Job Description
ï€ Oversee and monitor the implementation of national development policies, plans, strategies aimed at employment creation and enterprise development,
ï€ Develop national employment mainstreaming policies, strategies, plans and guidelines and elaborate sectoral decent and employment targets to foster the pace of employment promotion;
ï€ Prepare policy and technical briefs and other promotional materials on employment intensive strategies, programmes and activities;
ï€ Provide substantive technical advice to the Ministry on Employment mainstreaming into all developmental policies, programmes and Strategies;
ï€ Support pro-employment intensive program interventions to foster employment and their monitoring and evaluation framework;
ï€ Support the Ministry to devise and implement employment promotion and job creation reforms;
ï€ Develop, establish and assist/ in running relevant training courses and training programmes for capacity building in both public and private sector employment Ecosystem Operators.
ï€ Lead and coordinate the development of annual plans of public-private intensive employment related project;
ï€ Plan, organize and lead national and regional meetings, workshops and labour-based training programmes on employment-intensive policies, strategies and programmes for awareness raising and promotion of the approach with decision makers and policy development partners.
ï€ Support district to organize quarterly meetings between stakeholders involved in employment promotion to discuss and take possible actions to boost and expand decent and employment promotion interventions;
ï€ Study and analyse economic and statistical data in potential sectors for economic growth and employment creation.
ï€ Support the development of employment-intensive investment policies and strategies and development cooperation programmes and projects, in the country.
ï€ Support the development of employment-intensive investment policies and strategies and development cooperation programmes and projects, in the country.
ï€ Provide technical backstopping services to on-going employment intensive investment;
ï€ Ensure that employment priority sectors are well reflected in the institutions’ strategies and plans.
ï€ Oversee the implementation and coordination of all employment interventions within the result framework of fostering promotion of inclusive decent and productive employment;
ï€ Coordinate and supervise the mainstreaming of employment across economy
ï€ Develop M&E tools and systems to monitor and evaluate public-private intensive employment related projects interventions;
ï€ Conduct mapping and analysis of job rich projects in public and private projects;
ï€ Monitor and evaluate employment targets in job rich projects;
ï€ Analyse labour mobility across all economic sectors,
ï€ Maintain relationships with different actors involved in jobs creation and employment promotion to ensure continuous development of pro-employment projects
ï€ Support district to establish Districts based Employment Interventions M&E Framework
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
Experience: 3
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Bachelor’s Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation
Experience: 3
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Master’s Degree in Economics
Experience: 1
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Master’s Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation
Experience: 1
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Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Statistics
Experience: 3
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Master’s Degree in Applied Statistics
Experience: 1
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Master’s Degree in Labour Economics
Experience: 1
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Bachelor’s Degree in Labor Economics
Experience: 3
Competency and Key Technical Skills
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Integrity
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Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
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Inclusiveness
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Accountability
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Communication
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Teamwork
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Client/citizen focus
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Professionalism
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Commitment to continuous learning
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Resource management skills
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Analytical skills
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Problem solving skills
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Decision making skills
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Time management skills
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Risk management skills
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Results oriented
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Digital literacy skills
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Fluency in Kinyaranda English and or French knowledge of Swahili is an added advantage
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Knowledge of various statistical software packages
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Knowledge of the theory, systems and application of statistical research methodology
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Knowledge of labour market situation and employment sector policies, strategies and interventions
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Knowledge of labour markets issues and their variations over time
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knowledge of economic planning and forecasting
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Knowledge in modelling and statistical software
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Understanding of demand and supply of the labour market
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Knowledge in measuring labor market shortfalls, surpluses and pitfalls


















