Vocational Skills Training Development Coordinator at Swisscontact Tanzania

Vocational Skills Training Development Coordinator at Swisscontact Tanzania March 2025

Background
Skills
for Employment Tanzania (SET) is a project financed by the Swiss Agency
for Development and Cooperation (SDC) through the Embassy of
Switzerland in Tanzania. It aims to enhance youth (self-) employment for
the Vocational Skills Development system. It supports the government
and private sector stakeholders to expand access to quality training
that matches the demand from both the economy and youth. The project
improves relevance of labour market data for curriculum development,
enhances the quality of vocational teachers through continuing
professional development and provides access to tailor made practical
vocational training for youth in particular for women including young
mothers.

Swisscontact is currently looking for a Vocational
Skills Training Development Coordinator, to be based in Morogoro region
with irregular travel to other locations within Tanzania.
Responsibilities and Tasks
Under
the supervision and support of the Vocational Skills Development and
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Manager, the successful candidate
will have the following responsibilities and tasks:

Responsibilities

• Organise
  and support non-formal vocational skills program revision and
  development as well as the implementation of Labour Market Analysis
  (LMA) studies with internal and external stakeholders
• Support
  the capacity building of public and private stakeholders in the context
  of LMA and non-formal vocational skills program revision and development
• Work with the related authorities and other stakeholders to ensure dissemination and use of the documentation developed
• Follow Swisscontact’s rules and procedures such as the Code of Conduct (CoC) and Country Manual

Tasks
The Vocational Skills Training Program Development and Labour Market Analysis Coordinator will perform the following tasks:
1. Non-formal vocational skill program revision and development (50%)

• Organise
  and support the revision and/or development of non-formal vocational
  skills training programs, including curricula, training guides, training
  materials, and cost assessments with internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure
  that all relevant stakeholders are involved in job analysis and
  training program revision/development and their capacity to do the same
  themselves is improved
• Contribute to the revision and/or
  development of non-formal training programs by ensuring high quality of
  developed training packages and aligning them to national requirements
• Incorporate emerging technologies and industry best practices into program materials.
• Facilitate
  dissemination of revised/developed training packages through relevant
  channels and follow up on usage and implementation of training packages
  in selected institutions
• Support the development and usage of a guide for non-formal training programs development

2. Labour Market Analysis (40%)

• Organise
  and support implementation of LMA studies at local level focusing on
  youth needs in collaboration with related internal or external
  stakeholders.
• Identify emerging skills gaps and future skills needs for meaningful youth engagement
• Ensure
  that all relevant stakeholders are involved in LMA studies and their
  capacity to do the same studies themselves is improved
• Contribute
  to LMA studies through collection, cleaning and analysis of the data
  and the translation of the findings into reports while ensuring high
  quality of LMA studies.
• Ensure establishment of a knowledge hub
  for non-formal VSD in Tanzania with the relevant public authorities and
  other stakeholders to ensure dissemination and use of the documentation
  developed
• Support the development and usage of a guide for a simple LMA prior to the start of youth VSD programs.

3. Other tasks (10%)

• Closely
  collaborate with the youth training coordinators to ensure LMA and
  training packages are integrated in the training projects being offered
  by SET.
• Provide inputs for SET reporting to the Government and SDC.
• Work with MRM to ensure that monitoring data is aligned and participate in MRM meetings as
• Ensure the inclusion of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and climate change into LMA and training programs
• Establish
  YPOs, budget, and other administrative reports related to LMA and
  curricula development in collaboration with the Vocational Skills
  Development Manager.
• Perform other tasks as agreed with the Vocational Skills Development Manager.

Required qualifications, experience and competencies

• At least a bachelor’s degree (or higher) in education, economics, project management, or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of work experience in training program development, preferably for non-formal vocational skills.
• Good understanding of implementation of LMA studies at local level and focusing on out-of school youth needs
• Experience in capacity building of partners on aspects of LMA and training program development
• Experience in implementing complex project activities with government and private sector stakeholders.
• Strong writing skills in English and Swahili with the capability to draft clear, structured and concise documents
• Structured mindset with attention to detail and quality
• Excellent ability to use Microsoft office package (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

Workplace
The main place of work will be Morogoro with regular visits to other places in Tanzania.

Submission
Interested candidates are invited to submit CVs with a motivation letter/cover letter in English including three (3) referees to tz_info@swisscontact.org not later than 17.00 (EAT) on 09.04.2025. The CV and/or the cover letter must include the expected monthly gross salary expressed in TSH.

Please note that: The consortium respects gender equality and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applications received after the closing date and time will not be considered
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview..