Technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of the Botswana Ministry of Education and Skills Development

HRD Planning Specialist (minimum of 580 working days)

CfBT has been invited to tender for this EC service contract, which will provide support to the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), over a 3-year period, to improve the quality and efficiency of education and to improve the alignment of national human resource development (HRD) and planning. The project aims to enhance employability and economic benefits of its citizens consonant with the aims of Vision 2016 and of the 10th National Development Plan (NDP10).

Technical assistance will focus on:

  • Improving the MoESD’s policy and strategic planning and operational oversight;
  • Supporting the operations of the National HRD Advisory Council;
  • Assisting in the development/establishment of a national qualifications framework (NQF).

The provisional contract start date is August 2010, for 36 months. The HRD Planning Specialist will carry out a minimum of 580 working days, over a period of 36 months.

The location of the work will be Gaborone, with possible visits to other areas of Botswana.

Tasks to be carried out by the expert:

  • Assist the Human Resources Development Advisory Council (HRDAC) to strengthen its institutional framework;
  • Assist the HRDAC to implement the National Human Resource Development Strategy (NHRDS);
  • Assist the HRDAC to strengthen its engagement with stakeholders;
  • Coordination, communication and reporting.

The successful expert will have the following:

Qualifications and skills

  • University degree or equivalent in HRD Planning or related field or equivalent professional experience in the fields of HRD planning (6 years in addition to the minimum required general professional experience);
  • Excellent communication skills;
  • Excellent report and proposal writing skills (English);
  • Computer literacy;
  • Excellent written and spoken English.

General professional experience

  • At least 10 years’ relevant professional experience;
  • Practical experience of undertaking consultancy work internationally;
  • Training and/or mentoring experience would be an asset.
  • Experience working in southern Africa would be an asset.

Specific professional experience

  • Significant practical experience of coordinating/managing and implementing HRD initiatives within a public sector environment (Ministry/Local Authority/Council) or at a senior corporate level;
  • Experience in developing HRD sector/national plans in accordance with labour market needs would be a considerable asset;
  • Knowledge of the HRD issues in the Southern African region would be an asset;
  • Knowledge of EU implementation procedures would be considered an asset.

Please note that in accordance with EC Regulations, all consultants who wish to be put forward as a Key Expert for an EC contract tender must provide documentary evidence of all previous employment included in their CV. The documents that should be presented must either be employers’ certificates or references.

If you would like to be considered for this project and have the relevant skills, please send an updated EC-format CV to consultancydatabase@cfbt.com, by 19 March 2010, quoting reference ‘Botswana: HRDPS (CfBT)’.