Job Description
Oversee and monitor the implementation of national development policies, plans, strategies aimed at employment creation and enterprise development,
Develop national employment mainstreaming policies, strategies, plans and guidelines and elaborate sectoral decent and employment targets to foster the pace of employment promotion;
Prepare policy and technical briefs and other promotional materials on employment intensive strategies, programmes and activities;
Provide substantive technical advice to the Ministry on Employment mainstreaming into all developmental policies, programmes and Strategies;
Support pro-employment intensive program interventions to foster employment and their monitoring and evaluation framework;
Support the Ministry to devise and implement employment promotion and job creation reforms;
Develop, establish and assist/ in running relevant training courses and training programmes for capacity building in both public and private sector employment Ecosystem Operators.
Lead and coordinate the development of annual plans of public-private intensive employment related project;
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.
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;
Study and analyse economic and statistical data in potential sectors for economic growth and employment creation.
Support the development of employment-intensive investment policies and strategies and development cooperation programmes and projects, in the country.
Support the development of employment-intensive investment policies and strategies and development cooperation programmes and projects, in the country.
Provide technical backstopping services to on-going employment intensive investment;
Ensure that employment priority sectors are well reflected in the institutions’ strategies and plans.
Oversee the implementation and coordination of all employment interventions within the result framework of fostering promotion of inclusive decent and productive employment;
Coordinate and supervise the mainstreaming of employment across economy
Develop M&E tools and systems to monitor and evaluate public-private intensive employment related projects interventions;
Conduct mapping and analysis of job rich projects in public and private projects;
Monitor and evaluate employment targets in job rich projects;
Analyse labour mobility across all economic sectors,
Maintain relationships with different actors involved in jobs creation and employment promotion to ensure continuous development of pro-employment projects
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