Recruitment of Youth Employment Specialist for Debre Markos City

**Project:** Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES -INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION)

The AmharaNationalRegional State Bureau of Labour and Skillinvites qualified and eligible applicants for the position of Youth Employment Specialist under the Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project (UPSNJP) financed by the World Bank.

Youth Employment Specialist for the following city

City	Required No.	Procurement Reference Number
DebreMarkos	1	ET-AMHARA UDIB-561143-CS-INDV

 

The Consulting Service (The Services) include the Youth Employment Specialist will lead, coordinate, and provide technical expertise for all youth-focused activities at the city level.

Duties and responsibilities:

A. Planning and Strategy

• Develop a city-level annual work plan and budget for youth employment activities.
• Identify and map potential host employers (private companies, NGOs, and public institutions) for the Apprenticeship Program.
• Design outreach strategies to recruit eligible vulnerable youth according to project guidelines.

B. Implementation of the Apprenticeship Program

• Facilitate the matching process between youth interests/skills and employer needs.
• Draft and manage Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) between the project, host employers, and apprentices.
• Organize and deliver pre-apprenticeship orientation and soft skills training (e.g., work ethics, communication, Life skill).
• Ensure the timely payment of stipends or subsidies to participants.

C. Stakeholder Engagement

• Establish and maintain a City Youth Employment Taskforce or Committee.
• Liaise with Vocational Training Centers (TVETs) to align training with market demand.
• Advocate for the permanent hiring of apprentices by host employers upon program completion.

D. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)

• Conduct regular site visits to monitor the quality of mentorship and safety at host workplaces.
• Maintain an accurate database of all program participants and their employment status.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports highlighting achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.

The duration of assignment will be for one-year contract, with a possibility of extension upon satisfactory performance of the consultant.

 Required Competencies

The Youth Employment Specialistshould have the following required experience and qualification to properly carryout the assignment:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Management, Sociology, Development Studies, Business administration, Public administration, Business management, or a related field.
• Experience: * Minimum of 5 or 3 years of professional experience in youth development, employment services, or labor market programs.
  • Proven experience in managing apprenticeship or internship schemes.
  • Familiarity with the urban poverty context and social protection programs (experience with World Bank-funded projects is a plus).
• Skills: * Strong networking and negotiation skills with private sector actors.
  • Excellent report writing and data management capabilities.
  • Fluency in the local language and the official working language.

 

The Bureau now invites eligible individual consultants/Specialists to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The shortlisting criteria are:

• Academic Qualification and Experience as youth employment specialist,
• Technical Expertise: Proven track record in designing and managing Apprenticeship Programs or large-scale internship schemes,
• Stakeholder Engagement: Demonstrated ability to negotiate with private sector employers and coordinate with government offices,
• Reporting & MIS: Experience in data collection, using MIS tools for project tracking, and high-quality technical report writingand
• Relevant training:Life skill, Job searching,digital skill, Peer meeting facilitation, Training of trainers  and Entrepreneurship.

The attention of interested consultants is drawn to Section III paragraph 3.16 and 3.17 of The World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers Procurement In Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services (recent Edition) (“Procurement Regulation”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

A Consultant will be selected in accordance to Section VII para 7.34 to 7.39 of The World Bank Procurement Regulation based on qualification and relevant experience of the applicants to the assignment.

Remunerations: will be as per the Ministry of Finance channel one salary scale.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 2:30  to 6:30in the morning and from 7:30 pm to 11:30 local time in the afternoon.

Expressions of interest (including recent and comprehensive CV with a letter of application indicating the city and other relevant supporting documents) must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by November 18, 2026 on or before 4:00pm

The address:-Attn: Ato Fikremariam Yeneabat

Representative Deputy Bureau Head (job creation sector)

Fourth Floor, Office No: 402

E-mail: yeneabatfikremariam@gmail.com

Tel: 0582201372

Amhara National Regional State Bureau of Labour and Skill

Country:- Bahir Dar, Ethiopia