Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Background
Education For Employment – Tunisia (EFE-Tunisie), supporting implementer Chemonics and collaborating with partners Pro Invest and SSG, seeks to hire a Job Placement and Career Center Specialist to support the Tunisia Business Reform and Competitiveness Project II (BCRP II). EFE-Tunisie will focus on improving the match between skills in demand and training provided in order to address structural unemployment. The position will focus on expanding and institutionalizing Career and Certification Competence Centers (4Cs) in order to enhance employability for students throughout Tunisia.
Responsibilities
In order to ensure the success of the USAID Tunisia BRCP II and fulfill EFE-Tunisie’s responsibilities under the work plan, the Job Placement and Career Center Specialist will carry out the following responsibilities:
- Lead efforts to establish or upgrade 70 4Cs with the tools, capacity, infrastructure and resources they need to become modern career counseling providers.
- Supervise regional workforce advisors in providing capacity building support to new and established 4Cs, including the following activities: formalizing and operationalizing steering committees, encouraging standard director selection criteria, providing coaching to directors and other staff on effective private sector engagement strategies, developing operational plans, budgets, and fundraising strategies, and designing annual action plans to meet the unique needs of their student populations and potential employers in their area.
- Ensure 4Cs receive adequate IT capabilities and systems infrastructure to efficiently deliver career counseling services.
- Oversee training of 4C trainers on delivering workforce readiness training, conducting private sector outreach, IT skills and student coaching skills.
- Lead efforts to develop relationships with private sector representatives to facilitate fund raising and sponsorships for 4Cs.
- Work with data collection specialists to install a management system in 4Cs to track data on employment outcomes and services.
- Collaborate with National Employment and Self-Employment Agency (ANETI) to place university graduates in jobs by conducting outreach to private sector partners and establishing work and internship opportunities.
- Other duties as necessary.