Senior Advisor for Skills Development (100%)

Responsibilities 

• Provide technical support, strategic guidance, and technical backstopping of project teams in the field of Skills Development for current and prospective internal and external clients.
• Contribute to the identification of trends and thematic areas where skills development products and solutions are needed, and support positioning Swisscontact’s thematic expertise within and outside the organisation.
• Lead and support business development
• Assume leadership for thematic area of “green skills and jobs”: (virtual) community of practice facilitation, provision of technical inputs and reviews, concept development, documentation of good practice, support to monitoring tools, etc.
• Contribute to the development of training and capacity building sessions/courses and deliver these to internal and external audiences.
• Mentor and support other team members (e.g. interns) when required

Requirements 

• Postgraduate degree in Education, Vocational Education and Training (VET), Labour Market Sociology/Economics or equivalent.
• At least 6 years of project implementation experience, in technical advisory and support to projects in development cooperation, of which preferably 4 years based in developing countries in the field of VET and/or Labour Market Insertion.
• An established network that includes Swiss VET development cooperation actors.
• Proven experience in business development incl. bid proposal writing.
• Proven experience in carrying out applied research incl. evaluations in the field of VET and/or labour market insertion.
• Strong understanding of Market Systems Development (MSD) is an asset.
• Consultancy experience incl. established client relationships is an asset.
• Working level (spoken and written) in English and French is required, German is a strong asset. Additional languages are an asset.
• Excellent communication, digital, interpersonal and intercultural skills.
• Flexibility and willingness to frequently travel internationally.
• Business-oriented, self-starting, dynamic, and ambitious personality.
• Candidate must be in possession of working permit for Switzerland at the time of application.

Swisscontact offers attractive working conditions in an international and multicultural context. We see our work as a joint effort in an agile organizational culture: mutual respect, trust and teamwork.

We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents in English or German: letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, diplomas and references. Please apply exclusively via the online application portal until 13th January 2025.

Swisscontact - Fundación Suiza para la Cooperación Técnica

Swisscontact es una organización de desarrollo independiente y sin fines de lucro, establecida en 1959 por representantes del sector privado suizo y la sociedad civil.

Nuestro trabajo de cooperación al desarrollo se centra en liberar el potencial de la iniciativa privada en las economías en desarrollo y en las emergentes. Promovemos el desarrollo económico sostenible y generalizado con el objetivo de crear empleos, mejorar las condiciones de vida de todas las personas y elevar el nivel de bienestar general.

Nuestro compromiso está basado en tres pilares: fortalecemos las competencias de las personas para que mejoren sus oportunidades de empleo y sus fuentes de ingresos, mejoramos la competitividad de las empresas para que puedan crecer y fortalecer su resiliencia y promovemos sistemas socioeconómicos que propicien el desarrollo integral por una prosperidad sostenible y generalizada. 

La organización actualmente cuenta con más de 130 proyectos en 41 países y unos 1400 empleados. Tiene su sede en Zúrich, Suiza.