EFE-Tunisie lance un appel à consultation pour mener une Analyse du marché et des besoins régionaux dans les gouvernorats de Jendouba, Siliana, Beja et le Kef Retour vers les opportunités

About the Project

Education For Employment (EFE), its local Tunisian affiliate EFE-Tunisie, in consortium with Tunisian American Young Professionals (TAYP) and Tunisian Association for Management and Social Stability (TAMSS) have partnered with the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC) to launch the project “ Supporting Job Creation for Young Tunisians from Marginalized Communities” to increase employment (including self-employment) among young Tunisians in marginalized interior and/or southern regions.

EFE-Tunisie has become the country’s leading civil society organization addressing youth unemployment, by providing more than 10878 young women and men with skills and tools to find their first job or start a business, including more than 2132 youth directly placed into demand sectors, while also influencing institutional level systems change by working to improve feedback loops between the public and private sector.

“Supporting Job Creation for Young Tunisians from Marginalized Communities” addresses youth unemployment and supports local development through a combination of job training and placement, and entrepreneurship and capacity building interventions in Tunisia. EFE will reach 1217 young beneficiaries aged 18-35 from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds in the governorates of Siliana, Kef, Beja and Jendouba.

Regional market and needs analysis in Jendouba, Siliana, Beja et le Kef

As the consortium already holds significant experience and expertise in the identified focus regions, the consortium will leverage its already existing partners, while conducting a regional market and needs analysis to further strengthen its impact for this project. This analysis will provide relevant information on the regional sectors, key technical & soft skills in demand from employers and specific challenges that are faced by employers in these marginalized regions.

This analysis will also ensure filling gaps, instead of duplicating existing projects.

In the scope of its project Supporting Job Creation for Young Tunisians from Marginalized, EFE-Tunisie will select a consultant to conduct a Regional market and needs analysis in Jendouba, Siliana, Beja et le Kef. The project’s target involves job seekers aged between 18 – 35 years old and unemployed for at least 3 months.

The consultant will:

• Establish a directory of 60 companies and 120 licensed professionals that operate in high-demand sectors in target regions
• Identify SMEs, big companies and licensed professionals with hiring needs in each of the targeted governorates, by sectors
• Survey the identified SMEs, big companies and licensed professionals in the targeted governorates, and establish a list of their hiring needs over the next year, in terms of the number of vacant positions, the profiles and competencies needed, the educational level, the age range and the gender, as well as the skills needed to enhance the employability of their future new
• Identify the Soft Skills and Technical trainings needs of the surveyed SMEs and big companies, in each of the targeted governorates.
• Identify similar Workforce programs funded by other donors in the targeted region

The consultant will begin the Regional market and needs analysis in April 2019. The study, all deliverables included, must be completed by end of May 2019.

Engagement: Expectations and Level of Commitment

The consultant will engage with all employment stakeholders and the private sector in Siliana, Jendouba, Beja and Kef, i.e ; Chambers of Commerce, Regional UTICA, as well as national and local business associations and federations that operate in the targeted governorates.

The consultant will provide weekly written progress reports to EFE-Tunisie.

Methodology

The consultant will achieve the expected outcome of the Regional market and needs analysis through:

• One‐on‐one interviews/meetings with the private sector presenting high-demand in the target regions and employment stakeholders in Siliana, Jendouba, Beja and Kef.
• Utilization of consultant’s knowledge, resources and

Deliverables and Final Work Product

• A directory of 60 companies and 120 licensed professionals in the targeted governorates, per governorate and per sector that presents high hiring demand
• A sector assessment analysis Survey that is addressed by the consultant to the private sector. The consultant must survey the identified companies and licensed professionals in the four targeted governorates combined
• A detailed report of the hiring needs of the companies and licensed professionals previously identified and surveyed by the consultant. This report must include the hiring needs over the next year, the number of vacant positions per company per sector, the profiles and competencies needed per company per sector, the educational level required for these job, the age range of the required personnel, as well as the skills needed to enhance the employability of the future new recruits of each company. The report must be; per company, per sector, per governorate
• A benchmark of civil society organizations/institutions that deliver workforce development programs in the targeted governorates. The benchmark should also include a detailed summary of the training programs delivered by each organization/institution.