recrutement de l'équipe d'un projet USAID

CARANA Corporation (www.carana.com), a contractor for USAID, designs and directs innovative economic growth strategies to help countries and businesses compete globally, reducing poverty and raising living standards around the world. For nearly 30 years, we have specialized in market-led solutions to development challenges in more than 100 countries, packaging our expertise with on-the-ground resources for continuing, cost-effective results.

CARANA is recruiting for an anticipated five-year $25 million USAID-funded workforce development/employment generation project in Morocco.  This project will focus on improving the skills of at-risk youth, enhancing their career potential for entering the labor market, and the development of business-led workforce development partnerships.

1.    Deputy Chief of Party

Duties:  The DCOP will be responsible for senior technical and managerial oversight of key components of the Project. He/she will be required to work with various stakeholders, including private sector firms, government officials and NGOs. 

Minimum qualifications:

• Prior experience in a senior management position on a project funded by USAID or other donors.
• Ten years of experience in two or more of the following areas: vocational training enhancement, employment generation programs, career counseling services, job placement and labor information systems.
• Strong communication skills.
• Good management and administrative skills.
• Proven ability to build capacity in counterparts.
• Creativity and flexibility, a team player.
• Capacity to effectively resolve conflict and overcome resistance to change.
• Prior experience in the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region is necessary; prior experience in Morocco is preferred.
• A Master’s degree in economic development or an MBA or related field.
• Fluency in Arabic, French and English.

2.    Senior Career Service Specialist

Duties: Responsible for improving career counseling and placement services particularly related to technical and vocational professions. Facilitate partnerships between businesses and vocational/training institutes and/or other training providers to create jobs, establish internships, and develop training programs.

Minimum qualifications: 

·         Degree in HR management, career counseling, vocational training or a related field.

·         Prior experience building strong public-private partnerships to create internships opportunities that are industry specific for both genders. 

·         Diplomatic skills and proven ability to work effectively with governments and VTE stakeholders.

• Prior experience in the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region is necessary; prior experience in Morocco is preferred.

·         Fluency in Arabic and French are required. English proficiency is preferred.

3.    Workforce Preparedness Specialist

Duties: Responsible for the enhancement of human resource practices at the firm level and at training centers.  Improve the quality of training instructors. Help upgrade vocational training curricula that address improved hard and soft skills, strengthened work ethic, and address gender-specific constraints.

Minimum qualifications:

·         Advanced degree in organizational development, human resources, education or related field.

·         Prior experience designing and implementing VTE and other curricula.

• Prior experience in the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region is necessary; prior experience in Morocco is preferred.

·         Fluency in Arabic and French required. Strong proficiency in English is preferred.

4.    Senior Labor Market Information Specialist

Duties: Facilitate job placement, job search information mechanisms, matchmaking and counseling. Utilize different technologies including web based job search applications, SMS messaging and convention advertising. Enhance and utilize different labor market statistics and data bases to ensure better market intermediation between supply and demand, particularly in vocational fields.      

Minimum qualifications:

·         University degree in Human Resource Management, Education, Information Technology or related field.

·         Experience in career counseling, job placement, and labor market information systems preferred.

• Prior experience in the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region is necessary; prior experience in Morocco is preferred.

·         Fluency in Arabic, French are required and English preferred.

5.    Senior Youth and Gender Specialists

Duties: Responsible for creating easier access to work for target groups including youth and women. Ensure that special groups such as youth and women are targeted for employment and training opportunities, and that workforce development policies and programs are tailored to meet the specific needs of women and youth.  Promote access to child-care programs. 

Minimum qualifications:

·         University degree in business, economics or related field.

·         Prior experience working with similar support programs for women, youth and the poor.

·         Prior experience alleviating obstacles to employment for women and youth for easier access to VTC’s.

• Prior experience in the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region is necessary; prior experience in Morocco is preferred.

·         Fluency in Arabic and French are required, Proficiency in English preferred.

6.    Senior Finance and Administration Director

Duties: Provide overall management of administrative operations, including, budgeting, finances, accounting, payroll, procurement, human resources, information technology, logistics, property management, and security. Oversee sound and effective systems for project administration and operations, including grants, subcontracts, procurement and compliance. Supervise financial operations and daily monitoring of obligations, budgets, and expenditures. Coordinate and manage the mobilization of short-term and long-term technical assistance and administrative staff.

Minimum qualifications:

·         Experience managing large programs with multiple components.

·         Experience in an operations position working with USAID programs.

·         Expertise in finance, USAID compliance and accounting.

·         Knowledge of in grants management.

·         Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.

• Prior experience in the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region is necessary; prior experience in Morocco is preferred.

·         Fluent in Arabic, French is required. Advanced proficiency in English is preferred.

To apply: Please submit a detailed CV to  caranaworkforcedevelopment@gmail.com and include the title of the position in the subject line. Only qualified candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please. CARANA is an EOE.