Project: DFID-Skills for Employment Program (SEP)

Contract: Long-Term

Louis Berger is accepting applications for a variety of positions for the DFID - Skills for Employment Program (SEP) in Nepal. The 4-year program seeks to create domestic jobs for young people through supply and demand focused interventions on skills provision, and to support greater development benefits from migration. The two components of the program tendered are:

• Skills: systems strengthening, innovation and delivery
• Migration for development

The program will adopt a market-based approach and be driven by innovation, evidence and value for money. The first phase (2 years) will be piloting new ideas to determine the most cost effective interventions and the second phase (2 years) will scale those up.

The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Louis Berger) is accepting applications for a variety of technical positions, including but not limited to: skills/workforce development; migration; private sector development; and, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL).  

In particular, Louis Berger is looking for applicants with:

• At least 5 years’ work experience in similar work; a minimum of 10 years’ experience is required for leadership positions.
• At least a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; a Master’s Degree is preferred and may be required for leadership roles.
• Experience working on donor-funded programs in Southeast Asia—preferably in Nepal—particularly those focused on economic and financial sector development.
• Experience working on skills/workforce development programs, in particular programs that have successfully partnered with the private sector.
• Experience working with/coordinating with the GoN and its key ministries and institutions to be engaged in this program (CTEVT; MoE; MoI; Foreign Employment Board, etc.)
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively (verbally and in writing) in English. Additional fluency in Nepali is preferred.
• Nepalis are highly encouraged to apply