women’s empowerment and inclusion of people with social disparities;
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Excellent English and Arabic communication skills, both verbal and in writing.
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