Sustainable Industrial Clusters Project Coordinator at EIC |
GIZ-Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #060/2021
Sustainable Industrial Clusters (S.I.C.)
The Ethiopian government has adopted an Industrial Development Policy to transform the currently agricultural-led economy into an industry-based one, aiming to lift the population out of poverty and becoming a middle-income country by 2025. The textile and garment industry is considered a priority sector on the path to industrialization. The sector is, however, often characterized by precarious working conditions, low wages, non-compliance with human rights and social and ecological standards. The establishment of Industrial Parks (IPs) form a core pillar of Ethiopia’s Industrialization Strategy.
The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the UK Government funded project “Sustainable Industrial Clusters”, implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, aims at job-effective growth, social and environmental sustainability of the textile and garment industry, by ensuring better working conditions for workers, better management in four industrial parks, increased sustainability on industrial park and company level, improving institutional frameworks and improving capacities of local companies.
In order to ensure the communication and cooperation with the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) as the political partner to the project GIZ is looking to hire a project coordinator embedded in EIC.
Duration of Contract: From June 01, 2021 to May 31, 2023
Responsibilities and Duties
The Project Coordinator’s main task is to liaise between the S.I.C. project team and the EIC as well as among EIC, IPDC, regional industrial parks (IPs) and other central stakeholders during the overall implementation of the project to ensure effective communication and coordination in order to achieve S.I.C. project objectives in cooperation with EIC.
Furthermore, the Project Coordinator shall:
Required qualifications, professional experience and additional competencies
Professional experience
Other knowledge and additional competencies