| Overview : At 34 %, unemployment in Namibia is a major development challenge, with the youth and women being the most affected at 43.3 % and 38.3% respectively. MITSMED in partnership with the UNDP in Namibia aims to increase efforts to directly engage with private sector partners in mainstreaming sustainable development in Namibia to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. As an upper middle-income country, Namibia development model need to be transformative while cognizant of country-context realities (persistent inequalities and limited private sector in development activities). Under this intervention, MITSMED will utilize the funding to support the transformation of traditional corporate social responsibility (CSR) of private sector into modern corporate social investments (CSI) that accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (8, 9, 11 and 12) through dynamic partnerships. This partnership will allow corporates to invest in social impact micro and small enterprises with the aim of turning them into potential suppliers for local and regional value chains. At local value chain level, such investments are expected to result in enhanced technical capacities for the commercialization of social innovations. Thus, strengthening the technical operations of local content development empowerment among different industries and driving the implementation of the country’s growth at home strategy under the Industrialization Policy. Some of the social solutions to be supported with the TRAC 2 funds will be innovative methods (e.g. GIS with administrative/public sector data - interface) for tracking the implementation of national policies and Namibia’s compliance with regional and international instruments. The development of such applications will draw on partnerships with institutions such as the Namibia Business Innovation Institute and the National Commission on Research Science and Technology NCRST. In line with the role of UNDP in this partnership, UNDP will ensure sustainability of private sector growth and employment creation by MSMEs by providing an international expert. Against this background, the MITSMED requires professional services of an individual between 15 May 2019 -30 January 2020 to serve as a Project Officer. S/he will be directly reporting to the deputy Executive Director and with a secondary reporting function to UNDP the Programme Head. Interested Applicants are encourage to visit the UNDP Jobs website for further details and placement of applications online. Click on View Current Vacancies, select Sustainable development and Poverty Reduction group from the Group listings to locate this Vacancy as listed above and click on “apply now” to upload applications on https://jobs.undp.org/ or direct Link https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=85476 | 
