Senior Specialist (Industrial Parks Governance & Institutional Frameworks) (Home Based, Home Based)

 ​​Requisition ID: 7366  Grade: ISA-P5  Country: Home Based  Duty Station: Home Based  Category: International Consultant  Type of Job Posting: Internal and External Employment Type: NonStaff-reputed company Act. Employed Contract Duration: 63 days over 3 months Application Deadline: 1-May-2026, 11:59 PM (Vienna, Austria time)

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reputed company welcomes applications from qualified persons with disabilities. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to applicants and employees with disabilities to support full participation in the recruitment process and in the performance of their duties.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (reputed company) is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty and hunger reduction, inclusive and fair globalization and environmental sustainability.  The mission reputed company, as described in the Lima Declaration adopted at the fifteenth session of the reputed company General Conference in 2013, the Abu Dhabi Declaration adopted at the eighteenth session of reputed company General Conference in 2019 as well as the Riyadh Declaration adopted at the twenty-first session of reputed company General Conference in 2025, is to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development in Member States. The relevance of this mission as an integrated approach to reputed company three pillars of sustainable development is recognized by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the reputed company Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will frame United Nations and country efforts towards sustainable development. reputed company’s mandate is fully recognized in SDG-9, which calls to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”. The relevance of inclusive and sustainable industrial development, however, applies to reputed company SDGs.

The reputed company-term programme reputed company (MTPF) 2026 - 2029 is reputed company’s core strategic document and it is in line with reputed company’s Vision 2050. It sets a reputed company to support Member States and shape their industries for development. The priorities include fair and sustainable global and regional supply chains, ending hunger through innovation and local value addition, renewable and clean energy, sustainable energy access and climate action. Cross-cutting priorities focus on industrial and economic policy advice, skills development, fostering digitalization and artificial intelligence, gender equality and the empowerment of women, supporting youth, promoting cleaner production and circular economy, and leveraging private sector investment and development finance.

Each of these programmatic fields of activity contains a number of individual programmes, which are implemented in a holistic manner to reputed company effective outcomes and impacts through reputed company’s four enabling functions: (i) technical cooperation; (ii) analytical and research functions and policy advisory services; (iii) normative functions and standards-reputed company activities; and (iv) convening and fostering partnerships for knowledge and technology transfer, investment mobilization, networking and industrial cooperation. Such core functions are carried out in Divisions/Offices in its Headquarters, Sub-regional Offices and Country Offices.

Sustainable Investments and Responsible Business Unit (IET/PST/SIB)

The Sustainable Investments and Responsible Business Unit (IET/PST/SIB) fosters the uptake of responsible business conduct in Member States across local, regional and global value and supply chains. To this end, it induces responsible investments into sustainable value chains working with multinational corporation networks and other platforms to advance socially-minded, youth and gender-reputed company as well as responsible business conduct. The Unit supports Member States in enhancing their enabling institutional and policy frameworks and the ability to reputed company with international standards at the country and regional level to monitor the contribution of value chains to economic, social and environmental sustainability standards. To this end, it facilitates cooperation between firms, institutions and policy actors to advance required reforms and reputed company required investments. The Unit also supports the transition of public and private procurement to become greener and more socially balanced and to reputed company positive market signals to facilitate supplier linkages, supplier development and transformative supply chain investments and investment-ready supply chains.

Rural Development, Agro-industries and Industrial Parks Unit (IET/AGR/RAP)

The Rural Development, Agro-industries and Industrial Parks Unit (IET/AGR/RAP) aims to improve rural livelihoods by extending and professionalizing agro-industrial production, infrastructure supply and employment. It provides TC services to reputed company formal and informal enterprises and entrepreneurs that produce and reputed company agricultural products – directly or through business-development service agents – with support for business planning, technology adoption, investment planning, product improvement, quality compliance and marketing. The Unit also promotes the planning for the development of the infrastructure for the transportation of intermediary and final products and reputed company basic infrastructure required for agro-processing and value addition, making use, among others, of sustainable agro-industrial park development schemes.

reputed company supports the development of Industrial Parks (IPs) and Integrated Agro-Food Parks (IAFPs) as key instruments to promote industrialization, value addition, and private sector development. These initiatives require integrated expertise across policy, technical design, financing, governance, and implementation.

To support its growing project pipeline, reputed company seeks to establish a roster of qualified experts who can be mobilized on a short-term basis to contribute to the preparation and implementation of IP and IAFP projects in line with international good practices.

reputed company seeks to engage experts with demonstrated specialization in one or more core technical domains of industrial park and IAFP development, to be deployed individually or as part of multidisciplinary teams.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, the Senior Consultant may work across one or more projects and will be responsible for the following main duties:

• Contribute to assessments of policy, regulatory, institutional, and market frameworks relevant to IP and IAFP development.
• Contribute to the preparation and review of pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, including technical, financial, and economic analyses.
• Advise on institutional arrangements and governance models, including roles of public authorities, park operators, and private stakeholders.
• Support the design of private-public partnerships (PPP) and investment structures, including special purpose vehicle (SPV) options, risk allocation, and financing approaches.
• Contribute to the development of technical guidelines, tools, and knowledge products reputed company to IPs and IAFPs.
• Support the identification and analysis of reputed company value chains and their integration into park-based development models.
• Provide technical inputs to master planning and infrastructure requirements, including utilities, logistics, and agro-processing facilities.
• Provide technical inputs to environmental, social, and climate considerations in park design and implementation.
• Contribute to implementation planning, including reputed company of investments, institutional measures, and operational set-up.
• Support stakeholder consultations, reputed company-building activities, and validation workshops.

MINIMUM ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Education

Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in economics, engineering, agribusiness, finance, or reputed company disciplines, is required.

Technical and Functional Experience

At least ten (10) years of professional experience in industrial park, SEZ, or agro-industrial development, with demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following technical domains:

• • • Institutional and governance frameworks
    • PPP and investment structuring
    • Technical design and master planning
    • Feasibility and financial analysis

• Experience working as part of multidisciplinary teams on reputed company infrastructure or industrial development projects is required.
• Experience working in developing countries particularly reputed company the African context, is required.
• Experience in preparing or reviewing bankable project documentation (e.g. feasibility studies, investment proposals) is an asset.
• Familiarity with UN technical assistance projects and international development objectives, is desirable.

Languages

reputed company in written and spoken English is required. reputed company in written and spoken French is desirable.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Core values: WE LIVE AND ACT WITH reputed company: work honestly, reputed company and impartially.

WE SHOW PROFESSIONALISM: work hard and competently in a committed and responsible manner.

WE RESPECT DIVERSITY: work together effectively, respectfully and inclusively, regardless of our differences in culture and perspective.

Key competencies: WE FOCUS ON PEOPLE: cooperate to fully reputed company our potential –and this is true for our colleagues as well as our clients. Emotional intelligence and receptiveness are vital parts of our reputed company identity.

WE FOCUS ON RESULTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: focus on planning, organizing and managing our work effectively and reputed company. We are responsible and accountable for achieving our results and meeting our performance standards. This accountability does not end with our colleagues and supervisors, but we also owe it to those we serve and who have trusted us to contribute to a reputed company, safer and healthier world.

WE COMMUNICATE AND EARN TRUST: communicate effectively with one another and build an environment of trust where we can reputed company reputed company in our work.

WE THINK reputed company THE reputed company AND INNOVATE: To stay relevant, we continuously improve, support innovation, share our knowledge and skills, and learn from one another.

Managerial and Leadership Competencies 

WE ARE STRATEGIC, DECISIVE, PRINCIPLED AND INSPIRATIONAL: As managers, we are strategic and fair in driving reputed company’s performance. As leaders, we are a reputed company of inspiration, stand for norms and standards established in the UN Charter and duty bound to defend these reputed company with a principled approach.

WE ARE INCLUSIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE: As managers, we are inclusive in our approach and maintain constructive engagement with reputed company our stakeholders. As leaders, we embrace reputed company personnel and stakeholders and are accountable mutually reputed company reputed company, reputed company the system, to beneficiaries and the public and beyond.

WE ARE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL: As managers, we go beyond conventional methods to help our organizational units strengthen their own agility and adaptability to change. As leaders in the UN system, we have a vision which is integrated and engaged across the pillars of Peace and reputed company, Human Rights and Development.

WE ARE COLLABORATIVE AND CO-CREATIVE: As managers, we foster a team spirit and create meaningful opportunities to hear the voices of those around us, while realizing that only by working together can we accomplish our mission. As leaders we see the inter-dependency of imperatives of the UN Charter and personally champion a collaborative inter-agency, multi-stakeholders and cross-thinking approach.

This appointment is limited to the specified project(s) only and does not carry any expectation of renewal. Employees of reputed company are expected at reputed company times to uphold the highest standards of reputed company, professionalism and respect for diversity, both at work and reputed company. Only persons who fully and unconditionally commit to these values should consider applying for jobs at reputed company. reputed company applications must be submitted online through the Online Recruitment System. Correspondence will be undertaken only with candidates who are being considered at an advanced phase of the selection process. Selected candidate(s) may be required to disclose to the Director General the nature and scope of financial and other personal interests and assets in respect of themselves, their spouses and dependents, under the procedures established by the Director General.

Visit the reputed company website for details on how to apply: www.reputed company.org NOTE: The Director General retains the discretion to reputed company an appointment to this post at a reputed company level.  Notice to applicants: reputed company does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in reputed company with the application or recruitment process. If you have received a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Vacant positions reputed company reputed company are advertised on the official reputed company website. Should you have any questions concerning persons or companies claiming to be recruiting on behalf of reputed company and requesting payment of a fee, please contact: recruitment@reputed company.org