Consultant – Social Enterprise Development and Community Engagement

The consultant will develop and deliver training modules on youth leadership, social enterprise development, and community engagement for student cohorts at FATA University and Kohat University. The role includes mentoring student teams, supporting youth-led initiatives, and preparing detailed reports and training materials.

Responsibilities

• Prepare an inception workplan covering methodology, delivery plan, mentoring approach, timelines, coordination requirements and expected outputs for both universities.
• Conduct a rapid review of the university context, student cohort profile and local community needs relevant to youth leadership, livelihoods, employability and social enterprise development.
• Review and contextualize existing training material for youth leadership, social enterprise development and community engagement.
• Develop or refine practical module content, facilitator notes, participant handouts, exercises, mentoring tools and assessment formats covering social enterprise, community innovation, leadership, design thinking, digital tools, gender equality, PVE/CVE concepts.
• Deliver structured training sessions and practical learning exercises for selected student cohorts at FATA University and Kohat University.
• Facilitate interactive sessions including case studies, group work, reflection exercises, leadership simulations, peer learning, community challenge assignments and pitch clinics.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to student teams to convert ideas into practical youth-led initiatives and social enterprise concepts.
• Support university focal persons in linking student teams with incubation, innovation or enterprise support mechanisms established or supported under the project.
• Promote inclusive participation, particularly of women, marginalized students and youth from vulnerable or underserved communities.
• Coordinate with university focal persons, UNODC team members, other trainers and relevant stakeholders to ensure timely and quality delivery.
• Develop and administer pre- and post-training assessment tools, feedback forms, attendance records, mentoring logs and documentation templates.
• Document student outputs, lessons learned, challenges, success stories and recommendations for sustainability and scale-up.
• Prepare periodic progress updates and a final consultancy report with annexes, including training materials, attendance sheets, assessment results, mentoring records, photographs where available, and recommendations for follow-up support.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Policy, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Gender Studies, Education, Community Development or other related fields is required.
• A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying work experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in entrepreneurship development, livelihoods, social innovation, youth leadership, policy advisory, community development or related fields is required.
• Experience in designing and delivering training modules, mentorship programs, incubation support, social enterprise development or youth-focused capacity building is required.
• Experience of working with universities, government counterparts, UN agencies, private sector, civil society, chambers, enterprise ecosystems or community-based organizations is desirable.
• Strong understanding of inclusive economic development, women economic empowerment, youth employability, social cohesion and community resilience in Pakistan is desirable.
• Ability to translate policy and program objectives into practical student learning tools, business model exercises, pitch formats, mentoring plans and reporting templates is desirable.
• Fluency in English (oral and written proficiency and excellent drafting skills) is required.
• Knowledge of other official UN languages is an advantage.
• Fluency in local language (URDU) is required.

Skills

• Social Enterprise
• Community Engagement
• Entrepreneurship Development
• Livelihood Development
• Social Innovation
• Youth Leadership
• Policy Advisory
• Community Development
• Training Module Development
• Mentorship Program Delivery
• Incubation Support
• Capacity Building
• Inclusive Development
• Women's Economic Empowerment
• Youth Employability
• Social Cohesion
• Community Resilience
• Report Writing
• Business Model Exercises
• Pitch Format Development

Languages

English, Urdu