The GIZ Jordan Project "Centres for Migration and Development (ZME)” is seeking to hire an “Vocational Training and Labour Market Advisor” for full-time base employment.

The global programme "Centres for Migration and Development" (ZME) is part of the Group “Flight, Migration, and Return” in the Department “Sector and Global Programmes”. On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the centres help to shape safe and regular migration that benefits all sides: Embedded in the structures of the cooperation countries, they advise people on regular work or training migration and at the same time support returnees from Germany and other countries to reintegrate socio-economically in their country of origin. In this way, the centres enable the partner structures to support people in all phases of the migration cycle. 

Qualifications and Specialist Knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree in management, social sciences, economics, or any other related field.
• At least 5 years professional experience and proven expertise in career counselling with specific focus on labour migration.
• Excellent knowledge about the German labour market and the German vocational training system
• At least 1 year of practical working experiences in the German labour market.
• Proven experience in capacity development and training of partner institutions.
• Very good advising, emphathy, communication, cooperation, organisational, and networking skills.
• Excellent commitment, team spirit, reliability, and intercultural understanding.
• Excellent Arabic and English language skills, good German language skills are a plus.

Main Responsibilities

• Advise the clients of the German-Jordanian Centre for Labour Mobility (GJC) (people interested in migration, job seekers, students, returnees, people in vulnerable situations etc.) on opportunity related employment and vocational training, regional labour migration, and reintegration support for returnees.
• Advise on visa related issues, including blue card, employment and vocational training in Germany and EU, diploma recognition and career orientation.
• Provide advice about international labour migration portals and platforms, like „Make it in Germany“.
• Prepare and implement training measures for individuals interested in labour and vocational qualification migration and refer potential candidates to relevant training opportunities offered by partner institutions and the sister project “Programme Partnership Approaches to Development-oriented Vocational Training and Labour Migration – PAM” including intercultural preparatory measures such as language courses and technical training.
• Support Employment Offices in Jordan in providing labour mobility advisory services and sessions and support staff in setting up labour mobility expertise and advisory tools in line with the German-Jordanian Centre for Labour Mobility advisory approach.
• Provide trainings for Employment Offices staff on Labour Mobility regulations and processes.

Where appropriate and reasonable, the position holder is willing to perform tasks outside the scope of the job description.

Emanating from GIZ’s role in enhancing and promoting the efficiency and competency of its political partners and entities and their respective employees, and in view of GIZ’s aim at maintaining and encouraging the stability of employment at its political partners and entities, this position will not be available to any official employee currently working at any of GIZ’s political partners, governmental ministry, department or entity, including any official employees who are on unpaid leave.

GIZ is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, gender or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities. Remuneration will be in accordance with the candidate's qualifications, experience, as well as the scope of responsibility of the job announced and in line with local standards.

GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.

GIZ will send feedback only to the candidates that are shortlisted and interviewed.