Overview
Manage programmes related to Gender-Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development, including enterprise support, skill development, and sustainable finance, and support policy advocacy efforts.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical support and supervision for programme implementation, management, and reporting.
- Provide technical assistance to service providers and guide accelerator programme implementation.
- Ensure accelerators are implemented in a gender-responsive way.
- Contribute to synergies between entrepreneurship programming and policy advocacy.
- Support implementing partners to conduct trainings for climate and care entrepreneurs.
- Document, consolidate, and systematize UN Women entrepreneurship capacity-building curricula and materials.
- Establish a curated library for Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Partners.
- Provide oversight into the delivery of tailored business support for entrepreneurs.
- Support communications and advocacy efforts to promote women’s entrepreneurship in climate action.
- Co-organize events and advocacy initiatives.
- Develop knowledge products, background notes, and thought pieces.
- Develop impact stories in collaboration with the WEE Communications Officer.
- Advocate for policy reforms and create enabling environments for women entrepreneurs.
- Provide technical inputs to UN Women ROAP’s Resilience Team.
- Support enterprises to access finance.
- Promote uptake of Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) among engaged businesses.
- Assist implementing partners in identifying additional finance partners.
- Lead the development of the Gender-Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Strategy.
- Codify UN Women’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Offering.
- Consult with key countries to ensure regional relevance of the strategy.
- Establish partnerships with key entrepreneurship and financing institutions.
- Develop a strategic anchor and approach of the ‘Entrepreneurship Systems Approach’.
- Develop presentations, briefings, and concept notes for resource mobilization.
- Organize panels, small events, and convenings to engage stakeholders.
- Advance advocacy, policy changes, and programming in sustainable finance and impact entrepreneurship.
- Prepare a clear action plan for resource mobilization.
Required Experience
At least 5 years of relevant experience in ASEAN in the space of minimum 2 of the following areas: women’s economic empowerment, gender financing, entrepreneurship business development and/or acceleration, and climate technology. Experience in implementation of entrepreneurship programming. Experience working with government, private sector and/or investors in ASEAN. Experience in providing capacity building, training or support to entrepreneurs and/or investors in climate change / gender-lens investing. UN experience is an asset.
Qualifications
Master’s degree or equivalent in economics, law, public policy and governance, gender/women's studies, international development, finance, business administration or a related field is required; A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
