Multilateral Development Banks Reform Analyst – IPSA-8 – Home-based
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Location:
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Salary:negotiable / YEAR
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Job type:CONTRACTOR
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Posted:3 weeks ago
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Category:Partnership and Resource Mobilization
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Deadline:21/11/2023
JOB DESCRIPTION
Background
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UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
Office/Unit/Project Description
UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan.
Within the GPN, the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices, advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government, and civil society dialogues, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. In addition, BPPS works closely with UNDP’s Crisis Bureau (CB) to support emergency and crisis response. While ensuring that issues of risk are fully integrated into UNDP’s development programmes, BPPS also assists UNDP and partners to achieve higher quality development results through an integrated approach that links results-based management and performance monitoring with more effective and new ways of working. Lastly, BPPS supports UNDP and partners to be more innovative, knowledge and data driven including in its programme support efforts.
In order to streamline its financial and investment engagement, UNDP launched the Sustainable Finance Hub (SFH), a finance and innovation platform, that draws on a critical mass of UNDP expertise, initiatives, and partnerships to support the mobilization and leveraging of resources for the SDGs and lead the implementation of the new UNDP private sector strategy and other initiatives. The Hub is an integral part of both the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) and the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy (BERA), as well as part of the GPN. The Hub serves as a connector, broker and global coordinator among internal and external actors; curates and manages UNDP’s catalogue of service offers on SDG financing to governments, investors and companies, via the COs, to significantly enhance the scale and impact of UNDP’s work.
Through the SFH UNDP has been increasing its engagement in global financial and economic policy making through the work carried out in different forums (I.e., G7, G20, UN’s FfD process, etc.) as well as other regulatory and market-based networks. Furthermore, UNDP assists G20 Presidencies in the implementation of their G20 priorities.
Please visit the SDG Sustainable Finance Hub website for more information.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Multilateral Development Banks Reform Analyst will be responsible for supporting the Government of Brazil, which will be holding the presidency of G20 in 2024. He/She will offer strategic planning, outreach, and subject-matter expertise for a range of topics and projects associated with the adoption and execution of a G20 Roadmap aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the Multilateral Development Bank system. This role’s primary focus will be within the International Financial Architecture Working Group (IFAWG) of the G20 finance track.
- Strategic Planning and Execution
- Provide timely technical and administrative support, as required and determined jointly with supervisor, on the development, uptake, and implementation of a G20 Roadmap for building a bigger, better, and more effective Multilateral Development Bank system.
- Support planning and execution of a MDB operational review process and a unit for Capital Adequacy Framework (CAF) review assessment.
- Support communication work on the achievement of the IFAWG under Brazil G20 Presidency.
- Outreach and Relationships Management
- Coordinate outreach to G20 constituencies within Brazil G20 Presidency to advance and implement the work of the IFAWG in international financial and other relevant policy making fora.
- Cultivate and manage ‘client relationships’ with all IFAWG members as well as other group members to advance Brazil G20 policy work.
- Support Brazil G20 Presidency in the preparation and running of G20 meetings.
- Organize event to debate the methodologies of credit rating agencies for supranational, focusing on assessment of callable capital and guarantees.
- Support the outreach and engagement with IFAWG partners to inform them on the G20 MDB Reform and assist them, as relevant, in the uptake of the agenda.
- Subject-Matter Expertise on Relevant Topics and Projects
- Support the preparation of a document with recommendations on how to make the MDB system more impactful, efficient, and capitalized, and other technical documents, reports, and briefs.
- Develop a template for MDBs to report on the implementation of the CAF review recommendations.
- Assess and analyze MDBs trajectory towards the full implementation of the CAF review.
- Assist in the preparation of three reports on MDBs operational review, MDBs impact assessment methodologies, and the methodologies used by CRAs to assess supernational.
4. Institutional Arrangement
The Multilateral Development Banks Reform Analyst will work under the direct supervision of Brazil G20 Multilateral Development Banks Reform General-Coordinator, and in close collaboration with other team members at Secretariat for International Affairs of the Ministry of Finance of Brazil and UNDP Sustainable Finance Hub.
Competencies
| Core | |
| Achieve Results: | LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work |
| Think Innovatively: | LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking |
| Learn Continuously: | LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning |
| Adapt with Agility: | LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process |
| Act with Determination: | LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously |
| Engage and Partner: | LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships |
| Enable Diversity and Inclusion: | LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making |
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
| Thematic Area | Name | Definition |
| Business Direction & Strategy | Negotiation and Influence | Ability to reach and understanding, persuade others, resolve points of difference, gain advantage in the outcome of dialogue, negotiates mutually acceptable solutions through compromise and creates win-win situations |
| Business Development | Knowledge Generation | Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need |
| Business Management | Monitoring | Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results |
| Partnership management | Relationship management | Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding |
| Programme and Policy | Multilateral Development Banks | Knowledge about the practices and policies, data and analysis, recapitalization, impact assessment methodologies, system coordination, Capital Adequacy Framework, credit rating, callable capital, guarantee, and financial innovations. |
| Programme and Policy | Strategic Policy Engagement | Strategic policy advice in the context of the IFAWG. |
Required Skills and Experience
| Min. Academic Education |
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| Min. years of relevant Work experience |
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| Required skills and competencies |
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| Desired additional skills and competencies |
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| Required Language(s) (at working level) | Proficiency in English is required.
Proficiency in Portuguese is required. |
| Professional Certificates
(If required for specific services. For example: ACCA, CIPS, CISCO, etc.) |
N/A |
Travel:
UNDP will cover the cost of travel of the individual to the duty station, as well as their return to their home upon completion of their services. Travel costs are covered only in the event that the function will be undertaken physically in the duty station and excludes working from home arrangements.
Cost of other travel, as deemed necessary by UNDP while performing the outlined functions, shall be at UNDP’s expense and in accordance with the applicable UNDP travel policy.
Disclaimer
Under US immigration law, acceptance of a staff position with UNDP, an international organization, may have significant implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises applicants for all professional level posts that they must relinquish their US Permanent Resident status and accept a G-4 visa, or have submitted a valid application for US citizenship prior to commencement of employment.
UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications.
Applicant information about UNDP rosters
Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Non-discrimination
UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
UNDP is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
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