Component Manager: Skills and Labor Market Intermediation - Helvetas Moldova

Job Title: Component Manager: Skills and Labor Market Intermediation

Contract Type: Full-time

Deadline: 10.03.2025

Duration of employment: Maternity cover for 7 months with possible extension

Starting Date: As Soon As Possible

Employer: Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation in Moldova

HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation - is the largest Swiss nongovernmental organization specialized in development cooperation and humanitarian response. It has been present in Moldova since 2018, implementing projects in economic development in the Agri-food and ICT sectors and humanitarian response.  

Our vision is a just world in which all people determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in a sustainable manner. 

Helvetas is pleased to announce an opening for the Component Manager: Skills and Labor Market Intermediation position within the OPTIM project - Opportunities through Technologies and Innovation in Moldova, financed by the Swiss Government.

This is a temporary position, with a duration of 7 months, which aims to replace the employee on maternity leave.

The employee will be contracted by Helvetas Moldova, the representation of Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation based in Chisinau.

The project is in the 2^nd phase, which will last until the end of 2026.

Short information about the project 

The project “Opportunities through Technologies and Innovation in Moldova” (OPTIM) is a project financed by the Swiss Government. It was launched in Moldova in 2018 and is currently in the third year of the second phase. The project aims to support economic development in the Republic of Moldova. Its primary objective is to improve employment and income opportunities for the Moldovan population, with a special focus on excluded groups.

Following the MSD (Market System Development) approach, the OPTIM project addresses the market gaps through two sectors: the Agri-Food sector and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)/Digitalization.

The OPTIM project supports businesses' resilient growth, enhanced competitiveness, and access to high-value markets. It contributes to adopting climate-smart and efficient agricultural technologies and practices, emphasizing digital solutions for farm management and cost optimization in the agri-food sector.  

It focuses on access to markets, technologies, and finance for private sector growth and skills development for employability and better economic opportunities for the population of Moldova.

Supporting the creation of employment opportunities and private sector growth through the Agrifood and ICT sectors and Digitalization.

Helvetas is looking for a Component Manager on Skills and Labor Market Intermediation who will be responsible for implementing activities aligned with systems thinking, ensuring the component’s budget monitoring, the realization of targets and reporting, as well as generating learnings and knowledge materials for both internal and external use.

Key Tasks

• Conduct and document market analyses and stakeholder assessments.
• Coordinate additional research and analysis for intervention design and provide strategic guidance to co-facilitators and service providers.
• Responsible for partnership and intervention management, including but not limited to:
• Lead the identification and selection of project partners in the sector as well as external service providers to implement project interventions in line with procurement guidelines;
• Monitor the partnerships and intervention delivery and progress, including program, financial and operational aspects.
• Contribute to internal/external reporting related to project activities.
• Support the Communication Manager in developing and delivering the Communication Strategy. Contributing to communication and visibility initiatives as needed.
• Participate in public promotion/presentation of the project through workshops/events/training, including its objectives, approach, activities, and results relating to implementing the interventions – upholding Helvetas and SDC standards.
• Contribute to a dynamic program environment that promotes open discussion and inquiry.
• Support colleagues with relevant knowledge and contacts as needed.
• Comply with all OPTIM rules and regulations related to financial management.
• Track the budget utilization and provide consistent, periodic forecasts of partners’ budget utilization.
• Ensure budget utilization in a proper and timely manner.

Key competencies

• Ability to think in systems, to think critically, and strategically.
• Ability to solve problems.
• Ability to conduct business and financial analysis.
• Ability to present and synthesize knowledge.
• Ability to plan, organize, execute, and manage complex activities with minimal supervision. 
• Ability to manage multiple partnerships and coordinate multiple interventions.
• Experience conducting monitoring and learning.
• Proven capacity to build professional relations with team members and to work well in a team.
• Ability to facilitate change, including the ability to develop and maintain an extensive network of work-related contacts.
• Strong communication skills.
• High work ethic, reliability and integrity, and excellent interpersonal (social) skills;
• Curiosity and self-learning traits are a decisive advantage.

Education and experience

• University degree in a relevant field (economics, business administration or related fields).
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in similar positions.
• Previous experience in Skills/educational program development and labor market intermediation will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of MSD tools will be an advantage.

References

Please indicate at least two references in your CV or application.

Application process

The willing candidates must submit their CV and motivation letter to the following email: hr@optimproject.md 

To be considered that the application will be reviewed on a rolling basis, the selected candidates might be asked for an interview before the deadline.

References will be checked.

Deadline: 10.03.2025

This is a local position; therefore, only citizens of the Republic of Moldova or others legally authorized to work in the country are eligible to apply. We reserve the right to choose the most suitable candidate.

Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation is committed to achieving workforce diversity with regard to gender, ethnolinguistic background, age, etc. Individuals from different minority groups and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

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