Case study

Recruiting an MSD team leader for a Public Private Development Partnership (PPDP) project

Learning brief

April 20235 pages Capacity building & training Decent work & employment Engaging the private sector Download as PDF (334.0 KB)
Published by
UNIDO

UNIDO is piloting a new type of Public Private Development Partnership (PPDP) that applies the MSD approach.

The assumption is that this will maximise scalability and sustainability of results of the PPDP model.

MSD programmes require a particular type of programme leadership. This learning brief looks at the experience of recruiting an MSD Team Leader for the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) position.

  • It discusses how to adapt the CTA job description to reflect MSD competencies.
  • It details how UNIDO went about assessing MSD competencies during an interview.
  • It concludes by sharing some challenges and recommendations from the process (including sharing practical examples with BEAM to spread the learning!)

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