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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
GIZ assists the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation. GIZ offers demand-driven, tailor-made and effective services for sustainable development worldwide. Our actions are guided by the principles of sustainability. We advocate for human rights, equal opportunities and integrity, and we promote market-oriented, ecological and social economic development.
Background: Job creation and vocational qualifications are key to Europe and Germany’s development cooperation with Sudan. In 2019, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to implement the “Employment Initiative Khartoum: Perspectives for the Future for Refugees and Host Communities”. Co-funded by the European Union since July 2021, the initiative works to enable the private sector, vocational training institutions and entrepreneurs to create a better future for refugees and local communities in Khartoum by helping to improve employment conditions for these target groups. The programme therefore runs various measures for vocational qualification, employment promotion and information management.
Employment is essential to improving the livelihood of refugees and local communities in Khartoum. Young people and adults often lack the necessary skills to gain employment, while adequate qualification measures are scarce. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises rarely offer new jobs. At the same time, larger enterprises cannot fill vacancies for lack of a skilled workforce. The potential of successful self-employment remains idle and untapped to its full extent, a discrepancy the local labour market is currently unable to address. A lack of offers for qualification measures and advisory services hinders improving inadequate employment conditions for refugees and host communities (core issue). Among the various possibilities for sustainable development, start-ups are a promising trend in a country with a demographic comparable to Sudan’s. They require the right ecosystem to flourish and grow the private sector so it can offer jobs for many more people.
Co-funded by the European Union and the German government, the Employment Initiative Khartoum promotes cooperation between the Sudanese government, vocational training institutions and the private sector (in an integrated approach). The aim is to encourage market-oriented education and develop a skilled labour force for the market. The initiative works with various levels of cooperation, focusing on organisations and individuals. To improve access to practically oriented vocational education and employment, the project approach also includes measures for strengthening government institutions, business development services, and civil society organisations. As a basis for expansion of the private sector and a thriving start-up ecosystem, the programme works to create opportunities for entrepreneurs so they can build business ideas, launch them and get financing and investments. Furthermore, small businesses can qualify to receive training, mentoring and coaching through a pool of trainers, providing further training measures to male and female entrepreneurs. To generate awareness of the measures, address the right target groups and help both job seekers and budding entrepreneurs find orientation, an online platform will complement the above measures and improve access to information on business establishment and employment. |
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Duties and responsibilities:
The position holder acts as technical advisor to the infrastructure rehabilitation of vocational education institutions. The technical expertise will focus on assessing, supervising and managing the rehabilitation of selected vocational training centres. They will coordinate the project activities in line with the partners and the project team.
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Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:
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Please submit the following documents through Sudanjob.net in soft copy:
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