Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
Duties and Responsibilities
The Value Chain and Business Development Specialist will directly report to the Project Manager, closely collaborate with the Deputy Project Manager, the rest of the PMU, consultants, UNDP Team, and the EU-GEPP programme and project partners.
Strengthen circular economy value chain within the programme/project context
- Develop common tools, methodologies or approaches to systematize value chain analysis, conduct rapid/simplified feasibility assessments, and develop business models to facilitate business/livelihood/sustainability opportunities across the whole value chain and supply network;
- Oversee the deployment across all sectors, and their value chain and supply networks, of circular economy principles by the firm(s) contracted as part of the EU GEPP project;
- Ensure the integration of GEDSI groups, including the informal waste sector, youth and women into the existing or planned CE value chains, taking into account local assets, skills, resources and partnerships;
- Work with the PMU and policy expert to ensure that value chain or systems approach are considered in the design of new local policies, including the identification of structural or systems barriers;
- With a value chain and business development lens, support the green procurement expert in embedding systemic CE principles across the procurement strategies of LGUs;
- Support the effective implementation of local Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) readiness measures and ensure that EPR principles are integrated seamlessly across the overall value chain and supply network, including building partnerships and developing business arrangements between LGUs/local waste diverters and the EPR obliged enterprises;
- Support the firm contracted under the EU GEPP project in the identification of bottlenecks to the deployment of circular economy across value chains and supply networks of all sectors.
Lead the application of value chain and review feasibility assessment studies for identified circular economy innovations/policies of LGUs and local stakeholders
- Conduct value chain, rapid/preliminary feasibility assessments and systems analysis studies for each CE focus area identified by the LGUs and local stakeholders, including proposed local policies and opportunities for GEDSI-led CE innovations and business opportunities;
- Develop TORs for consultants to conduct feasibility studies for the establishment of CE facilities and for investable CE proposals by the LGUs;
- For each CE initiative, establish the systems landscape, identify value-addition steps, and validate the results with stakeholders in close cooperation with the LGU and
- Stakeholder Engagement Specialist and the rest of the PMU and consultants, specifically those that will provide opportunities for the informal waste sector, communities, youth, womens’ groups, MSMEs and other stakeholders to actively participate and benefit from the CE;
- Informed by the results of value chain and feasibility analyses, recommend high-value or high-impact entry points in any segment of the value chain to embed CE innovations;
- Support the green procurement or policy/legal expert in embedding systemic circular economy principles across the procurement contracts of partner LGUs;
- Work with the social and environmental safeguards specialist and the GEDSI specialist to identify measures to avoid and mitigate any possible social and environmental risks and to ensure measures to ensure GEDSI.
Lead business development and related capacity building and skills enhancement support activities
- Lead and coordinate with the LGUs, PMU and relevant stakeholders to provide business training and support for participants and entrepreneurs;
- Co-design business plans for innovative CE intervention identified by the partner LGUs and local stakeholders, taking into account results of the value chain and prioritizing areas;
- Provide opportunities for the informal waste sector, communities, youth, womens’ groups, MSMEs and other stakeholders to actively participate in and benefit from the CE;
- Provide technical guidance to create information technology or digital solutions for green procurement and value chain mechanisms whenever applicable;
- Develop training materials and deliver training on business registration, legal and regulatory framework, business tax policies, administrative procedures to follow for business registration, etc.;
- Prepare an easy-to-follow step-by-step guideline for businesses and community-based enterprises to to strengthen their organization, acquire legal identities and relevant permits and others;
- Provide advice to LGUs and local stakeholders, through the respective LGU and Stakeholder Engagement Specialists, on the business development aspects of interventions;
- Prepare training materials or tool kits and provide training on marketing, market surveys, market data, market updates, branding, etc. to start-ups, particularly those who have received business training, equipment support from the project, and those who have set up their new enterprises;
- Mentorship, selection of viable business ideas, develop and mature business ideas, prepare documents for granting;
- Provide services to potential microentrepreneurs in various areas including support development of business plans, incubation, technology support, marketing, financial management and various training on overall business development;
- Organize training, workshops, and information sessions to improve the knowledge and capacities of youth in related thematic areas;
- Lead to organize business networking opportunities to link CE entrepreneurs to network and showcase their products and services;
- Support in organizing innovation and entrepreneurship workshops and challenge events with the government and other stakeholders;
- Identify training needs of local businesses, build alliances with relevant stakeholders, and facilitate capacity building of small enterprises to address identified weaknesses;
- Any other business support required by the team.
Provide specialized support in project management
- Support project manager in preparing annual work plan that includes the project budget, human resources, procurement plan, M&E plan, and communication plan;
- In collaboration with the knowledge management analyst and MERL specialist, document all project activities, information, data, and results related to the value chain and business development;
- Provide business development and feasibility assessment lens to the development and/or enhancement of the MERL framework;
- Prepare TORs for Consultants, firms and other service providers to deliver on the results of the Project to develop circular economy business opportunities for informal sector and other groups;
- Conduct technical reviews and overall supervision of Consultants, firms and other contractors involved in developing CE value chain in partner LGUs.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
