Technical Specialist - Enterprise Development

The Technical Specialist - Enterprise Development will provide subject matter expertise throughout the project implementation cycle focusing on enterprise and value chain development, capacity building, coordination, monitoring, and cross-cutting support under the EU4Mindanao Action. The role supports agribusinesses/cooperatives in accessing business development services and promotes sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient industrial development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct enterprise and value chain diagnostics to identify constraints, opportunities and upgrading pathways for businesses and cooperatives in selected priority sectors, including gender-disaggregated and LNOB-sensitive data.
• Design and implement enterprise upgrading interventions, including business development support, productivity improvement, quality compliance and market linkage facilitation.
• Provide technical guidance on sustainable production practices, resource efficiency, and climate-resilient business models.
• Support integration of businesses/cooperatives into inclusive and sustainable value chains, in coordination with the EU4Mindanao Outcome 1 team and other partners where relevant.
• Facilitate partnerships between businesses/cooperatives, anchor firms, financial institutions and support institutions.
• Design and deliver training programmes, coaching sessions and workshops for MSMEs and business support organizations (BSOs).
• Develop or adapt training materials and tools relevant to enterprise competitiveness and sustainable production.
• Provide on-site technical advisory services and follow-up mentoring to beneficiary enterprises.
• Support strengthening of local institutions delivering enterprise support services.
• Work closely with the CTA, the Technical Specialist – Industrial Development, the TVET Specialist, the FAO technical team and MinDA focal points to ensure coherence of enterprise-related interventions.
• Participate in technical working groups, coordination meetings and field missions.
• Participate in commodity-specific Technical Working Groups (TWGs) jointly with FAO counterparts. Coordinate with OHCHR on Activity 2.2.4 and with LGUs on Activity 2.2.5.
• Support organization of stakeholder consultations, validation workshops and public–private dialogue processes.
• Collect and analyse enterprise-level data, including gender-disaggregated and inclusion/LNOB-sensitive indicators.
• Contribute technical inputs to quarterly and annual project reports, the inception report, mid-term and final evaluations.
• Contribute to the Action's learning and knowledge management function by documenting lessons learned, good practices and success stories related to enterprise development interventions, and providing data and case material to the M&E Specialist.
• Support the M&E Specialist in tracking project indicators under Output 2.2.
• Ensure integration of gender equality, social inclusion, environmental sustainability and conflict sensitivity into enterprise development activities.
• Ensure compliance with European Union visibility requirements and proper implementation of the project’s communication and visibility activities across actions.
• Identify opportunities for scaling up successful enterprise interventions and linking them to existing and/or follow-on programmes.
• Perform other ad-hoc duties as required by the project.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, agribusiness, economics, industrial engineering, value chain development, rural development, sustainable production, development studies, or another relevant discipline is required.
• Alternatively, a first level university degree or an advanced technical college diploma may be acceptable provided it is combined with additional 7 years of professional hand-on experience that is directly relevant to the expertise required by the specific assignment.
• Proven experience in enterprise and value chain diagnostics, business development support, productivity improvement, quality compliance, and market linkage facilitation.
• Experience providing technical guidance on sustainable production practices, resource efficiency, and climate-resilient business models.
• Experience in capacity building, including designing and delivering training programmes, coaching sessions, and workshops for MSMEs and business support organizations.
• Ability to develop or adapt training materials and tools relevant to enterprise competitiveness and sustainable production.
• Experience providing on-site technical advisory services and follow-up mentoring to beneficiary enterprises.
• Experience supporting local institutions delivering enterprise support services.
• Experience in coordination and stakeholder engagement, including participation in technical working groups, coordination meetings, and field missions.
• Experience in monitoring, reporting, and knowledge management, including data collection and analysis, contributing to project reports and evaluations.
• Ability to integrate gender equality, social inclusion, environmental sustainability, and conflict sensitivity into enterprise development activities.
• Knowledge of European Union visibility requirements and communication guidelines.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple partners including government agencies, UN organizations, and private sector stakeholders.

Skills

• Enterprise Diagnostics
• Value Chain Analysis
• Business Development Support
• Productivity Improvement
• Quality Compliance
• Market Linkage Facilitation
• Sustainable Agricultural Practices
• Resource Efficiency
• Climate-Resilient Business Models
• Capacity Building
• Training Program Development
• Training Delivery
• Coaching
• Workshop Facilitation
• Training Material Development
• Technical Advisory
• Mentorship
• Enterprise Support Services
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Coordination
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Data Collection
• Knowledge Management
• Gender Equality Integration
• Social Inclusion
• Environmental Sustainability
• Conflict Sensitivity
• EU Visibility Requirements
• Communication Guidelines Application

Languages

English