Job Opportunities
Cadena has a strong reputation for being a reliable consulting company. On average we have 40-60 experts working in the field. While we are also part of the EU Framework Contract Lot 4 (Human Development and Safety Net) we are often looking for a wide variety of expertise for countries all over the world. These vacancies, as well as those for other tenders and projects are published below. If you are interested in one of the below job opportunities, you can send an email to jobs@cadena-idp.com, including the indicated reference number of the job opportunity and enclose your resume in the recommended CV format.
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CLOSED OPPORTUNITIES
Cadena international development projects is shortlisted for an EASTRIP project aimed at the development of occupational standards and assessment tools for occupations in the EASTRIP priority sectors: Transport/Infrastructure, Energy/Power and Manufacturing that includes the Agro processing, Leather, Textile & Garments as well as Die Making and Precision Tools sub-sectors.
Cadena is looking for a Leather Processing Expert that meets the following criteria:
- Minimum of 15 years of professional experience in the field of TVET and has also very good industry exposure,
- Experience in at least two (2) projects as an expert in the field of vocational education and training, including labour market study,
- Experience in developing occupational standards and assessment tools is mandatory.
- Excellent communication, coordination and facilitation skills
- Experience in working in Ethiopia will be an asset
Job Features
| Job Category | Expired |
Uganda
Posted 4 years ago
Cadena international development projects is shortlisted for Developing a Harmonized TVET Qualification Framework and at least TEN (10) Regional Harmonized Occupational Standards in the Priority Areas of EASTRIP for the three countries – Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. The Priority Areas are: ICT; Agro-processing; Electrical/Power & Transport/Railway.
In light of this, Cadena is searching for experts in each Priority Area (ICT; Agro-processing; Electrical/Power & Transport/Railway) that meet the following requirements:
- Possessing a Masters’ degree in relevant field.
- Having teaching experience of at least three years in the TVET sector (in one of the three countries).
- Experience in the development of occupational standards
- Having practical experience with industry in the region is preferred.
- Added advantage if expert has worked for the TVET Authority of one of the EASTRIP countries.
This project is planned to start at May 1, 2021 and will entail short-term missions for experts spread over a project duration of 18 months.
For more information about this project you can download the ToR here: TOR Eastrip Harmonization
Interested experts are kindly requested to contact us and submit their CV at: jobs@cadena-idp.com on or before March 15, 2021 preferably in the following format: CV_World Bank Format
Job Features
| Job Category | Expired |
| Expected start date: | May 1, 2021 |
| Project duration | 18 months |
IT Statistician (Cat III)
Home-based, Pakistan
Posted 4 years ago
Under the FWC SIEA 2018 – LOT 4: Human Development and Safety Net, Cadena is looking for an IT Statistician (Cat 3) to conduct the Tracer Study of "Support to the TVET Sector in Pakistan" Project (TVET III), the expert should have the following qualifications:
- A first degree in statistics or at least five years experience in educational research including qualitative and quantitative analysis
- Experience in statistical data analysis preferably for tracer studies
- Computer literacy, with experience in the use of MIS for capturing data and specific data analysis software e.g. SPSS
Job Features
| Job Category | Expired |
| Start date | 18 April 2021 |
| Duration | 8 months |
| Location | Home-based, Islamabad and Regions |
| Man-days | Approx. 33 |
Cat I Team Leader and Cat II Deputy Team Leader
Home-based, Pakistan
Posted 4 years ago
Under the FWC SIEA 2018 – LOT 4: Human Development and Safety Net, Cadena is looking for a TL (Cat 1) and Deputy TL (Cat 2) to conduct the Tracer Study of "Support to the TVET Sector in Pakistan" Project (TVET III), together the team should have the following qualifications:
- Relevant University degree - at least at Master's level in Education, social science, economics or human resource development or a relevant University degree at Bachelor’s level with an additional relevant specific professional experience of at least five years (in addition to the general professional experience indicated below)
- Full working knowledge of English, computer literacy, excellent report writing skills, good commination, adoptability and social awareness.
- At least ten years solid and diversified experience of working in the area of skills development and human resource development/ economic development in particular in the TVET sector including labour market analysis and experience of developing and implementing TVET projects preferably in Asia;
- At least ten years professional experience of working in Asia, preferably in South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka);
- At least seven years solid and diversified experience of working in project and programme evaluation, research design and analysis especially conducting tracer studies and should be well versed in tracer study methods and techniques.
- Professional experience in volatile environments.
- Experience of implementing and/ or evaluating at least five TVET projects.
- Experience of conducting at least 2 tracer studies in TVET preferably including international experience.
- Experience in statistical data collecting, processing and analysis, and designing MIS systems for capturing data (e.g. SPSS)
- Experience of survey analysis and interpretation.
Job Features
| Job Category | Expired |
| Start date | 18 April 2021 |
| Duration | 8 months |
| Location | Home-based / Islamabad, and Regions |
| Man-days | Approx. 60 |
Education
Liberia
Posted 4 years ago
Cadena idp is shortlisted by the Ministry of Education of Liberia for the Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE) project. For this project, Cadena idp is searching for 3 specialists in each subject area: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, English, Geography, History and Business Education
The subject specialists have to fulfil the following criteria:
Academic qualification
A Master’s degree in subject content area or related field.
Work experience
Minimum of five (5) years’ work experience, especially the development of curriculum, training materials and training delivery.
Experience in Sub-Saharan African will be an added advantage.
Evidence of proficiency in both spoken and written English.
The objective of IRISE is to:
Review and revise the curricula, develop modules and teaching learning materials in line with the training curricula:
- to ensure that the revised training curricula and module developed are aligned with the national senior secondary school curricula and the WASSCE syllabi;
- to ensure that the curricula and modules follow established practices for effective learning of teacher trainees; the curricula and modules need to enable the acquisition of the requisite subject pedagogy, particularly from a practical, child-learning-focused perspective; the curricula also need to ensure the acquisition of content knowledge and skills for effective teaching and learning, but should do so in the context of subject pedagogy;
- to ensure that the new breed of faculty will use the revised curricula and modules developed to enhance the effective and efficient output of pre-service teachers in Liberian schools.
- to ensure that faculty of the University of Liberia-Teachers’ College and the College of Education at the William V.S. Tubman University have adequate training materials that would assist them in planning and implementing the revised curricula, following recognized effective practice.
Job Features
| Job Category | Expired |
| Expected start date: | May 27, 2021 |
| Expected end date | March 31, 2022 |
| Project duration | 10 months |
| Deadline for submission CV | March 08, 2021 |
5 experts
Ethiopia
Posted 4 years ago
Cadena has been shortlisted for the World Bank assignment "Development of a Strategic Framework for the Establishment of TVET Research Institute " within the EASTRIP project in Ethiopia. Therefore we are looking for 5 experts:
- Team Leader ( 5 months)
- IT specialist (2 months)
- TVET Policy Analyst (5 months)
- Statistician (2 months)
- Legal expert (1 month).
Job Features
| Job Category | Expired |
7 Experts
Ethiopia
Posted 4 years ago
Cadena has been shortlisted for the World Bank assignment "Develop a Strategic Document for Establishment of TVET Quality Assurance Agency" within the EASTRIP project in Ethiopia. Therefore we are looking for 7 experts:
- Team Leader (4 months);
- Institutional / organizational Development Specialist (4 months);
- IT Specialist (2 months);
- Management / Policy Specialist ((4 months);
- Education and Training Quality Standard Specialist (2 months);
- Legal Specialist (1 months);
- TVET Policy Analyst (2 months).
Job Features
| Job Category | Expired |
Education
Liberia
Posted 4 years ago
For a TVET project in Liberia (funded by GIZ) we are looking for a national long-term expert who meets the following qualifications:
- Education/training: university qualification (BSc) in Vocational Education, Training and Management or similar
- Language: fluent in written and spoken English (level C1 on the CEFR scale or equivalent)
- General professional experience: 8 years of professional experience in the TVET provision
- Regional experience: 5 years’ experience in TVET projects in Liberia
- Development Cooperation (DC) experience: 2 years of experience in DC
- Specific professional experience: overall 5 years of experience in the following fields, proven with reference projects from previous assignments; reference projects with an engagement (commissioned month full time of 6 months or more within a calendar year are considered as one year of professional experience):
- development and implementation of TVET training in a TVET school
- working in teams, with stakeholders and beneficiaries of a project
- reporting skills and interpersonal skills to manage and resolve conflict and build consensus on the job
- ability to analyze performance and discern the causes of problems in managing works and proposing and implementing solutions
Job Features
| Job Category | Expired |
| Expected project start date: | June 2021 |
| Expected project end date: | April 2024 |
| Project duration: | 35 months |
| Deadline for submission CV: | December 18, 2020 |
Cat I Team Leader / Evaluator
Nigeria
Posted 4 years ago
For the Lot 4 EU Framework Contract Cadena is immediately looking for a Public Health Specialist / Evaluation Team Leader (Cat I) for the new mission "Mid-term Evaluation of 'Strengthening the Nigerian Health System towards Achieving Universal Health Coverage (HSS)’ Programme" .
The expert should have the following minimum professional qualifications and expertise:
Qualifications and skills
- Master’s degree in Medicine or related fields, Health Financing/Economics, Public Health, Social Sciences or Economics.
- At least 12 years’ experience and technical expertise in Health Financing, Public Health, Health Systems, Public Finance Management, health policy and strategy development, Strategic planning, monitoring and evaluating health systems
- Experience with capacity development projects as per guidance provided by the "EU backbone strategy" (http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/backbone_strategy_technical_cooperation_en.pdf) and the "Guidelines on "Making technical cooperation more effective"" (http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/how/ensure-aid-effectiveness/documents/guidelines_on_tc_finale_en.pdf).
- Familiarity with international standards and methods regarding health financing and health reforms
- Familiarity with contractual and tender procedures;
- Minimum of 3 years' experience with EDF programming procedures will be an asset;
- Proven field research and report writing skills;
- Creative ability to identify practical solutions to overcome challenges to time-critical projects;
- Excellent interpersonal skills to relate to counterparts on all levels of hierarchy;
- IT literate, very good data-processing knowledge, and of office automation software;
- Experience in communication, negotiation and dialogue at high level.
- Professional experience in a developing country(ies) and demonstrable knowledge of the political economy of health including health insurance;
- Professional experience in leading missions for project evaluations demonstrated by leadership of at least 3 missions;
- Demonstrated ability to analyse political contexts, interact, and negotiate effectively with multiple interests at the political level;
- Demonstrated ability to provide sound methodological and technical advice and guidance to government and multiple stakeholders and partners;
- Language skills: proficient in English Language.
Job Features
| Job Category | Expired |
| Start date | 01-02-2021 |
| Working days | 35 days |
| Duration | 70 days |
| Location | Abuja, FCT Nigeria |
| Deadline submission CV's | 3 December 2020 |
Monitoring & Evaluation Expert
Nigeria
Posted 4 years ago
For the Lot 4 EU Framework Contract we are currently looking for an Monitoring and Evaluation expert Cat I for the new mission "Mid-term Evaluation of 'Strengthening the Nigerian Health System towards Achieving Universal Health Coverage (HSS)’ Programme" .
Minimum requirements of the Monitoring and Evaluation Expert 1 (Cat 1):
Qualifications and skills
- At least a Master Degree (Academic level) in Public Health, Sociology or Health Finance or relevant, directly related discipline, or equivalent;
- Minimum 12 years of experience with organisational and institutional development and efficiency, and project/programme management and/or implementation of activities at international level (worked in at least two countries) some of which should have been acquired in a developing country.
- ICT Proficiency
- Expertise in problem analysis, stakeholders' analysis and preparation of Log frames;
- Knowledge/Experience in Nigeria and/or West Africa or similar countries is an advantage.
- Demonstrable Experience in leading missions for project evaluations.
- Specific expertise in designing technical assistance, capacity development and training programs.
- Minimum of 4 years' experience with EDF programming procedures will be an asset;
- Demonstrated ability to innovate, integrate, synthesize and communicate complex concepts and ideas verbally and in writing.
- Language skills: Full working knowledge of English, as well as excellent field research report writing and communication skills
Job Features
| Job Category | Expired |
| Start date | 01-02-2021 |
| Working days | 35 days |
| Duration | Max. 70 days |
| Location | Abuja, FCT Nigeria |
| Deadline submission CV's | 3 December 2020 |