Regional SSTC Analyst - Bejing, BEIJING

Job Title : Regional SSTC Analyst - Bejing

ID : 28095

Location : BEIJING

Date of issue : 04/28/2025

Close Date : (Midnight, Rome Time) 05/19/2025

Organizational Unit : Front Office DCO

Full/Part Time : Full-Time

Regular/Temporary : Regular

Assignment Duration : 2 Years

Grade : P-2

Organizational Setting

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution, and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger. It does so by investing in rural people. IFAD finances programmes and projects that increase agricultural productivity and raise rural incomes, and advocates at the local, national and international level for policies that contribute to rural transformation.

The Department for Country Operations (DCO) oversees the origination, design and management of IFAD investments, including sovereign and non-sovereign operations, as well as the design and implementation of non-lending activities within country programmes, including policy engagement and SSTC. DCO is the department that primarily interfaces with governments, the private sector and other stakeholders to deliver IFAD's programme of work and to provide oversight to ensure quality of the portfolio.

DCO is led by an Associate Vice-President and is composed of five (5) regional divisions: Asia and the Pacific Division (APR), East and Southern Africa Division (ESA), Latin America and Caribbean Division (LAC) , Near East, North Africa and Europe Division (NEN) and West and Central Africa Division (WCA), the Private Sector Operations Division (PSD), and two (2) units: the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Unit (SSTC) and the fragility unit (FRU). The Regional Division APR is led by a Divisional Director, based in the IFAD Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand.

The South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) unit is housed in the DCO Front Office and is led by an SSTC Global Technical Coordinator. The SSTC unit is responsible for facilitating and supporting the integration of SSTC into IFAD-funded country programmes through technical advisory support, partnerships, and coordination of relevant initiatives.

Job Role

The incumbent supports the integration of SSTC into IFAD country programmes, in line with the functions of the Department for Country Operations, with a focus on country programmes in the assigned region(s). This role includes supporting the development and implementation of regional and country SSTC plans, supporting partnerships and resource mobilization for SSTC in the region, and contributing to the design and implementation of specific SSTC initiatives. As a member of IFAD's global SSTC team, coordinated out of the DCO Front Office, the incumbent also contributes to overall corporate efforts and learning in the area of SSTC.

Key Functions and Results

1. FACILITATING THE INTEGRATION OF SSTC INTO COUNTRY PROGRAMMES: Working under the overall guidance of the Regional Director and under the direct oversight of the Lead Regional Economist, and in close coordination with the SSTC Global Technical Coordinator, the incumbent supports the division to integrate SSTC into country programmes. This includes: coordinate inputs into the elaboration of regional plans and strategies for SSTC and supporting their implementation and monitoring; supporting the integration of SSTC into relevant country strategies (COSOPs) and projects based on agreed regional plans and on prioritization by the Regional Director, ensuring a demand-driven approach to ensure sustainability; contributing to the design of proposals for SSTC activities to be funded by dedicated resources housed at IFAD or in other institutions, and advising on prioritization of such proposals at the regional level; contributing to implementation support for SSTC activities based on prioritization by the Regional Director and in agreement with the SSTC Global Technical Coordinator.

2. DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING PARTNERSHIPS FOR SSTC OPERATIONS: The incumbent works with the Regional Team to identify and to actively cultivate partnerships that can support and strengthen IFAD's SSTC work in the region. This includes knowledge, operational, and financial partnerships, with specific attention to partnerships with regional actors as well as with multi-lateral agencies, civil society organizations, research institutions, and others. The incumbent researches and curates information about actors and initiatives relevant for SSTC in the region, advises the Regional Director about relevant developments, and closely coordinates with the Regional and Country Directors to initiate and manage relevant partnerships with like-minded institutions in the region relevant partnerships with like-minded institutions in the region, particularly with a view to identifying opportunities for IFAD to strengthen its work on SSTC in the region.

3. LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE AREA OF SSTC: As a member of the global SSTC team and of the regional SSTC Centre, the incumbent supports IFAD and the Regional Division in advancing their agenda of learning about SSTC practice. The incumbent will contribute to this agenda by: developing annual learning and KM plans (also in consultation with the Impact, Knowledge and Innovation Unit (IKI)) in coordination with the regional team, the relevant SSTC Centre, and other members of the global SSTC team; regularly gathering, analysing, and packaging information about IFAD's SSTC activities in the region(s); developing and disseminating knowledge products; participating in relevant SSTC learning initiatives and forums in the region; actively participating in IFAD SSTC working groups; developing and contributing to the delivery of training or other capacity building activities to enable regional staff to effectively contribute to the implementation of SSTC regional plans, and to effectively make use of SSTC tools and facilities housed at IFAD.

4. MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS: The incumbent is accountable for IFAD core values and code of conduct, including integrity, transparency, and equity in the management of IFAD resources.

Key Performance Indicators

Key performance indicators for the incumbent include quality of technical inputs provided to the development of SSTC plans and to the integration of SSTC into country strategies and projects, partnerships effectively supported, and quality and timely facilitation of learning and knowledge management activities related to SSTC. The incumbent may monitor and guide the work of external consultants, and may represent IFAD in relevant conferences, workshops, seminars, events, technical working groups on this subject.

Work at this level is normally reviewed for technical accuracy.

Working Relationships

The incumbent will work under the direct oversight of the Lead Regional Economist and with technical oversight from the SSTC Global Technical Coordinator, respectively for planning and prioritization of activities in support to the Regional Division, and for technical oversight and for alignment of activities to corporate plans, approaches, initiatives, and learning agendas. As staff of the SSTC Centre, the incumbent will work closely with the head of the IFAD Office and other staff of the local country team, as well as with the relevant Regional Office. The incumbent will work particularly in support to Country Directors, as prioritized by the Regional Director, and be an active member of the IFAD SSTC team and of all relevant IFAD SSTC working groups. For KM functions and activities, the incumbent will work in coordination with the Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE), and for activities related to partnerships and resource mobilization they will work in coordination with the Division of Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization (GPR) and other divisions, as appropriate. The role also requires maintaining working relationships with external actors and partners operating in the SSTC domain in the region.

Job Profile Requirements

Organizational Competencies:

Level 1:

• Building relationships and partnerships - Builds and maintains effective working relationships
• Communicating and negotiating - Communicates effectively; creates understanding between self and others
• Demonstrating leadership - Personal leadership and attitude to change
• Focusing on clients - Focuses on clients
• Learning, sharing knowledge and innovating - Continuously seeks to learn, shares knowledge & innovates
• Managing performance and developing staff
• Managing time, resources and information - Manages own time, information and resources effectively
• Problem-solving and decision-making - Demonstrates sound problem-solving and decision-making ability
• Strategic thinking and organizational development - Personal influence
• Team working - Contributes effectively to the team

Education:

• Level - Advanced university degree from an accredited institution
• Areas - Rural development, agriculture, project management, economics, rural finance, development policy or other job-related fields.
• Degree must be from an accredited institution listed on https://www.whed.net/home.php

(*) Note: For internal candidates, this requirement will be assessed in line with the provisions set forth in the IFAD's Human Resources Implementing Procedures.

Experience:

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• At least two (2) years of progressively relevant experience is required, preferably including operational experience in the field of rural development programmes.
• Experience in a multi-cultural organization providing analytical support to operational partnerships and/or KM is required.
• Knowledge of SSTC issues and modalities of delivery is required, preferably based on operational experience.

Languages:

• Required: English (4 - Excellent)
• Desirable: French, Spanish, or Arabic (3 - Good)
• Desirable: Chinese (3 - Good)
• Knowledge of any other language of the Region is an asset.

Skills:

• Advocacy: Ability to leverage IFAD knowledge and/or communication materials to maintain and promote constructive dialogue around IFAD`s vision and strategic priorities to external actors
• Partnership building: Ability to formulate new approaches or identify new opportunities to build relationships with both traditional and non-traditional partners, focusing on impact and results.
• Stakeholder management: Strong alignment capabilities and consultation skills, building on effective interactions and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g. for the co-creation of communication material with member states) and ability to build and maintain a strong network (e.g. with journalists, media outlets, etc.)
• Basic ICT & digital fluency: High level of digital literacy and ability to quickly get familiar with new digital tools (e.g. ability to carry out EPR data entry and extraction when budgeting; monitoring security systems, uploading content to inter/intra-net websites, etc.)
• Listening: Effective and active listening to others; understanding and acting upon indirect statements
• Problem solving: Strong systemic and structured thinking, ability to identify and dissect problems into components and formulate a comprehensive set of creative viable and sustainable solutions and strategies
• Verbal communication: Clear, succinct and convincing verbal communication; highly professional, balanced and diplomatic language
• Written communication: Clear, succinct and convincing written communication in the language needed for specific role; highly professional, balanced and diplomatic language (e.g. for drafting of position papers, briefings, etc.)

Other Information

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