Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Objectives of the study
• The overall of the study is to establish the effectiveness of the EBTVET model in equipping youths with the necessary skills for gainful employment in Mandera County. The study will trace the beneficiaries of the training to establish what they are currently to provide evidence of the project’s relevance, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability. Consequently, the assessment will account for the youth’s engagement in apprenticeship, self-employment, and formal employment.

Specific Objectives
• Identify the type of current employment and incomes achieved by the trained youths
• Establish the employability of the skills and training offered in EBTVET
• Establish the factors inhibiting youth employment (wage or self-employment) in Mandera County
• Identify perceptions and satisfaction levels of the youths regarding the EBTVET models implemented.
• Establish best practices/lessons learned from the project implementation of EBTVET (Business
• Development Services, Placement Services, Graduates, Skills Development)
• Establish factors that influenced achievement or non-achievement of sustainability of the EBTVET model

Scope of the evaluation
• The extent to which the project facilitated vision building with youth, local authorities and (local) businesses on what an attractive and relevant vocational training model would look like (e.g. roundtable events) and the technical follow up support provided.
• The establishment of a platform for continued and regular exchange between youth, public and private sector to ensure attractiveness and market relevance of skills transfer.
• The effectiveness of an alternative vocational training model (enterprise based technical and vocational education and training [EBTVET] which links youth to local businesses for apprenticeships) and whether it has increased demand and ownership for this model.
• The social marketing campaigns used to disseminate successes of the EBTVET model and to increase demand and ownership for the model that have been implemented.
• The extent to which the project engaged in advocacy to address structural constraints in the vocational training sector (e.g. advocate for stipends to be provided to the poorest and most deprived youth to enable them to carry out apprenticeships)
• The effectiveness of local stakeholders to run the programme independently, the relevance of the capacity building carried out and whether the project is sustainable or not
• The technical support provided to public and private sector stakeholders to develop quality insurance system for the EBTVET model (child safeguarding, workplace safety, training quality, gender equality, life skills and business development curriculum development, linkages with complementary models and certification services etc.).
• The extent to which community sensitization campaigns were carried out with the aim to broaden prevailing gender norms of what are ‘appropriate’ career and life choices for adolescent girls and young women.
• The extent to which tailored capacity building (e.g. on technologies or business models), mentoring and networking support was provided to selected local businesses in identified growth sectors that have high potential to create additional jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities for youth.
• Dissemination of evidence, facilitation of network meetings and trade fairs to encourage other businesses from the targeted sectors to tap into existing knowledge networks, to adopt new technologies and/or to adopt new business models
• The facilitation of knowledge and technology transfer networks (e.g. via the facilitation of trade and knowledge fairs, cross-country exchange visits etc.)that was carried out by the project and the impact created
• The facilitation of access to financial service providers and the impact created
• The extent to which the project was engaged in advocacy to remove key structural constraints for local businesses.

Consultant’s qualifications
• An advanced university degree (MA/MSc) or Masters’ degree in education management, social sciences and a TVET related qualification.
• General professional experience: At least 10 years of professional experience related to TVET policies implementation.
• Specific professional experience: Proven experience in evaluation of livelihoods projects will be considered as an asset;
• Proven experience in gender transformative programming , TVET and youth empowerment, etc. will be considered as an asset;
• Proven experience in life skills for success and entrepreneurship training will be considered as an asset;
- Proven experience in resources mobilization strategies and development of evaluation reports with potential donors and development partners
• -Strong experience in working with TVET stakeholders such as the pastoralist communities, County Government and Local skilled enterprises.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Closing Date : Sep 24, 2022
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