VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - Helvetas Nepal

Job DescriptionEmployment Fund Secretariat, Helvetas NepalJob Title:Location:Reporting to:Job purpose:Technical Officer- Market Research and Product DevelopmentEmployment Fund Secretariat at Kathmandu, with frequenttraveling to the fieldProgramme Coordinator, Employment Fund Secretariat (EFS)Provide inputs in terms of labour market study and productdevelopment in terms of new training packages developmentDuties and responsibilitiesTake lead role in labour market studies linked with employmentTake lead role in conducting RMA training and its follow upsProvide technical inputs in assessing technical part of the service proposalsTake lead role in exploration of different business modules and its pilot testingTake lead role in exploration of women friendly trades and occupation ensuring highemployabilityTake lead role in training package development including new OSS, curriculum guideand trainer and trainees hand booksTake lead role in developing different business modules ensuring high employabilityTake lead role for pilot testing of new business modelsProvide technical inputs in developing skill plus packagesLink EFS to external expertise in terms of market research and training packagedevelopmentMonitor developments in the market research and product development areaBe a discussion partner in the teamSupport in documenting the learningSupport on building on the lessons learnt in the area of market research and productdevelopmentKnowledge about rights-based development approaches, governance, equity socialinclusion concepts and Corporate Social ResponsibilityExperience in logical framework development, putting into project operation, and usingthem for project planning and reportingKnowledge and experience working in the area of value chain and sub sector analysis,subcontracting/ group enterprise/sub-sector development approach

Networking and CoordinationTake lead role in coordinating resource organizations related with market research andproduct development.Take part in coordinating with NSTB in conducting skill test.Finance and AdministrationSupport the preparation of yearly plan of operation and implementation plan of theenvelope 2 of the EFPersonal Specifications/Job Requirementsa. Minimum Education AttainmentMaster’s Degree in Business Management, social science or developmental studies t or arelevant field.b. Minimum Professional Experience and Competency More than 5 years of working experience in the development field and minimum 3years of relevant experience in market related fieldGood understanding of TEVT sector of NepalGood understanding of the market and marketing toolsGood knowledge of business models in the marketResult oriented personality/ maintaining deadlinesExcellent interpersonal, inter-cultural competencies and team playerFluency in Nepali and English, both written and oralIT: Proficiency in using office application software; ability to produce, understand andanalyze standard database reports; and efficiency in using communicationapplications.August 24, 2009

Job DescriptionEmployment Fund Secretariat, Helvetas NepalJob Title:Location:Reporting to:Job purpose:Technical Officer- Capacity BuildingEmployment Fund Secretariat Kathmandu, with frequenttraveling to the fieldProgramme Coordinator, Employment Fund Secretariat (EFS)Provide inputs in terms of capacity building of the Training andEmployment ( T&E) Service Providers and contribute indeveloping capacity building packages.Duties and responsibilitiesTake lead role in facilitating system development of the T&Es in terms of their servicedelivery viz. quality skills training delivery, monitoring system development, follow upsand counseling, placement servicesProvide technical inputs to the T& Es in terms of their capacity enhancement.Take lead role in capacity assessment of the T&E Service Providers in terms of meetingstandards of service delivery to EFSAssess capacity gaps and develop capacity building plans for T&EsTake lead role in imparting capacity building activities to help capacitate the T& Es todelivery the quality servicesFacilitate in conducting RMA training to the T&Es in coordination with other unitsTake initiative in conducting ToT, its follow upsTake lead role in developing skill plus packages, training manuals and its implementationat T&E levelTake lead role in developing trainers accreditation systemDevelop benchmarking system for T&EsTake lead role in developing capacity building packages and skill plus packagesLink EFS to external expertise in terms of capacity enhancement of the T&EsMonitor developments in the capacity building area of the T&EsBe a discussion partner in the teamSupport in documenting the learningSupport on building on the lessons learnt in the area of capacity building of T&EsKnowledge about rights-based development approaches, governance, equity socialinclusion concepts and Corporate Social ResponsibilityExperience in logical framework development, putting into project operation, and usingthem for project planning and reporting

Networking and CoordinationTake lead role in coordinating resource organizations related with capacity buildingTake lead role in coordinating with resource organisation in conducting ToTFinance and AdministrationSupport the preparation of yearly plan of operation and implementation plan of theenvelope 3 of the EFPersonal Specifications/Job Requirementsa. Minimum Education AttainmentMaster’s Degree in Business Management, Human Resource management or a relevantfieldb. Minimum Professional Experience and Competency More than 5 years of working experience in the development field and minimum 3years of relevant experience in market related fieldGood understanding of TEVT sector of NepalGood understanding of the OD/ID approaches and toolsGood knowledge in Human Resource managementResult oriented personality/ maintaining deadlinesExcellent interpersonal, inter-cultural competencies and team playerFluency in Nepali and English, both written and oralIT: Proficiency in using office application software; ability to produce, understand andanalyze standard database reports; and efficiency in using communicationapplicationsAugust 24, 2009