Technical Specialist - Industrial Development

Leads agro-industrial support for EU4Mindanao, assessing agribusiness and cooperative needs, procuring productive and renewable-energy solutions, strengthening food processing and standards, and building youth enterprise skills to expand inclusive, resilient value chains.

• Assess agribusiness, cooperative and entrepreneur needs across targeted communities and value chains
• Specify, procure and transfer productive equipment and renewable-energy solutions
• Guide food processing, productivity, food safety, quality control and resource efficiency improvements
• Design and deliver entrepreneurial, technical and youth-livelihood training with project specialists
• Coach enterprises and cooperatives on responsible business practices and sustainability standards
• Coordinate industrial interventions with FAO, MinDA, technical working groups and project partners
• Track Output 2.1 indicators and contribute evidence to reports, evaluations and learning products
• Integrate gender equality, social inclusion, human-rights and climate-resilience safeguards across activities

• Philippine nationality or permanent residence
• Master's degree in agribusiness, industrial development or a related discipline, or a first degree or advanced technical diploma with seven additional years of relevant experience
• At least seven years of progressive experience in industrial or agro-industrial development, food processing, value chains, technology transfer or enterprise support
• Experience conducting needs assessments, productive-capacity diagnostics and value-chain analysis
• Experience designing and implementing productive-equipment or renewable-energy transfer programmes
• Experience with agribusinesses, cooperatives or MSMEs in the Philippines or a comparable context
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Fluency in Tagalog

• Experience integrating gender equality, social inclusion and rights-based approaches into industrial development
• Experience delivering technical training, coaching or mentoring to enterprises and training centres
• Experience with quality and sustainability standards or certification schemes
• Experience with productive-use renewable-energy solutions
• Experience with resilience, peacebuilding or recovery programmes
• Experience with UN agencies, international organisations or EU-funded projects

• Agro-Industrial Development
• Value Chain Analysis
• Needs Assessment
• Equipment Procurement
• Technology Transfer
• Renewable Energy
• Food Processing
• Quality Control
• Capacity Building
• Enterprise Coaching
• Sustainability Standards
• Inclusive Business

• HACCP
• Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)
• UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
• UNIDO FairShare

• Appointment is limited to the specified project and carries no expectation of renewal
• Field missions and work across Mindanao may include BARMM
• Application closes at 23:59 Vienna time on 31 August 2026