Consultant – Business Development Services

• Conduct a market systems analysis and diagnosis of structural constraints affecting RDP youth enterprises
• Identify legal, policy, input, market, finance, skills and information barriers, including barriers affecting young women and youth with disabilities
• Identify viable sectors and value chains for youth enterprises in and around Dzaleka, including host community partnerships and digital or remote work
• Map financial service providers and establish practical pathways linking youth enterprises to financial services
• Review RLO entrepreneurship curricula and incubation or hub models, including pitch competitions and start-up kits
• Recommend changes and draft revised, inclusive and practical curriculum and enterprise-support materials
• Train RLO staff to map and engage local market actors and sustain enterprise support after the assignment
• Co-design work with RLO staff so skills remain within the RLOs
• Produce inception, market diagnosis, enterprise growth and finance linkage, curriculum review, revised materials, training/orientation and final reports
• Report to the RLO Opportunity Fund Manager, WUSC Kenya, and work with focal points at partner RLOs
• Participate in stakeholder engagement, data collection, workshops and delivery of a ToT session/orientation

• Based in Malawi, ideally in Dzaleka
• Good working knowledge of refugee and displacement issues
• A degree in economics, business, development studies, or a related field, or any other equivalent
• At least 3 years' experience in economic development or inclusion, preferably with refugees and displaced persons
• Experience designing business development support and incubation models, including pitch competitions and start-up kits or seed grant schemes
• Demonstrated experience in market systems or value chain analysis
• Experience linking micro-enterprises to financial services, including MFIs, SACCOs, VSLAs and mobile money
• Fluency in English
• Refugee-led firms with relevant experience working with or through refugee-led or community-based organizations preferred
• Experience applying gender and disability inclusion in enterprise programming preferred
• Reasonable use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), with AI usage referenced/cited
• Strong analytical skills and ability to write clearly for non-specialists
• Participatory facilitation and adult learning skills
• Respectful, trauma-informed engagement with refugee and host community youth
• Record of meeting deadlines and working well in intercultural teams
• Must sign and comply with WUSC's Safeguarding, Code of Conduct and Anti-Fraud policies
• Must ensure informed consent, anonymization, secure storage and proper handling of personal data
• Must avoid exposing participants to legal, protection or reputational risk
• Deliverables must be in English and editable Word format

• WUSC will cover accommodation and communication costs while the consultant is in transit