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Development Worker: Advisor (m/f/fd) on female entrepreneurship and gender mainstreaming (Niamey)
POSTED BY: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
REF:GIZ 283
Date Published:Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Date of Expiration:Monday, July 26, 2021 EXPIRED
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| LOCATION OF THIS JOB |
 Niger | NIAMEY in Niger |
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| Development Agency
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| MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION |
Job-ID: P1746V004
Location: Niamey
Assignment period: 04/01/2021 - 03/31/2023
Field: Economic Development
Type of employment: full-time
Application deadline: 02/21/2021
ABOUT US
We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative and worldwide operating institution related to development policy. Your competencies and qualifications are demanded on the spot in an interdisciplinary team. You advise governmental and civil society organizations at local or municipal level. The Development Service of GIZ offers a comprehensive service package. It includes a specific technical and personal preparation. The basis for the deployment of specialists in the development service is the German Development Workers Act (EhfG).
Contact
Recruitment and Follow-On Assignments
+49 (0) 6196 79-3200
kundenportal-rueckfragen@giz.de
As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its goals in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development.
By deploying skilled experts as development workers, GIZ contributes to achieving long-term improvement in the living conditions of local people.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The development cooperation measure Capacity Development and Qualification for Business Start-Ups in Niger implements strategies to promote employment and business opportunities. These are supplemented by short-term actions designed to generate immediate income for the population in an effort to counter the precarious labour market situation and to tackle poverty. The project’s primary target group is young women and men in Niger between the ages of 15 and 35. Support is also provided to local micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The project also works closely with chambers of industry and commerce and the staff of decentralised technical services. The objective of the project is to strengthen incubation centres so that operational strategies to promote female entrepreneurship can be implemented.
YOUR TASKS
1. Advising on the development of initiatives to help strengthen the leadership role of women in the private sector
2. Supporting synergies between structures that support women in setting up companies
3. Contributing to knowledge and innovation management in the area of female entrepreneurship
4. Leveraging good practices in the field of female entrepreneurship for a MSME incubator
5. Advising on vocational training for start-ups in Niger (ProEMPLOI), providing advice to other development cooperation projects and the GIZ country office on strategic and operational planning with regard to gender-specific issues
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YOUR PROFILE
1. University degree in business administration, administrative sciences or social sciences or a comparable qualification, with several years of professional experience
2. Knowledge of promoting MSMEs
3. Knowledge of gender mainstreaming
4. Experience of providing organisational advisory services
5. A highly motivated individual with an excellent tolerance of ambiguity
6. Fluency in business French and English (written and oral); knowledge of other languages (German) would be an advantage
LOCATION INFORMATION
The GIZ offers an additional benefits package for deployments in fragile security situations.
Please use the following link for information about living and working in Niger.
The security situation is tense. Special precautionary measures are in place for GIZ staff working in the country. GIZ’s security guidelines must be followed at all times. Please also ensure that you always consult the country-specific information issued by the German Federal Foreign Office. GIZ has a professional security risk management system in place on the ground. Mobility is restricted. GIZ does not place any restrictions on employees being accompanied by family members. Where necessary, please find out what types of relationship are legally and socially accepted in the country of assignment.
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.
Please understand that we can accept and process in principle only applications via our E-recruiting system. Following the confirmation of your succesful application, kindly check your spam / junk mail folder on a regular basis, since some provider classify emails form our recruiting system as spam.
You can get an overview of our benefits packages here.
Any contract will not be valid until the restrictions placed on outward journeys and business trips that are currently in force at GIZ to contain the global spread of the COVID-19 virus have been lifted.
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