Vocational Training and Labour Market Advisor
- Company
GIZ India
- Location
Hyderabad, Telangana
- Employment Type
Full-Time
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Functional Category
Programme Management & Implementation
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Experience
10 - 11 years
About GIZ India
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federal enterprise with worldwide operations. We support the German Government in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. The current thematic areas of GIZ in India are – Energy, Environment, Climate Change and Biodiversity, Sustainable Urban Development and Sustainable Economic Development. The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), as well as the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), are the main commissioning parties of GIZ in India. Other clients include Indian public sector clients, the European Union and foundations. Currently, GIZ has over 330 staff in India, of whom 85 percent are national personnel. The Government of India has launched numerous important initiatives to address the country’s economic, environmental and social challenges, and GIZ is contributing to some of the most significant ones. For example, it supports key initiatives such as Smart Cities, Clean India, and Skill India. GIZ, in close cooperation with Indian partners, devises tailor-made, jointly-developed solutions to meet local needs and achieve sustainable and inclusive development.
Overview of the Role
The role leads the IGGSP cluster in Telangana by building strong partnerships with government, private sector, and training institutions to advance green skilling and employment, particularly in renewable energy sectors like solar, wind, and EV. It oversees the setup and management of a National Center of Excellence, supports cooperative and gender-inclusive TVET models, and provides technical guidance to enhance opportunities for women and marginalized groups. The position manages program implementation, stakeholder engagement, international mobility advisory, monitoring and evaluation documentation, and contract management. It also contributes to reporting, knowledge management, and communication for effective project delivery.
Job Description
• Manage the IGGSP cluster in Telangana and possibly neighbouring states by maintaining existing and establishing new partnerships with partners from the private and public sector for skilling and employment in Green Jobs (Solar, Wind, EV Sector).
• Set up and manage (GIZ contribution) a National Center of Excellence in Renewable Energies in close collaborations with the private sector companies and association in India and Abroad.
• Support and provide technical advice to the state government and facilitate private sector organizations (especially in the fields of Renewable Energies like Solar and EV) and chambers to jointly support the implementation of gender equal green skilling programs in the state.
• Support the stakeholders by providing technical guidance, advisory services and technical gender expertise to improve framework conditions for women and marginalized groups in the state.
• Support the stakeholders by providing technical advisory in the field of mobility of workforce nationally and internationally by adapting training programs according to the industrial needs in India and abroach (e.g. Germany).
• Initiate, manage, monitor, evaluate and report on activities in the respective field and create PR/communication on project activities and supporting media content development.
Core Scope of Tasks
1. Stakeholder Engagement:
• Build and maintain relationships and continuous liaison with relevant private and public stakeholders for improving the enabling conditions for cooperative and gender inclusive TVET programmes and at workplaces for green sectors
• Facilitate and moderate trainings, meetings, workshops, and roundtable discussions with working group members, relevant stakeholders for promoting gender inclusive and cooperative TVET.
• Ensure that there is a cohesion of project objective and outputs within the framework of the cluster as well as Center of Excellence
2. Management and Implementation of Cooperative VET models
• Manage the German contribution to a Center of Excellence in renewable energies
• Manage the cooperative and gender inclusive vocational education measure in the clusters
• In coordination with partners from private sector, vocational training society implement TVET measures with the Clusters and at the Center of Excellence
• Provide advisory and guidance to partners in defining appropriate cooperative and gender incluse VET concepts.
• Support international mobility of skilled workforce and advice national and international partners on safe and fair migration
• Assist in establishing feedback loops and assessment mechanisms on cooperative and gender inclusive VET models for future improvement and replication.
• Monitor, quality control and report the programme’s activities for the given cluster.
• Document learnings and experiences from the pilot intervention.
3. Documentation for Monitoring and Evaluation:
• Manage the documentation for the activities under Output 2 and output 3 as required for monitoring and reporting to project partners and stakeholders
• Develop presentations and reports on progress and achievement under Output 2 and 3 for sharing with project partners and stakeholders
• Support project team in overall management of documentation for monitoring and reporting purposes
4. Contract management and administrative tasks:
• Support in development of terms of references, evaluation criteria and other documents for tendering and evaluation of received bids for engagement of consultants as per GIZ rules.
• Assist in managing the contracts including facilitating the appointed consultants/contractors for successful completion of the assigned contracts.
5. Other tasks
• Support and assist the IGGSP team in reporting, knowledge management and development of presentations and notes as per requirements.
Required & Preferred Qualifications
Skill
• Very good digital competencies (MS Office: MS Teams, Power Point etc.).
• Excellent Hinde and English language skills / Telgu are of benefit.
• Advising, empathy, communication, cooperation and methodological skills.
• Commitment, team spirit, reliability, gender competence and intercultural understanding.
• Very good organizational and networking skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Counselling skills.
Education
Master’s degree in social science, economics, management and/or Engineering in the fields of Renewable Energies.
Experience
• 10 years professional experience in the field of Technical Vocational Education incl. strong experiences in private sector especially in the field of Renewable Energies. • 5 years Management experience in the field of vocational education preferably in renewable energies.