The Programme Fund Management Advisor will be responsible to advise and support UNOPS Programme Development on a need basis, and will have a thorough understanding of the terms,  conditions, and the respective roles and responsibilities of the partners / stakeholders to ensure the  programmes managed by UNOPS are capable of meeting the business cases of both UNOPS and its donors.

The Programme Fund Management Advisor will broadly carry out the following tasks, in accordance with UNOPS  policies, procedures and practices based on needs expressed by country offices. 

Fund design 

Participate in donor negotiations for designing new funds when requested by country offices 

Draft concept notes/project proposals/budgets for designing financing mechanisms 

Draft fund related documentation such as operational guidelines, governance architecture,  safeguards policies and strategy 

Support offices in designing fund’s organogram and terms of reference 

Provide surge capacity to new funds during start up and act as interim programme manager when  needed 

Conceptualize innovative financing approaches to meet donor requirements 

Fund Management/Programme Management 

Provide diagnostic assessment of ongoing funds and provide advice on turnaround, especially  with regards to strategy, governance, grants model, risk management etc. 

Provide on-going assurance/peer review on active funds to country office or regional office 

Propose strategies to attract further funding for ongoing funds 

Any other related tasks on programme management cycle as needed 

Knowledge Management: 

Understand and manage UNOPS pricing policy and related corporate charges as they apply to the  Fund 

Contribute to CFM’s publications and fund management toolkit 

Actively interact with other stakeholder to share case studies, lessons learned and best practice  on UNOPS Communities 

The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and  procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.

EDUCATION

A Master’s Degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, Public Administration, International Development, Engineering, Political Science, Communications or International Relations is required.

A Bachelor’s Degree Iin relevant field such as  Business Administration, Public Administration, International Development, Engineering, Political Science, Communications or International Relations in combination with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements outlined above.

EXPERIENCE

A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in an international development and/or Partnerships Development including demonstrated experience in: 

Developing and executing partnership and programme development plans is required; 

Project development and proposal writing is required ; 

Experience in acquisition of projects is required ;   

Project and programme management experience in fund management or MPTFs is required 

Establishing partnerships with UN agencies, international development organizations, governments, foundations, international NGOs or private sector organizations, is required. 

Prior experience working in international organizations international development, is required.