Contract Type: Consultancy

Location: Greater Cairo, Egypt

Project Name: Bedayat

About Etijah:

Youth and Development Consultancy Institute Etijah is a non-profit organization specializing in developing, improving, and disseminating development methodologies in youth and community development.

Based in Cairo, Etijah s primary concern is to create and tailor up-to-date and high-quality development methodologies, research tools, applicable practices of youth development, and training delivery models, to be able to qualify youth by providing them with the skills, know-how, and aptitudes, as well as contribute to building the capacity of governmental and non-governmental youth-serving organizations. Our role is to provide youth with direct access to unconditional participation by providing practical tools and models for developing community-wide initiatives.

Project Background:

Etijah is implementing the Bedayat Livelihoods Programme to support refugees, asylum seekers, and vulnerable host-community members in Greater Cairo to access sustainable livelihood opportunities.

The programme provides integrated support through self-employment, wage employment, vocational training, business-development training, soft-skills development, business grants, employment referrals, coaching, and post-assistance follow-up.

Etijah s Economic Empowerment Department seeks to contract a qualified service provider to design and deliver a comprehensive Vocational Training Program targeting 50 refugees and Egyptians residing in Greater Cairo.

The program aims to enhance participants practical vocational skills, labor market readiness, and ability to access income-generating opportunities through hands-on training, market exposure, coaching, and follow-up support.

The selected service provider will be responsible for:

• Designing and delivering structured vocational training programs in relevant technical fields.
• Providing practical, hands-on training that reflects real market needs and workplace requirements.
• Supporting participants in understanding trade-related tools, materials, pricing, suppliers, service standards, and customer needs.
• Conducting participant assessments, coaching, market validation guidance, and post-training follow-up.
• Supporting participants in identifying realistic employment, apprenticeship, freelancing, or self-employment pathways where applicable.

The final participant selection and mobilization will be conducted by Etijah.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Improve participants practical vocational skills in selected technical fields.
• Strengthen participants ability to apply technical skills in real work or market settings.
• Enhance participants understanding of market conditions, customer expectations, suppliers, pricing, tools, and materials related to their selected trade.
• Integrate basic job readiness and soft skills into the vocational training process, including communication, time management, problem-solving, workplace ethics, and customer interaction.
• Support participants in identifying realistic pathways toward employment, apprenticeships, freelancing, or small income-generating activities.
• Provide Etijah with clear feedback on participant progress, readiness, challenges, and recommended next steps after training completion.

The selected service provider will be expected to:

• Develop a comprehensive vocational training curriculum and facilitator guide for each agreed training track.
• Tailor training materials to the needs of refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and Egyptian host communities.
• Ensure all materials are practical, inclusive, gender-sensitive, culturally appropriate, and adapted to different literacy and experience levels.
• Prepare clear session plans, practical exercises, demonstrations, assessment tools, and participant handouts.
• Include basic occupational safety, quality standards, and workplace behavior within each vocational track where relevant.

Deliver vocational training sessions for a total of 50 participants (10 for each Group) across selected tracks, which may include:

• Sewing and crochet
• Mobile maintenance
• accessories making
• Car electricity services
• Makeup and coiffure
• Lathe work
• Resin
• Nursing
• Air conditioning
• Graphic design
• Photography
• Digital marketing

The training delivery should cover practical and market-oriented topics such as:

• Technical and practical skills related to each selected vocational track.
• Hands-on practice and simulation of real workplace tasks.
• Occupational health and safety standards and safe use of tools and equipment.
• Quality standards and professional practices relevant to the occupation.
• Customer service and communication skills.
• Pricing, costing, and basic financial management related to the occupation.
• Market needs, customer preferences, and current industry trends.
• Marketing and sales techniques, including digital marketing where relevant.
• Business opportunities, self-employment, and income-generation opportunities within each occupation.
• Job readiness and workplace practices, where applicable.
• Practical assessment to evaluate participants technical competencies and readiness for employment or self-employment.

Interested service providers must meet the following criteria:

• Registered legal entity in Egypt.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in vocational training, livelihoods programming, workforce development, or technical skills training.
• Proven experience working with refugees, migrants, or vulnerable communities.
• Demonstrated experience delivering practical hands-on training in one or more relevant vocational fields.
• Capacity to provide qualified trainers, training materials, equipment, practical exercises, and reporting.
• Experience supporting participants with market exposure, coaching, employment linkages, apprenticeships, or self-employment pathways is an advantage.
• Commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, and gender-sensitive programming.