JOB TITLE: Skills Development Specialist – Skills for Prosperity
Reference No.: req10814
LOCATIONS: Kaduna, Lagos and Benue
Project Overview and Role
Global Prosperity Fund’s ‘Skills for Prosperity’ is a £75m FCDO programme, which seeks to improve the cost-effectiveness, access, quality, relevance, and equity of skills through innovative approaches in 9 Middle-Income Countries around the world, including Nigeria.
In Nigeria, the Skills for Prosperity (S4P) country programme will work in three targeted states to:
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- Improve access to quality Higher Education and TVET for youth and young women, with a focus on improving access to and the quality of apprenticeships, and supporting training institutions to deliver demand-driven, competency-based training, Strengthen education-to-employment linkages, and build the capacity of training institutions to improve outcomes for vulnerable women and people with disabilities.
Required Qualifications
- Must be a qualified Assessor and/or Verifier
- Candidate must hold a degree in education, engineering, physical or social sciences
- Outstanding expertise in skills, with extensive experience in education, TVET and apprenticeships policy and systems
Knowledge and Working experience of all levels of the skills ecosystem in Nigeria, including Training Providers and Private Sector. - Extremely well-networked with national regulators, awarding bodies and other relevant actors in Nigeria’s skills ecosystem
- Extensive experience in skills policy reform in Nigeria, and strong understanding of the local context.
Job Features
Job Category | Business Development Management |