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Disclaimer:      “The above position with UNCDF is open in the context of the Junior Programme Officer (JPO) scheme sponsored by the Government of Kuwait and is addressed exclusively to candidates with Kuwaiti citizenship.”

Information on the receiving office:

UNCDF is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). With its capital mandate and instruments, UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development. This last mile is where available resources for development are scarcest; where market failures are most pronounced; and where benefits from national growth tend to leave people excluded.

Through these financing models, public resources lay the groundwork for private investment. UNCDF financing models are applied in thematic areas where addressing barriers to finance at the local level can have a transformational effect for poor and excluded people and communities.

UNCDF’s financing models work through two channels: savings-led financial inclusion that expands the opportunities for individuals, households, and small businesses to participate in the local economy, providing them with the tools they need to climb out of poverty and manage their financial lives; and by showing how localized investments—through fiscal decentralization, innovative municipal finance, and structured project finance—can drive public and private funding that underpins local economic expansion and sustainable development.

UNCDF deploys its capital finance mandate in line with SDG 17 on the means of implementation, to unlock public and private finance for the poor at the local level. By strengthening how finance works for the poor at the household, small enterprise, and local infrastructure levels, UNCDF contributes to SDG 1 on eradicating poverty with a focus on reaching the last mile and addressing exclusion and inequalities of access. By identifying those market segments where innovative financing models can have transformational impact in helping to reach the last mile, UNCDF contributes to a number of different SDGs  and currently to 28 of 169 targets.

Family / Non-family Duty Station– means that you are not allowed to bring any family members:
Family Duty Station

Living conditions at the Duty Station:
The following link provides more detail about the living conditions and more for NY Duty Station: http://intra.undp.org/ohr/orientation/RelocationGuideNY.htm.

Supervision

Name of Supervisor: Vito Intini

Title of Supervisor:  Municipal Investment Finance Programme Manager

Content and methodology of supervision:

As part of the UNDP JPO programme overall framework, the JPO will benefit from the following supervision modalities:

  • Structured guidance provided by the supervisor, especially in the beginning of the assignment, with the purpose of gradually increasing the responsibilities of the JPO;
  • Establishment of a work plan, with clear key results;
  • Effective supervision through knowledge sharing and performance/development feedback throughout the assignment;
  • Easy access to the supervison.
  • Participation in Unit/Team/Office meetings to ensure integration and operational effectiveness;
  • Guidance and advice in relation to learning and training opportunities within the field of expertise;
  • Completion of the yearly UNDP Results and Competency Assessment (RCA);

 

 

Devoirs et responsabilités

Providing analytical and programme management support on urban development to the global programmes

  • Assist in the design and implementation processes of urban development concepts and proposals for the currently ongoing activities;
  • Build and create linkages with institutions currently working on urban and city development;
  • Facilitate the formulation and implementation of MIF at the country-level through research and analytical support in the area of municipal financing and urban development;
  • Provide operational support to the  MIF Programme Manager in planning and launching expert design missions at the country level;
  • Prepare and support formulation of annual work plan, quarterly and annual reports and ensure timely reporting of MIF programmes against corporate results-framework;
  • Contribute to effective programme management of MIF via financial and substantial monitoring of activities and results, application of Results-Based Management (RBM) tools, contract monitoring and management, procurement planning and support;
  • Support the expansion of the programme through research on potential partnerships, monitoring of calls for proposal and formulation of targeted proposals/ concept notes.

Contribute to formulation of knowledge products and dissemination of learning on municipal finance and urban development within the Local Development Finance Practice (LDFP)

  • Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned in municipal financing and urban development for refinement of MIF methodology;
  • Compile, analyze and interpret data relating to municipal financing and urban development challenges in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to create evidence-base for programme formulation;
  • Provide technical inputs into formulation of knowledge products (reports, case studies, scoping papers, etc.) in the area of municipal financing/ urban development;
  • Collaborating with Policy, Partnerships and Communication (PPC) Unit to develop and design knowledge products in appropriate formats (brochures, leaflets, posters, etc.);
  • Support the MIF Programme Manager in developing and maintaining appropriate knowledge management platform on municipal financing and urban development.

Support annual reporting of the LDFP Practice in urban development and local public finance, according to the corporate indicators (Local Fiscal Space, Fixed Capital Formation), support the analysis of data and the formulation of narrative reports for the UNCDF Board.

  • Compile data and information on municipal finance from the UNCVDF programs and ensure quality control;
  • Compile, analyze and comment data of the country level and global programs;
  • Support the Practice in preparing the annual reports.

Compétences

Core competences:

  • Ethics & Values;
  • Working in Teams;
  • Communicating Information & Ideas ;             
  • Self-management & Emotional intelligence;
  • Decision making;

Functional competences:

  • Knowledge of the international aid architecture (particularly the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda) and familiarity with the main approaches used by international development actors, including UN agencies, in designing, delivering international aid projects.enter text;
  • Knowledge and practical experience of social science research methods – both quantitative and qualitative - and the way in which they are operationalised to measuring social and economic change;

Training and Learning
As part of the UNDP JPO programme overall framework, the JPO will benefit from the following training and learning opportunities:

  • Participation in a two-week long Programme Policy and Operations Induction Course in New York within the first 3 to 6 months of assignment;
  • Use of yearly JPO duty-related travel and training allocation (DTTA), as per the online DTTA guide;
  • Other training and learning opportunities, as presented in the UNDP JPO Orientation Programme;

In addition, the JPO will benefit from the following specific training and learning modalities/opportunities in the receiving office:

Professional development of all programme staff is a priority of the LDFP Unit. Many of the tools and instruments implemented by LDFP programmes are relatively innovative and critical to the success of our programmes. Therefore, an emphasis is put on knowledge sharing within the practice (through weekly team calls) as well as regular training of new and existing staff on issues relating to programme management, public financial management and public and private financing instruments.

LDFP staff are further encouraged to keep up to date with latest developments in the field with learning outcomes embedded and assessed regularly as part of staff members’ performance agreements.

The UN provides a plethora of opportunities to access good practice in programme management and also in thematic areas such as local development through a number of online tools such as the Learning management Service (LMS) and OnDemand. Further online and offline training opportunities relevant to LDFP are offered by organisations of the UN System (UN Staff System College, ITC-ILO, World Bank E-Institute). LDFP staff will also be oriented towards more specialised courses such as those offered by the World Bank, the PEFA Secretariat or the Hague Academy.

 

 

Qualifications et expériences requises

Required Education and Work Experience:

  • Master’s Degree or equivalent, or higher Advanced Degree, in a related field of expertise and a minimum of two years of paid working experience in a relevant field (preferred);
  • Or Bachelor`s degree or equivalent, in a related field of expertise and minimum of four years of paid working experience in the relevant field.
  • Working knowledge of English
  • Other working knowledge language requirements, if applicable: French (desirable);

Other desirable education and work experience:

  • Familiarity with social science research methods from approved study (to graduate level) and ideally application.
  • Experience in project and programme implementation, preferably in a developing country context.