Grade: NOA
Vacancy no.: DC/DILI/NO/2023/10
Publication date: 28 August 2023
Application deadline (midnight local time): 10 September 2023
Job ID: 11127
Department: RO-Asia and the Pacific
Organization Unit: CO-Jakarta
Location: Dili
Contract type: Fixed Term
Contract duration: One year with possible extension subject to funds availability and good performance
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The European Union (EU) Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience in Timor-Leste (EU Agroforestry-Skills Programme) seeks to promote green and sustainable economic diversification and resilience in Timor-Leste through private sector development, technical and vocational education training (TVET) for youth integration in the labour market.
Carried out over 48 months, the Programme will contribute to the diversification of the Timorese economy, youth employment and strengthening of rural TVET. The entry point is through private sector development, namely by tapping into the potential of the agroforestry sector.
One of the priorities of the Government of Timor-Leste is to diversify the economy, giving special focus to Agroforestry private sector development. This involves enhancing the small and medium enterprises sector, while also removing some of the binding constraints to private sector growth and improving infrastructure, increasing efficiency in the public sector, facilitating credit, and the building up of skilled labour.
A lack of skilled workers and high youth unemployment, particularly of young women, are major development challenges. The Agroforestry-Skills Programme aims to increase quality employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the agroforestry sector through skills and private sector development, for youth, particularly young women and girls, while promoting a green and circular economy.
The Programme will facilitate skills provision in TVET to be more closely aligned with the needs of the local rural economy of the target geographies, supported by improved capacity of trainers and training institutions and greater participation of industry and the private sector. These factors are critical for ensuring that TVET programmes are producing graduates with the skills that employers in the area are seeking and/or local entrepreneurship capabilities are enhanced.
The Programme is focused through four outputs:
Creation and development of an observatory of the Agroforestry Sector to identify the green and circular economy needs and opportunities for employment of the agroforestry sector in Timor-Leste.
Improvement in the quality and inclusivity of the TVET through the development of processes and methodologies linked to the private sector demands and training offers.
An increase in the skills and competences of managers, trainers, and trainees of Agroforestry TVET organisations in Timor-Leste.
Youth and women are further integrated in the labour market and employment, using digital platforms and facilitation services.
The Project Officer will report directly to the Programme Manager. He/she will receive technical guidance and support from the Programme Manager, Rural Development TVET Officer and relevant skills and employability specialists, employment specialists, youth employment specialists, enterprise specialists, employers and workers’ specialists at the HQ and in the region.
He/she will work in close collaboration with stakeholder partners of the Programme, other ILO project/programme in Timor-Leste and UN Agencies in Timor-Leste.
General duties:
1. Assist the Programme Manager and Rural Development TVET Officer to create an enabling condition to increase quality employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the agroforestry sector through skills and private sector development.
2. Work in close collaboration with Private Sector representatives (including Chamber of Commerce and Industry Timor-Leste and Business Association of Timor-Leste Women) and training centres to facilitate skills provision in TVET to be more closely aligned with the needs of the local rural economy of the target geographies, supported by improved capacity of trainers and training institutions and greater participation of industry and the private sector.
3. Establishing support ecosystems to facilitate entrepreneurship including liaison with government at national and municipal level, local and national supply chains, NGOs and finance institutions, for achieving the objectives of the project.
4. Compile, contribute and submit progress reports and other documentation, as required.
5. Undertake any other tasks as assigned by the Programme Manager that are within his/her area of expertise and that are relevant to the assignment.
Technical duties:
6. Based on strategic and sustainable agroforestry roadmap and value chain analysis, identify new local or potential growth of agroforestry options for entrepreneurship opportunities, with a focus on gender, and considering the green and circular economy needs and opportunities for employment.
7. Develop an agroforestry private sector and TVET development Road Map.
8. In close collaboration with private sector, worker organizations and other stakeholders, map professional profiles across the agroforestry value-chain. Identify the key actors involved in each stage of the value chain and Identify skills needs and TVET delivery gaps in support of strengthening and supporting existing businesses and new entrepreneurship opportunities.
9. Support in the development of entrepreneurship skills Programme to stimulate the demand-side through the establishment of micro and other enterprises across the agroforestry value-chain in the target localities.
10. Facilitate the enabling condition for entrepreneurship systems, and work with the Timor-Leste partner organizations and training centres to develop solid business models for long-term service delivery.
11. Conduct field survey, preparation, and delivery of entrepreneurship training.
12. Mainstreaming gender and social inclusion in training design and delivery.
13. Mainstreaming industry responsiveness and environmental sustainability /circular economy in training design, and delivery.
14. Provide on-site mentoring and quality control for the training activities.
15. Support in the development of a digital platform and application for employment opportunities, and other offers and demands from the private sector.
University degree in business, economics, education, skills or TVET system development, social sciences, development studies or a related discipline.
Excellent English and Tetum
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