Policy Specialist Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship

The United Nations World Youth Report 2020 recommended the formation of a task force that regularly reviews and evaluates the business environment and its specific impact on youth entrepreneurship and makes recommendations for improvements. Building on this need, UNDP and partners such as ILO, Commonwealth Secretariat and ESCAP established a Strategic Intelligence Hub for government and private sector representatives from across the region to co-ideate, co-share good practices and co-strategies regional and national level priorities for youth entrepreneurship ecosystem development.  The Hub has facilitated knowledge exchanges with policy makers in the region through the regional youth co:lab summit, webinars and policy briefs. The outcomes from these exchanges will be leveraged to develop targeted capacity building initiatives for policy makers on developing youth inclusive and innovative policies for a just and green transition in Asia and the Pacific countries.

Leading into the eighth year of operations of the Youth Co:Lab, UNDP is seeking the services of a Policy Specialist – Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship to provide policy support related to Youth Entrepreneurship, lead the Research and Impact Management frameworks of the project.

 Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the management of the Research and Thought Leadership Framework of the YEP-AP project. Closely liaise with the project co-leads to ensure synergies and the achievement of overall project goals. Support team members, vendors and partners to achieve various components of the Framework, regular monitoring of progress and update project team and donors.
• Lead the management of the Impact Measurement and Management Framework of the YEP-AP project. Closely liaise with the project co-leads to ensure synergies and the achievement of overall project goals. Support team members to achieve various components of the Framework, regular monitoring of progress and update project team and donors.
• Support project risk management of the YEP-AP project including gender mainstreaming in accordance with the guidelines set by the Regional Youth Project Document.
• Support showcasing of Project activities through thought leadership and strategic positioning opportunities involving UNDP Senior Management, Op-Eds and blogs in Regional Media, Youth Co:Lab and UNDP websites and internal and external social media platforms.
• Support to the UNDP Regional Programme. Liaise with relevant GPN teams of UNDP Asia-Pacific and HQ to ensure that the YEP-AP is aligned with the Regional
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Required Skills and Experience:

Min Academic Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in sustainable development, environmental management, social/political sciences, international relations, or other related expertise areas is required, or
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with additional 2 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master’s degree.

Min years of relevant Work experience:

• Minimum 5 years (with Master’s degree) or 7 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of experience in youth empowerment, entrepreneurship ecosystem and inclusive green and just transitions.

Required  skills and competencies:

• At least 4 years of experience in youth empowerment, entrepreneurship or development.
• Proven knowledge on youth empowerment, entrepreneurship ecosystem or development issues in Asia and the Pacific region.
• Full computer literacy in Microsoft Office programmes i.e. MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-Power Point; Proficiency in graphic design and video editing software is a plus i.e. Photoshop, Premiere, etc.

Source: https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExpe