Vocational Training and Labour Market Advisor(m/f)

GIZ Mozambique is recruitingone Vocational Training and Labour Market Advisor(m/f) for programm PEPE (Promoção da Educação Profissional e Emprego) based in Maputo, Mozambique.

Closing data for applications: 14.10.2025

A.        General Introduction:

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, BMZ) has commissioned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with the implementation of the programme “Labour market orientation of national TVET and employment policies”. The project is co-financed by the European Union. Political partners are, among others, the Ministry of Education and Culture. The objective of the project is to improve labour market orientation of national TVET and employment policies on a political, strategic, and practical level. To this end, it strengthens the capacities and collaboration of public and private stakeholders and support better coordination of planning, implementation and monitoring in the TVET and employment sector.

A. Core Tasks

The advisor is responsible for:

• Provide direct advisory to counterparts (among others the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC), Ministry of Youth and Sports(MYS)) on policy development and coordination and planning in the field of TVET for employment
• Conceptualization and support the coordination of participatory policy development processes
• Coordination with other development partners on TVET for Employment
• Support measures that strengthen capacities for planning, monitoring and evaluation of policies and strategies
• Manage and coordinate external consultants, ensuring quality of deliverables and timelines
• Organization of different event formats, workshops, meetings
• Supporting the planning and monitoring of activities, the necessary innovation and, knowledge management as well as communication measures on processes and results.

B. Main activities

1.     Advising the partner institution(s)

The advisor:

• Liaise directly with MEC and MYS on policy development, planning and coordination with development partners. It is planned that the consultant will have a workplace both at the counterpart’s and at the GIZ office to guarantee close cooperation.
• Provide strategic guidance on integrating private sector needs into policy frameworks – particularly in the renewable energies, transport and logistics and agriculture sectors
• Support the planning and management of the counterparts aligned with national strategies
• Contributes to the preparation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of measures in accordance with the operational plan in the project component
• Manages the planning, preparation, and execution of workshops, seminars, and other events related to policy development or public private dialogue formats. Preparation includes the development of concepts, speaking points, speeches and other input papers.

2.     Networking and cooperation

The advisor:

• Is in direct contact with counterparts at the Ministry of Education and Culture as well as the Ministry of Labour, Social Action and Gender and other national TVET and employment institutions to provide advisory and support.
• Is coordinating directly with other development partners in the area of TVET and employment.
• Supports dialogue of businesses and business associations with TVET government stakeholder

3.     Knowledge management and communication

The advisor:

• Ensures knowledge transfer in her/his their advisory area
• Documents and disseminates best practices and lessons learned from advisory activities
• Supports knowledge sharing with other GIZ projects active in the area of TVET, skills and private sector development
• Prepares relevant inputs from her/his advisory area for various project reports, including annual reports, and contributes to other reports requested by project management or GIZ headquarters.
• Supports communication activities for his/her activities.

4.     Coordination

The professional:

• Coordinates relevant project activities in consultation with project management and in cooperation with partners, both in terms of organizational preparation and practical implementation.
• Compiles relevant information for joint activities, measures, and assignments.
• Coordinates different consultancy assignments, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of consultant outputs and reports.

Qualification and Skills

• University degree, Economics, Education, Political Science, Public Management, Business Administration
• Fluency in Portuguese; very good command of spoken and written English 
• Proven ability to work in an international team, strong teamwork skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Proactive and independent style of working
• Firm command of digital working methods and instruments (MS Office, Teams)

General professional experience

• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in advisory roles in TVET and employment or for Private Sector Development.
• At least 3 years of advisory in international development cooperation.

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Proven experience in technical advisory of government institutions and engaging in policy dialogue at the national level.
• Familiarity with at least on of the sectors of Renewable Energies, Transport and Logistics or Agriculture.
• Knowledge of the governance of the Mozambican TVET and employment system.
• Experience in project management, including planning, implementation, and reporting.

Notes

This is a national position, remunerated according to GIZ terms;

The cover letter and CV should be in a single file including relevant annexes;

We encourage women and minority groups to apply for this position. GIZ is committed to equal opportunities and diversity of perspectives in the workplace;

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.