Background:
The Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative acknowledges the importance trade can play in emerging economies and its positive influence over employment and poverty reduction trajectories. It seeks to strengthen the capacity of countries to participate in and benefit from international trade. Access to foreign markets provides new opportunities for enterprises to expand their productive capacity and to generate more and better jobs. This project focuses on concrete interventions required to improve Kosovo’s long term trade and economic performance and its alignment with social and poverty reduction goals. The link between trade development interventions, employment and equity needs to be better understood in order to undertake proactive measures. Sources of potential growth in agriculture, services and manufacturing remain largely untapped. The key challenge this project addresses is how to promote in Kosovo inclusive and sustainable growth that creates jobs and opportunities through trade development interventions.
Objectives:
The overall objective (development goal) is to foster sustainable and inclusive economic growth through the promotion of trade and the enhancement of the Kosovo’s competitiveness. The gains from trade are numerous, and extend beyond the immediate commercial benefits. Trade and investment can contribute to human development by helping to raise productivity, employment and economic growth. The purpose of the project is to improve implementation of pro-poor trade reforms and trade capacity development measures through the identification of trade policy responses, trade-related needs and capacity gaps, as well as an execution of piloting technical assistance interventions.
The project – that is to be implemented in a 3 years’ phased timeframe - consists of the two main outputs:
Output 1:
Relevant decision-makers’ and MTI staff capacity enhanced to develop and implement evidence-based and pro-poor trade policies
Output 2:
SMEs along trade corridors have better access to market, information and finance, and contribute to improved livelihoods
Required Skills and Experience:
Education:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in a social science discipline (preference given to those with a master’s degree in
development studies/international development, economics, or business administration)
Experience:
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant and progressively responsible post-master’s working experience in the field of economy/trade/development;
• Demonstrated hands-on experience on project/programme management or managing staff and operational systems, and/or establishing
relationships among international organization and local institutions/communities is a must;
• Previous experience in private sector development, external trade policymaking and trade promotion, government or development assistance
or related work for an international agency or donor organization or NGO;
• Proven track record in understanding relevant development issues regarding trade and development;
• A solid understanding of private sector responses to poverty reduction and development;
• A solid understanding of economic development context and trade sector in Kosovo;
• Ability to coordinate complex programs with diverse range of partners;
• Experience in relationship management and facilitation skills;
• International experience will be considered an asset;
• Fluency in written and spoken English;
• Knowledge and experience of gender equality and women’s empowerment will be considered an asset;
• Knowledge of Results-Based Management, including support to design, planning and implementation of projects, managing data and
reporting will be considered as an asset
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and
database packages, experience in handling of web based management systems
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in both oral and written English and Albanian
Starting Date: 01 May 2012
Duration of Initial Contract: 12 months (or 36 months)
Deadline: 17 April 2012
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