Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Consultant

About the role

IOM Sudan is recruiting a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Consultant for the Sudan Integrated Social Sector Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project (SISSIRP). The project rehabilitates and equips 10 skills development facilities at technical schools and vocational training centres in Aj Jazira, River Nile, White Nile and Sennar states. The consultant works under the SISSIRP Project Manager and the technical guidance of the TVET focal point, and delivers a seven-day training on TVET leadership, management and entrepreneurship.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver the first package by Working Day 8: inception workplan, seven-day curriculum, facilitator guide, participant workbook, slides, exercises, assessments, evaluation tools and draft follow-up tools.
• Deliver the seven-day training, including attendance records, participant data, completed assessments, feedback, school management outputs and a training results report.
• Submit a final report, follow-up plan, datasets and editable training materials by Working Day 22.
• Work with federal and state education and TVET authorities, school managers, IOM colleagues and approved co-facilitators.

Required profile

• Master's degree in education leadership, TVET, business administration, public administration or a related field with at least five years of relevant experience; or university degree with at least seven years.
• Documented design and lead facilitation of at least three multi-day, competency-based TVET programmes, with samples or references.
• Experience in TVET or skills development, school/institutional management, education leadership, adult learning, entrepreneurship and results monitoring.
• Knowledge of Sudan's TVET system and conflict-affected operating context.
• Fluency in spoken Arabic and strong professional English, able to facilitate bilingually.

Required skills

• Facilitation, stakeholder engagement, analytical writing, assessment and presentation.
• Ability to turn standards into practical offline tools and verifiable evidence.
• Proficiency in standard computer applications and in producing editable training materials and datasets.

The contract is paid in three instalments (30%, 45% and 25%) and runs for one month. IOM covers consultants against occupational accidents and illnesses under its Compensation Plan; applicants must provide proof of their own non-occupational medical insurance. Applications are submitted through the IOM e-recruitment system.