General Business Specialist

Job Description

As a General Business Specialist you will:

• Develop expert guidance and tools to strengthen the Agency’s methodological framework for measuring the value of private sector engagement and validates tools with key Agency stakeholders. Recommends changes to existing guidance that make the best use of present and new resources.
• Provide expert field-focused technical assistance on monitoring, evaluation, and learning approaches for private sector engagement, including responding to ad-hoc requests, developing training content, and providing specialized support.
• Build monitoring, evaluation, and learning capacity of Private Sector Engagement Advisors by developing and delivering tailored training content, providing consultation services, and supporting team-wide efforts.
• Identify specific research projects and deliverables; disseminate the study results to improve the Agency’s approach to private sector engagement.
• Prepare project papers, reports, research publications, and summary statements of key work products and organizes and delivers briefings to managers and high-level audiences both internally and externally to encourage understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations.
• Support wider goal of Agency’s capacity-building to effectively engage with the private sector by providing hands-on technical assistance to Bureaus and Missions, developing and delivering training content on private sector engagement, and developing knowledge products or tools to improve private sector engagement.
• Procure and/or oversee contractors/consultants to undertake PSE evidence and learning activities (as AOR/COR or Activity Manager), including executing award/activity management responsibilities, clearly defining deliverables and associated timelines, ensuring quality services and products are received, maintaining associated internal files and documentation for activities, and taking appropriate measures related to activity performance.