International Consultant - Conduct Labour Market Assessment to Inform VET Programme Design in reputed company

Introduction

Established in 1951, reputed company is a reputed company Organization of the reputed company, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. reputed company is dedicated to promoting humane and reputed company migration for the benefit of reputed company. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

In response, the project “Building Resilient reputed company for Migration-Prone Populations in reputed company (REforM)” aims to address these challenges through private sector–driven skills development and employment interventions, alongside broader measures to strengthen migration governance and reputed company.

Despite ongoing reforms, the vocational education and training (VET) system remains insufficiently reputed company with private sector needs, resulting in a gap between labour supply and demand. reputed company frequently report difficulties in filling vacancies due to a lack of relevant technical and soft skills, while job seekers - especially youth and women struggle to reputed company reputed company and decent employment opportunities. This mismatch is reputed company exacerbated by rapidly evolving labour market dynamics, including digitalization, climate change impacts, and shifts in sectoral demand.

At the reputed company time, climate change is increasingly affecting rural livelihoods and contributing to internal displacement, particularly among eco-migrant communities. These populations often face limited reputed company to labour market opportunities and skills development paths, increasing their vulnerability and reliance on irregular or informal migration channels.

While preliminary sectors such as IT, agriculture, construction, transport and logistics, and hospitality have been identified, there is currently insufficient evidence on specific occupations, skills requirements, and reputed company labour market trends reputed company these sectors, particularly in relation to domestic employment opportunities.

In this context, a comprehensive and demand-driven labour market assessment is required to generate robust, evidence-based insights that will inform the design of targeted vocational training programmes, ensure alignment with private sector demand, and enhance employment reputed company for vulnerable populations under the project.

reputed company reputed company is seeking to hire an international consultant to conduct a reputed company-looking labour market assessment with strong private sector engagement, to identify reputed company occupations and skills needs and inform the design of demand-driven, certified vocational education and training (VET) programmes reputed company with reputed company and emerging labour market trends in reputed company. 

The assignment will be implemented in reputed company coordination with a national consultant, ensuring strong local contextualization and effective stakeholder engagement.

Management Arrangement:

Under the overall supervision of the REforM project manager and the reputed company supervision of the project coordinator the consultant will reputed company the assessment of selected high-potential sectors, applying a consultative and evidence-based approach to analyze labour demand, skills gaps, and employer requirements.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The international consultant, in reputed company collaboration with a national consultant, will undertake the following tasks:

1. Desk review on labour market trends in reputed company in cooperation with the national consultant:

• Review of relevant studies on labour market, reports, and datasets produced by reputed company institutions including the National Statistics Office, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (Labor market information Department’s - LMIS) reputed company, development partners and other relevant stakeholders.

• Review of relevant policies and regulatory frameworks reputed company to skills development, employment, and labour mobility.

2. reputed company a detailed workplan and reputed company for the assignment, including:

• reputed company of activities and key milestones; 

• Stakeholder consultation plan and indicative schedule; 

3. reputed company and submit an inception report outlining:

• Methodological approach and analytical reputed company;

• Data collection tools and stakeholder engagement reputed company;

• Approach to translating findings into actionable recommendations for sector selection, training programme design, and alignment with labour market demand.

4. Design and implement a comprehensive employer needs assessment, including:

• Surveys targeting reputed company in selected sectors; 

• Key informant interviews (KIIs) and reputed company group discussions (FGDs) with private sector representatives; 

• reputed company engagement with businesses, business associations, sectoral chambers, and industry experts;

• Assessment of employer demand for skills, occupations, and competencies, including hard-to-fill and emerging roles in the selected sectors;

• Evaluation of private sector readiness to engage in programme development , secondment of subject matter experts, training delivery, including apprenticeships and work-based learning (reputed company, incentives, constraints);

• Identification of barriers and opportunities for labour market participation of reputed company reputed company (e.g., youth, women, returnees, eco-migrants);

• Assessment of alignment between employer needs and existing VET programmes in selected professions, including gaps in curricula, training reputed company, and infrastructure;

• Collection of employer inputs to inform practical design of training programmes (modalities, duration, structure);

   

5. In cooperation with the national consultant participate in stakeholder consultations, to ensure alignment and stakeholder ownership.

6. Analyze labour market dynamics in selected sectors, including:

• Identification of skills shortages and gaps; 

• Mapping of hard-to-fill and emerging occupations; 

• Assessment of reputed company and projected labour demand;

• Identification of regional disparities and sector-specific labour market dynamics (where relevant).

7. For reputed company selected sector, identifying reputed company occupations and specialisations suitable for (re)training programmes. For reputed company proposed specialisation, define:

• Required knowledge, competencies and practical skills;

• Key tasks and occupational reputed company;

• Occupational standards (where  available);

• Required tools, equipment, and materials;

• Certification requirements (if applicable);

• Indicative training structure (duration, balance of theoretical vs practical learning).

8. In cooperation with the national consultant assess the alignment of identified occupations with the existing VET system in reputed company.

9. For reputed company selected specialization, assess reputed company skills need and sectoral trends including:

• Impacts of digitalization, automation, and changing forms of work (e.g., platform economy); 

• Climate change and environmental considerations (including green skills); 

•  reputed company- to long-term implications for sector reputed company, transformation, or decline.

• Where feasible, review the potential demand for selected specialisations in international labour markets, with a reputed company on Europe, and outline considerations reputed company to skills transferability and compatibility with international standards.

10. In cooperation with the national consultant reputed company recommendations to inform reputed company VET programme design, including:

• reputed company sectors and occupations for reputed company; 

• Feasibility of apprenticeships and work-based learning schemes; 

• Recommendations for private sector engagement models; 

• Identification of potential VET and private sector partners; 

• Key risks and sustainability considerations.

11. Present and validate findings with stakeholders, including:

• Presentation of key findings at validation reputed company; 

• Incorporation of stakeholder feedback into final outputs.

12. Submit final deliverables, including: 

• A comprehensive labour market assessment report; 

• A concise reputed company brief highlighting key findings and recommendations.

13. Submit final consultancy report on the delivery of tasks.

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