Background:
Creative Associates International is an international professional services firm with more than four decades of experience strengthening education systems, workforce development programs, and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems in partnership with governments, the private sector, and local institutions. Creative designs and implements market-driven, competency-based workforce development initiatives that improve school-to-work transitions, strengthen labor market alignment, and expand economic opportunities for youth and adults. Our expertise spans national TVET policy and governance reform, institutional strengthening, qualifications and accreditation systems, curriculum modernization, instructor development, public-private partnerships, and workforce transition services. Through a systems-strengthening approach, Creative helps governments and stakeholders build sustainable, inclusive, and data-driven education and workforce systems that improve learning outcomes, employability, and economic growth.
Project Summary:
Creative is preparing for a forthcoming Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)-funded opportunity under the Belize Compact’s Education Project focused on strengthening Belize’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system and improving pathways from training to employment. The anticipated program will support the establishment and operationalization of the National Training Authority, strengthen industry engagement through Sector Skills Councils, enhance the quality and relevance of TVET programs, expand work-based learning opportunities, and improve labor market information and workforce outcomes. Creative is seeking qualified experts with experience in TVET systems reform, workforce development, institutional strengthening, employer engagement, competency-based training, labor market systems, and related fields to support proposal development and potential program implementation.
TVET Systems Reform Lead
Desired Experience, Expertise, Skills, and Capabilities
- Experience leading and/or contributing to TVET capacity building and institutional strengthening activities
- Establishing or strengthening national TVET authorities, training agencies, qualifications authorities, or accreditation bodies
- Experience leading TVET policy reform implementation and instructional training initiatives
- TVET financing and grant facility design
- Experience working on the development of national qualifications frameworks
- Strong understanding of accreditation and certification systems
- Institutional development and change management
- Experience operationalizing a National Training Authority, such as the development of governance structures, operational procedures, and strategic planning tools required for the effective oversight of the TVET system
- Experience supporting donor-funded programs, preferred MCC experience and/or World Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, USG-funded programs, Inter-American Development Bank
- Experience working in Belize, the Caribbean or a similar context in the relevant sectors