Call for Syrian Experts Labour Market, Employment, TVET & Economic Development (Syria)

**Contract Type:** Individual Consultancy; Project-Based
**Eligibility:** **Syrian nationals or Non Syrian consultants currently residing in Syria only**

Trust Consultancy & Development (TCD) is seeking multiple experienced Senior Consultants to join its roster of experts to support the delivery of Third-Party Monitoring (TPM), evaluations, and assessments across humanitarian and development programmes. [https://trustconsultancy.org/](https://trustconsultancy.org/)

Selected consultants will be included in TCD’s consultant roster and may be considered for future short-term consultancy opportunities based on their technical expertise, geographical experience, availability, and the requirements of specific assignments.

**Geographic scope:** Syria, Palestine, Iraq, and/or Turkey

## About the Call

Trust Consultancy & Development is expanding its roster of **Syrian experts in labour markets, employment, TVET, private-sector development and economic recovery** to support upcoming research, assessments, evaluations, programme design and advisory assignments in Syria.

We are particularly interested in experts with **recent, first-hand knowledge of the Syrian labour market**, its institutions, private sector and changing employment opportunities.

## Areas of Expertise

Applicants should have strong experience in one or more of the following:

1. **Labour-market assessments and analysis**, including labour supply and demand, employment/unemployment, wages, informality and skills gaps;
2. **Employer and private-sector surveys**, business mapping and identification of sectors and occupations with employment potential;
3. **TVET and skills development**, including skills-needs assessments, occupational profiling, curricula, apprenticeships and TVET–private sector linkages;
4. **Employment and workforce development**, including youth and women's employment, career guidance, job matching, school-to-work transition and tracer studies;
5. **MSMEs, entrepreneurship, livelihoods, value chains and market systems**;
6. **Labour policies and institutions**, employment services, labour legislation and social protection;
7. Employment and economic inclusion of **women, youth, persons with disabilities, IDPs and returnees**;
8. Emerging employment areas such as **digital work, freelancing, green jobs and changing skills requirements**;
9. Quantitative and qualitative labour-market research, including **employer surveys, labour-force/employment data, sampling and statistical analysis**.

## Qualifications & Experience

Applicants should have:

- **Syrian nationality and current residence in Syria**; or foreigners who are based in Syria
- A relevant university degree in economics, labour economics, statistics, development studies, public policy, sociology, business, TVET/education or a related field;
- At least **5 years of relevant experience**; senior/lead experts should preferably have **10+ years**;
- Recent professional experience related to the **Syrian labour market**, preferably within the last three years;
- Strong analytical, research and report-writing skills;
- Good knowledge of relevant Syrian institutions and stakeholders, including government bodies, employers, Chambers, business associations, TVET institutions, universities and private-sector actors;
- Arabic fluency; professional English is strongly preferred.

## ILO / World Bank & International Experience

**Previous experience with the ILO and/or World Bank is a strong advantage.** Applicants should clearly indicate the **assignment, year, role and main responsibilities**.

Relevant experience with **UN agencies, international financial institutions, GIZ, EU-funded programmes, INGOs or other organizations working on employment, TVET, livelihoods and private-sector development** will also be considered.