Technical Policy Advisor for Employment Promotion

BACKGROUND

On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) supports the South African Government in achieving its objectives for inclusive and sustainable economic development. The Cluster “TVET and Employment Promotion” houses several bilateral and global projects seeking to improve employment prospects for people in South Africa, stimulate economic growth and job creation, and improve the ways in which people find their path into (self)employment.

The project “Support to the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention” (S2PYEI) supports the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa in achieving the interventions’ goals. One of the four components of the PYEI seeks to improve demand-led skilling. Under this component, sector-specific workstreams have been established in which industry and training providers anticipate skills required in the labour market of tomorrow and develop training programs preparing young people for future demands. The PYEI is currently piloting a new and innovative funding instrument called JobsBoost, which is designed as a pay-for-performance mechanism aimed at placing hard-to-place youth in sustainable employment opportunities. Among others, S2PYEI supports the Presidency in designing, implementing and evaluating such PYEI initiatives. Find more information on the PYEI at www.stateofthenation.gov.za.

The Career Path Development for Employment (CPD4E) project aims to improve the employment prospects of young people in South Africa in a sustainable, increasingly decarbonised economy. The project applies an integrated approach to support young people to gain access to employment and income generation opportunities in sectors relevant for a just transition towards a green economy. The integrated approach approaches employment through 4 areas:

1. Strengthening the framework conditions for employment in a decarbonised economy,
2. Supporting SMME development and demand side skills requirements,
3. Supporting the supply of skills through strengthening vocational institutions, and
4. Matching demand and supply side interventions.

This position will focus on the development of framework conditions with emphasis on pay-for-performance financing instruments to strengthen the systemic ability to react and innovate in order to develop/improve employment potential of just transition and to promote just transition in the vocational training system.

Across all outputs, the project will place great value on addressing gender-specific disadvantages for girls and young women and bring this to bear in the gender-sensitive design of activities and by ensuring that a large number of girls and women take part in the activities.

CPD4E is implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) co-financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).