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Key Expert 2: Education and Skills Expert

Required full time, minimum 880 working/man days over three years.

Project Title:

Education for Employability (E4E)

Location:

South Africa

Position:

Key Expert 2: Education and Skills Expert

Qualifications and Skills:

  • A Master’s Degree in education, development studies, organisational development, business administration, management or a related discipline is required;
  • In the absence of a Master’s Degree, a Bachelors’ degree or equivalent qualification with at least 15 years’ experience in the fields listed above or related disciplines will be considered;
  • Good communication skills in English- written and spoken;
  • Competent in MS Office;
  • Excellent facilitation and interpersonal skills.

General Professional Experience:

  • At least 12 years general experience in institutional strengthening and capacity development or strategic management or project and programme management in sectors related to education, skills development and training, youth employment or placement services;
  • At least 5 years of the above experience should be in South Africa or in an upper middle income country;
  • At least 2 years of the above experience should be in government/public sector.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • At least 2 experiences in policy/strategy issues related to the education sector;
  • At least 2 experiences in policy/strategy issues related to the employment sector;
  • A minimum of 3 experiences in monitoring and evaluation is required;
  • A minimum of 3 experiences in providing technical support on organisational development and institutional capacity development is required;
  • A minimum of 3 experiences in project/programme management in public sector is required;
  • Experience and exposure to work with TVET colleges or ECD or youth employment or labour placement services will be an added advantage;
  • Managerial experience in the public or private sector will be an added advantage.

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Key Expert 1: Team Leader and Institutional Capacity Development Expert

Required full time, minimum 880 working/man days over three years.

Project Title:

Education for Employability (E4E)

Location:

South Africa

Position:

Key Expert 1: Team Leader

Qualifications and Skills:

  • A Master’s Degree in education, development studies, organisational development, business administration, management or a related discipline is required;
  • In the absence of a Master’s Degree, a Bachelors’ degree or equivalent qualification with at least 15 years’ experience in the fields listed above or related disciplines will be considered;
  • Good communication skills in English- written and spoken;
  • Competent in MS Office;
  • Excellent facilitation and interpersonal skills.

General Professional Experience:

  • At least 12 years general experience in institutional strengthening and capacity development or strategic management or project and programme management in sectors related to education, skills development and training, youth employment or placement services;
  • At least 5 years of the above experience should be in South Africa or in an upper middle income country;
  • At least 2 years of the above experience should be in government/public sector.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • At least 2 experiences in policy/strategy issues related to the education sector;
  • At least 2 experiences in policy/strategy issues related to the employment sector;
  • A minimum of 3 experiences in monitoring and evaluation is required;
  • A minimum of 3 experiences in providing technical support on organisational development and institutional capacity development is required;
  • A minimum of 3 experiences in project/programme management in public sector is required;
  • Experience and exposure to work with TVET colleges or ECD or youth employment or labour placement services will be an added advantage;
  • Managerial experience in the public or private sector will be an added advantage.

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Shortlist – Education for Employability (E4E) in South Africa

European Projects Management Ltd. has been shortlisted for the EuropeAid project contract, in consortium with Human Dynamics.

Project Title:

Education for Employability (E4E)

Location:

South Africa

Project Reference:

EuropeAid/140391/DH/SER/ZA

Contract Description:

The purpose of this contract is to provide Technical Assistance (TA) to support the National Treasury and three key implementing government departments (Department of Basic Education; Department of Higher Education and Training; and the Department of Employment and Labour[1]) in the design, administration and implementation of the Education for Employability (E4E) Budget Support Sector Reform Programme. E4E aims to support government efforts in improving the quality of basic education, vocational training and job placement services, from early childhood, through teen-years, until the acquisition of skills needed for the world-of-work. The programme has a cross sector approach (education and employment) with an emphasis on institutional collaboration and coordination.  

The Contract is expected to provide a small team of key experts (the core team) full time for the duration of the implementation period, and a number of short -term non-key experts to be mobilised as required. The team shall, amongst other things, support the programme governance; serve as the Secretarial support for the Programme Steering Committee; programme monitoring and reporting; coordination and alignment of systems amongst the three involved departments and other stakeholders, including the grants implemented by civil society and coordination of donor support to establish synergies with other projects. The TA will further support the departments in policy dialogue and experience sharing with Europe, and the implementation of the Communication and Visibility Plan of Action.

[1] Previously Department of Labour. Changed in May 2019 during the announcement of the 6th Administration Cabinet.

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AWARD – Improving the Quality of Education by Introducing Examinations at the End of Secondary Education

European Projects Management Ltd. has been awarded the EuropeAid project contract in Turkey, in consortium with Hulla and co. Human Dynamics KG.

Project Title:

Improving the Quality of Education by Introducing Examinations at the End of Secondary Education

Location:

Serbia

Project Reference:

EuropeAid/138188/DH/SER/RS

Value of the Contract:

3 898 221 EUR

Contract Description:

Improve the quality of the secondary education system in the Republic of Serbia by reviewing, updating and/or introducing national final examinations in order to contribute building a knowledge-based society.

This will be done through strengthening the capacities of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and other relevant national stakeholders (notably the Institute for Evaluating the Quality of Education, the Institute for Improvement of Education, the National Education Council, the Council for Vocational and Adult Education, the National Council for Higher Education – among others) and education institutions (faculties and schools), developing exam materials, promotion and piloting of final examinations at the end of the four-year and at the end of the three-year secondary education.

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Shortlist – Preschool Education System Reform in Serbia

Title:Support to Preschool Education System Reform

Location: Serbia

Reference: EuropeAid/138045/IH/SER/RS

Contract description:

The purpose of this contract is to help the Republic of Serbia to further develop preschool education system in 50 Local Self Governments (LSGs). At least three main results are expected:

  1. Professional capacities of LSGs to plan and manage preschool education strengthened. This should comprise at least the following activities:
    • Trainings and consultation for at least 200 responsible persons in 50 LSGs on development and implementation of local strategy and/or action plan and on optimisation, adequate management and budgeting of the network of preschool institutions on local level,
    • Preparation of guidelines for development of local preschool strategies and action plans,
    • Development and implementation of awareness raising campaign on importance of involving children in preschool education, especially vulnerable groups,
    • Support for the preparation of the network optimisation act for each LSG, including analytical work for its preparation.
  2. Professional competences of preschool institutions staff improved in line with Preschool Curriculum Framework. This should comprise at least the following activities:
    • Trainings for 1500 teachers and 100 mentors for the implementation of the new Preschool Curriculum Framework,
    • Support 50 of preschool institutions to develop their diversified preschool programs in line with the new Preschool Curriculum Framework,
    • Develop informative guidelines and webpages for at least 25 preschool institutions
  3. Legislative framework in accordance with the new laws and the new Preschool Curriculum Framework developed. This should comprise at least support for the preparation of relevant by-laws.

Publication date of shortlist notice: 14 September 2018