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PLANET S.A. has been shortlisted for an EU funded project with the title “EU Support to Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Azerbaijan“ and the Specific Objectives of this contract are: To improve VET policy and regulatory framework, thereby promoting lifelong learning opportunities and activating participation of social partners, To improve VET multi-level management system and governance including sector coordination at the central and local level of the Ministry of Education, To develop VET qualifications (educational standards) and curricula linked to occupational standards and introduce them in priority sectors & To support the Ministry of Education in the monitoring of VET reforms.

In this context, PLANET S.A. is looking for a qualified professional for the Key Expert 2: VET Policy and legislation position (590 working days to be allocated from January 2017 till October 2019) with the following qualifications:

Minimum requirements:
• At least a Master degree in Law, Education, Vocational Education and Training or in a field relevant to the project such as, for instance, Human Resource Development; or a Bachelor degree in an unrelated field and specific professional experience in legal approximation or the education sector of at least 15 years;
• Fluency in oral and written English (at least level 2 on a scale of 1 [excellent] to 5 [basic]);

Preferred requirement:
• Command of Azerbaijani, Turkish or Russian would be an asset.

General professional experience
Minimum requirements:
• Minimum 10 years, and preferably 15 years, of professional experience, of which at least 3 years living and working abroad;
• Experience with and ability to work in teams of experts, demonstrated by at least one project of minimum one year duration where the key expert was a team member;

Specific professional experience:
Minimum requirements:
• 5 years’ experience in the development and/or implementation of VET reform, VET policies or VET legislation;
• At least one project experience where the key expert was in charge of legal reforms in the area of education, preferably VET;

Preferred requirements:
• Experience with existing best practices regarding the systematic involvement of social partners in VET;
• Experience with existing best practices regarding apprenticeship systems;
• 3 years working experience in the public administration of an EU Member State or an international organisation related to VET;
• Previous experience with development projects funded by the EU or other international donors.

All interested, available and qualified professionals (fully covering the above requested qualifications) are kindly asked to forward their updated CV (tailored as much as possible to the requirements aforementioned) along with their expected remuneration at stamou@planet.gr to the attention of Mrs. Dorina Stamou.