Local Investment and Business Development Analyst, Short-Term

Background

UNDP Moldova supports the creation of an enabling environment for formal and innovative employment and decent work across the country, catalyzing investment for sustainable and resilient livelihoods for women and men, including across the conflict divide. UNDP works to expand access to economic opportunities for groups facing structural barriers to labour market participation, including youth, women, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and refugees. This support combines skills development, improved access to finance, strengthened digital infrastructure, and better linkages between social protection schemes, employment measures, and public services.

A strong emphasis is placed on women’s economic empowerment. UNDP supports policies and programmes that address barriers to women’s participation in the labour market, including by tackling social norms and stereotypes, promoting access to affordable services such as care services, and expanding women’s access to entrepreneurship support and business development schemes. Through investments in human capital, UNDP also promotes improvements in education and lifelong learning opportunities, including through digital transformation, to better align skills with labour market demand.

To enhance the accessibility and quality of public services, particularly in rural and underserved areas, UNDP supports local governments to strengthen their capacity to engage communities, the private sector, and diaspora actors in the planning, coordination, delivery, and monitoring of services. Community empowerment, with a particular focus on women and marginalized groups, is a core principle of this approach. Strong and capable local institutions are essential for translating national development priorities into tangible improvements in people’s lives and for managing increasingly complex development investments.

In parallel, UNDP Moldova supports national and regional efforts to improve how pu