Programme Fund Management Advisor

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Partnerships, the Programme Fund Management  Advisor may be requested to support specific work packages/individual assignments, covering but not limited to negotiate, design, advise, start up or turn-around single  and multi-donor pooled funds. Support needed will mostly be for programmes in the sub-region but may also include  assignments from other UNOPS regions. Such assignments may be home-based or require travel to  specific country offices.  

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.

• 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.

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.

• Experience in post-disaster and/or emergency contexts would also be an advantage. 

• Experience in sectors such as Health, Climate/Environment, Energy and Peace is an advantage is an advantage 

• Experience of Google Suite and or Web-based Management Systems is an advantage.

• Full working knowledge of English and French is required.  
• Fluency in Portuguese is an advantage.