Job-ID: V000054415
Location: Addis Abeba
Assignment period: 07/01/2023 - 11/30/2025
Field: Economic Development
Type of employment: full-time
Application deadline: 06/18/2023
ABOUT US
• The basis for service as a development worker is the Development Workers Act (EhfG) and a comprehensive package of benefits based on it. This includes, among other things, targeted professional and personal preparation. We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, globally active development institution. Your competencies are in demand in an interdisciplinary team on site.
• GIZ is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. Recognition, appreciation and inclusion of diversity in the company are important to us. All employees shall be valued - regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, social background, age or sexual orientation.
• GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability, both in Germany and abroad. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.
• Our model for success is a better life for everyone and purposeful tasks for our employees. For more than 50 years, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as a company of the German Federal Government, has been supporting the implementation of development policy goals worldwide. Together with partner organisations in 120 countries, we are involved in a diverse range of projects. If you want to make a difference in the world and develop yourself in the process, you've come to the right place.
CONTACT
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+49 6196/79-3200
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JOB DESCRIPTION
80% of Ethiopia's population lives in rural areas, of which more than 18,000,000 are (agro-) pastoralists in the lowlands, which account for nearly 60% of Ethiopia's land area. Due to population growth and the increasingly frequent occurrence of extreme weather events, this system is increasingly put at risk and the people and their livestock have become increasingly vulnerable. Extensive resource use like overgrazing and deforestation causes food insecurity, soil degradation, and erosion. Dry valleys are the result, through which rainwater is quickly directed out of the area without being able to infiltrate into the soil, which intensifies desertification and food insecurity. To address this issue the Dry Valley Rehabilitation and Productive Use (DVRPU) approach was developed. The DVRPU approach is systemic with a series of technical, biological, economic, social, institutional, and managerial measures applied to rehabilitate entire dry valleys for the benefit of the inhabitants and their animals, taking into account the existing political-administrative and traditional management system.
YOUR TASKS
1. In close collaboration with the Lowland Soil Rehabilitation Project Development Worker, support universities and Agricultural Technical Vocational Education and Trainings (ATVETs) in developing and coordinating short courses on the DVRPU approach for upscaling and integration into teaching systems at different levels
2. Documentation and ensuring anchoring of the developed courses in the knowledge management system, especially in the GIZ knowledge bank, which is the fundament for upscaling the DVRPU approach
3. Coordination with other stakeholders in adapting curricula and implementing the structure of training courses
4. Support multi-stakeholder dialogue and promote knowledge sharing among key stakeholders in the target regions of Afar, Somali, and Oromia to support the upscaling of DVRPU
5. Strengthen administrative and financial capacity at ATVETs and universities
6. Develop a system for an improved communication platform between universities and ATVETs for further dissemination of the DVRPU approach
7. Facilitate learning processes and advise on the further development and upscaling of best practices and tools related to the approach
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YOUR PROFILE
1. University qualification (German ‘Diplom’/Master) in Political-, Social- or Environmental Science or other disciplines relevant to the assignment; Ph.D. is preferred
2. Several years of experience in doing research, especially qualitative studies, their analysis, evaluation, and the writing of outcome reports and other publications
3. Proven experience in adult education
4. Several years of professional experience in the development sector, preferably in Africa
5. Several years of professional experience in the area of knowledge management
6. Intercultural and coordination competencies combined with strong communication skills
7. Strong analytical and conceptual skills and (report) writing competence with strong attention to consistency, detail, and quality
8. Authenticity, adaptability, resilience as well as performance and goal orientation
9. Business fluent in English, fluent in German is an advantage; willingness to learn the local languages
LOCATION INFORMATION
We are pleased to offer you a first impression on topics such as climate, shopping and services, the school situation and health care in Ethiopia.
The security situation is tense. Tailored security risk mitigation measures are in place for GIZ staff in country. GIZ staff must adhere to security measures at all times. Please also check the county-specific information provided by the German Federal Foreign Office. GIZ runs a professional security risk management system in the field of deployment. The freedom of movement is restricted. GIZ does not impose any restrictions on life partners and family members to move with you to the country of deployment. Please note that the general and personal living conditions in the country of assignment may meet with different legal and social acceptance. We gladly support you with our many years of experience.
Further information on country-specific advice from the Federal Foreign Office at https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en.
NOTES
GIZ's Development Service is looking forward to applications of candidates with a professional qualification and / or university degree and at least two years of professional experience. In addition you hold the German nationality or the nationality of a member state of the European Union.
This position is with option of extension after receipt of order.
Willingness to travel on a regular basis is required.
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Please observe the provisions of the country-specific vaccination regulations for entry and work in the country of assignment - in particular also regarding COVID-19.
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