Enterprise Support Officer - TVET (Daily Paid, Damascus Area)

About the role

UNRWA is recruiting an Enterprise Support Officer for its TVET programme in the Damascus area, reporting to the Principal of TVET. The incumbent develops and delivers entrepreneurship support and business development activities for beneficiaries, including training, coaching and linkages to financing. The assignment is a daily paid contract of up to three months, with possible extension depending on funds, performance and continuing need.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement entrepreneurship support activities in line with project objectives and work plans
• Update entrepreneurship training materials and curricula based on labour market needs and beneficiary profiles
• Identify, screen and register eligible beneficiaries, and conduct market and business opportunity assessments
• Deliver training on supplier linkages, costing and pricing, marketing, financial literacy, customer relations and market analysis
• Provide coaching, mentoring and technical guidance to entrepreneurs, and support digitalization, green enterprises and sustainable business models
• Build partnerships with government, private sector, chambers of commerce, financial institutions, microfinance providers, SME organizations and NGOs to improve access to financing
• Manage business toolkits, organize entrepreneurship events and forums, and follow up regularly with beneficiaries
• Collect and analyse project data, write reports and case studies, and integrate gender equality, youth empowerment, disability inclusion and safeguarding into all interventions

Required profile

• University degree in Business Administration, Economics, Project Management, Finance, Entrepreneurship or a related field
• At least three years of progressively responsible experience in business development, entrepreneurship support, SME development, microfinance or TVET projects
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering entrepreneurship training and supporting entrepreneurs
• Experience as a trainer and/or facilitator, adapting content to beneficiaries' needs; experience coaching start-ups and emerging entrepreneurs is required; ToT experience is an asset
• English and Arabic at UN Level III (reading, writing, listening and speaking)
• Candidates must reside in Syria and be within commuting distance of the duty station with a valid work permit; preference is given to registered Palestine refugees and underrepresented genders

What we offer

• Daily rate of 35.97 USD (Grade 14); the schedule may be reduced
• 1 day annual leave and 1 day sick leave per month of service
• Open to internal and external candidates; rostering possible