Position: Communication and Knowledge Management Officer (1 position)
Duty Station: Employment Fund Secretariat (EFS), Kathmandu Office with frequent traveling to the field
Duration: Till December 2016 with possibility of extension
Job purpose: To ensure an adequate documentation and Knowledge Management system along with the plan and implementation of effective communication and outreach activities in the project.
Reporting to: Team Leader
Required Education and Experiences:
The Employment Fund was established in 2007 in a joint effort between the Government of Nepal, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation and operated from 2008. Currently the Employment Fund is financed by SDC, UKAid (Department for International Development DFID) and the World Bank. It offers training for economically very poor and socially discriminated youths to ensure their entry into the labour market immediately after short- term market oriented skills training in about 80 trades under Path to Prosperity component. It also facilitates youths who want to establish enterprises of their own creating additional jobs under Micro Enterprising for Job Creation component.