SENIOR PLANNING AND RESEARCH SPECIALIST

Project Management
Lilongwe
March 12, 2025
Jobs
Urgent

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

The Senior Planning and Research Specialist will be responsibleforensuring evidence-based TEVET programming and implementation.

1.1          KEY DUTIES

a)  Policy Development and Strategic Planning

·      Coordinating development and review of policies relating to TEVET programs and plans.

·      Coordinating development of TEVETA’s Strategic Plans and other relevant strategic documents.

b)  Annual Planning and Budgeting

·      Coordinating preparation of corporate annual plans and budgets in line with medium- and long-term national development priorities.

·      Coordinating compilation of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual plans.

c)   Research and Surveys

·      Coordinating development and implementation of the TEVET sector research agenda.

·      Coordinating conduct of demand-driven surveys and dissemination of findings.

·      Coordinating compilation of TEVET-related statistics.

·      Performing economic analysis to determine the contribution of the TEVETsector to the economy.

·      Identifying and implementing technological advances with the potential to improve implementation of research functions in TEVETA.

·      Coordinating management and maintenance of the TEVET statistics database.

·      Conducting capacity building of staff in research.

·      Coordinating conduct of training needs analysis.

d)  Technical Support and Partnerships

·      Providing technical support to TEVET providers in implementation of graduate 

tracer studies.

Educational Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Development Studies, Demography or any other related field

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Experience Requirements

      Minimum of 4 years’ relevant experience in Planning and Research

Additional Requirements

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS

•            Proven experience in designing research

•            Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.

•            Strong numerical and analytical skills

•            Ability to work independently and collaboratively with diverse groups; and

•            Proficiency in the use of Microsoft packages, data visualisation and statistical packages like Kobo Toolbox, SPSS, Stata, MS Excell, Power BI, Atlas ti. etc

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