Are you an experienced professional? Somaliland Family Health Association (SOFHA) is hiring a Labour-Market, Skills-Demand & Enterprise Assessment Consultant in Baligubadle. The role requires a skilled individual with 5 - 6 years of experience in Development or a related field. Applications are open until Oct, 30. Don't miss this opportunity.
TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR)
Short-Term Consultancy: Labour-Market, Skills-Demand & Enterprise Assessment Consultant
Assignment Information
Position/Assignment
Labour-Market, Skills-Demand & Enterprise Assessment Consultant
Contract Type
Short-term consultancy
Contracting Organisation
Somaliland Family Health Association (SOFHA)
Duty Station
Baligubadle and Bali-Cabane
Reporting Location
Fieldwork in target locations, with analysis and reporting from the SOFHA/provider base
Reports to
SOFHA Programme Manager
Technical Coordination
SOFHA Programme and M&E Team
Duration
Short-term assignment (30 days) , primarily covering preparation, field assessment, analysis, validation and final reporting
Geographic Coverage
Baligubadle and Bali-Cabane
Expected Level of Effort
To be agreed based on the approved methodology and fieldwork plan
Background
The Somaliland Family Health Association (SOFHA) is a locally owned and globally connected civil society organisation working in health, rights, community engagement, education and service provision.
As part of its programme implementation, SOFHA seeks to generate reliable evidence on local labour-market opportunities, skills demand and enterprise feasibility in
Baligubadle and Bali-Cabane
.
The purpose is to ensure that proposed skills-development interventions are based on
actual local economic opportunities and market demand
, rather than on the availability of existing training courses or assumptions about what communities need.
SOFHA therefore seeks to engage a qualified consultant to conduct a short-term
labour-market, skills-demand and enterprise assessment
in the two target locations.
The assessment will inform decisions regarding potential occupations/trades, training priorities, realistic cohort sizes, employment and apprenticeship opportunities, enterprise pathways and market-transition opportunities.
Purpose of the Consultancy
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to provide
location-specific, evidence-based market intelligence
to support SOFHA's decisions on relevant skills and occupational opportunities.
The assessment will determine:
The assessment should result in
practical recommendations that SOFHA can use to determine which occupations should proceed to skills-development programming and at what scale
.
Specific Objectives
The consultant will:
- Which occupations and trades demonstrate credible local demand;
- The nature and frequency of demand for relevant goods and services;
- Existing and potential employment opportunities;
- Employer and customer demand for specific skills;
- Existing competition and market saturation;
- The realistic market-absorption capacity for potential trainees;
- Enterprise start-up requirements and economic feasibility;
- Potential employment, apprenticeship and self-employment pathways;
- Gender, inclusion, mobility, safety, seasonality and climate-related considerations;
- Potential linkages with employers, buyers, suppliers, master artisans and other market actors.
- Assess the current labour market and local economic environment in Baligubadle and Bali-Cabane.
- Identify occupations and economic activities with credible current or emerging demand.
- Assess employer, customer and market demand for relevant skills and services.
- Identify existing businesses, service providers, artisans and competitors within candidate occupations.
- Assess the market's capacity to absorb additional trained workers or new enterprises.
- Assess the feasibility of employment, apprenticeship and self-employment pathways.
- Estimate start-up and operating requirements for relevant enterprise opportunities.
- Identify skills gaps and employer/customer requirements.
- Assess barriers affecting women's, youth's and other potentially excluded groups' participation and transition into employment or enterprise.
- Provide evidence-based recommendations on occupations and potential training cohort sizes for each location.
About Baligubadle
Somalia is located in the Horn of Africa and has a growing job market, particularly in the humanitarian, development, and private sectors. Major employment hubs include Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Garowe, Baidoa, and Kismayo, with opportunities from international NGOs, UN agencies, government institutions, and an expanding private sector.
Ereyada Soomaaliga (Somali Keywords): Shaqo Cusub • Shaqo Soomaaliya • La-talin