Technical Specialist – Enterprise Development

Provides enterprise-development expertise for EU4Mindanao, diagnosing value chains, strengthening agribusinesses and cooperatives, delivering coaching and business services, building market and finance partnerships, and integrating inclusion, climate resilience and conflict sensitivity into project delivery.

• Conduct enterprise and value-chain diagnostics and identify constraints, opportunities and upgrading pathways
• Design and implement enterprise upgrading, productivity, quality-compliance and market-linkage interventions
• Advise enterprises on sustainable production, resource efficiency and climate-resilient business models
• Deliver training, coaching, workshops and on-site technical assistance to MSMEs, cooperatives and support organisations
• Facilitate partnerships with anchor firms, financial institutions and enterprise-support institutions
• Coordinate enterprise interventions with UNIDO, FAO, MinDA, OHCHR, local governments and technical working groups
• Collect enterprise data and contribute to project reporting, evaluation, learning and indicator tracking
• Integrate gender equality, social inclusion, rights-based approaches, environmental sustainability and conflict sensitivity

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant enterprise-development discipline, or first-level degree or advanced technical diploma with seven additional years of directly relevant experience
• At least seven years of progressive experience in enterprise development, MSME or cooperative support, value chains, business development services or agro-industry
• Experience conducting enterprise diagnostics and value-chain analysis and delivering business development services
• Experience with MSMEs, cooperatives or agribusinesses in the Philippines, particularly Mindanao, or a comparable context
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Fluency in written and spoken Tagalog
• Philippine nationality or permanent residence

• Experience delivering capacity building, coaching or mentoring to entrepreneurs, cooperatives and business-service providers
• Experience integrating gender equality, social inclusion, human rights, FPIC and do-no-harm approaches
• Experience with resilience, social-cohesion, peacebuilding or recovery programmes
• Experience with United Nations agencies, international organisations or EU-funded projects
• Experience in conflict-affected or fragile contexts, including BARMM

• Enterprise Development
• Value Chain Analysis
• Business Development Services
• Agribusiness Development
• Enterprise Diagnostics
• Capacity Building
• Business Coaching
• Market Linkages
• Sustainable Production
• Data Analysis
• Knowledge Management
• Stakeholder Engagement

• Human Rights-Based Approach
• Free Prior and Informed Consent
• HDP Nexus

• The appointment is limited to EU4Mindanao and carries no expectation of renewal
• Applications must be submitted through the UNIDO Online Recruitment System
• The Director General may appoint at a lower level