[Hiring] Leather and Footwear Technical Expert @UNIDO

Role Description

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) seeks to engage a Leather and Footwear Technical Expert to assess the technical and market-related service requirements of Palestinian footwear manufacturers; evaluate the capacity of the Leather and Footwear Product Development Center (LFPDC) to respond to those requirements; and develop a practical, evidence-based service development and reactivation plan.

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in Leather Technology/Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Management, Product Development, Business Administration, Economics, or another relevant discipline is required.
• Alternatively, a first level university degree or an advanced technical college diploma may be acceptable provided it is combined with additional 5 years of professional hands-on experience that is directly relevant to the expertise required by the specific assignment.

Requirements

• At least five (5) years of professional experience in the leather and footwear sector, including experience in manufacturing, product development, industrial support services, sector development, or closely related technical areas is required.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge of footwear manufacturing processes and production technologies, including product development, design and innovation, quality assurance, applicable standards and testing requirements, and technical skills-development needs is required.
• Experience in establishing, managing, strengthening, or providing technical assistance to leather and footwear sector-support institutions is desirable.
• Experience in conducting institutional assessments, technical diagnostics, operational reviews, needs assessments, feasibility studies, or similar analytical assignments relevant to the manufacturing sector is desirable.
• Experience in developing service-development plans, business sustainability models, operational improvement plans, service portfolios, cost-recovery approaches, or institutional sustainability strategies is desirable.
• Experience working with governments, industry associations, chambers of commerce, industrial clusters, academic institutions, standards organizations, development programmes, or donor-funded industrial development projects is desirable.
• Previous experience in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, particularly within the leather, footwear, textiles, apparel, or manufacturing sectors is desirable.
• Working knowledge of English is required. Working knowledge of Arabic is desirable.

Benefits

• UNIDO is committed to achieving and maintaining workforce gender parity.
• Fostering an open, accessible, inclusive and respectful workplace that values diversity, equal opportunity and a healthy work-life balance.

Company Description

UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty and hunger reduction, inclusive and fair globalization and environmental sustainability.

• Promotes and accelerates inclusive and sustainable industrial development in Member States.
• Recognized in SDG-9, which calls to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.”
• Focuses on 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.