Team Leader - DFID Skills For Employment Program (SEP)

Job description / Role

Louis Berger is accepting applications for Team Leader 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.

Requirements

• At least 10 years’ work experience in similar work in similar leadership positions;
• At least a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; a Master’s Degree is preferred;
• Proven exceptional leadership in the design, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of donor-supported programs of comparable size and complexity, with skills in high-level strategic visioning and leadership.
• Experience working on donor-funded programs in Southeast and South Asia, 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 key ministries and institutions to be engaged in this type of program.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively (verbally and in writing) in English. Additional fluency in Nepali is preferred.

About the Company

The Louis Berger Group is an internationally recognized consulting firm that provides engineering, architecture, program and construction management, environmental planning and science, and economic development services. For nearly 60 years, we have been a devoted and trusted partner to U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies; national, provincial, and local governments; multilateral institutions; and commercial industry. To this diverse client base we bring strategic vision and an entrepreneurial spirit, developing innovative solutions to the worlds most challenging problems.

Around the world, we operate with a commitment to integrity and hold ourselves to the highest standards of ethics, quality, and accountability. From our president to our teams in the field, we share a genuine sense of respect and stewardship for the places where we work and the people whose lives we impact.

The Louis Berger Group is one of 10 firms that make up Berger Group Holdings. With a resource base of 6,000 dedicated employees and affiliate employees in more than 50 countries, we are able to respond to local conditions while providing clients with the technical resources and rapid response capabilities of a leading global organization.