CORPORATE BACKGROUND:
UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crises and to drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in nearly 170 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and local insight to help empower lives, build resilient nations, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG.
Sustainable Development Goals represent the global consensus for the comprehensive and ambitious 2030 Agenda. The level of ambition and the need for resources to reach the targets necessitate innovations to increase efficiency, and partnerships for effective use of existing resources as well as growing them.
As a major effort to finance SDGs and in order to streamline its financial and investment engagement, UNDP launched the Sustainable Finance Hub (SF, 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 (BPPand the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy (BER, 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.
FELLOWSHIP OFFICE BACKGROUND:
Through SFH, UNDP Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPShas a mandate to leverage the role of the private sector in development. ICPSD was established in Istanbul, Turkey on the basis of the Partnership Framework Agreement signed between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the UNDP in March The Center advocates and facilitates the contribution of the private sector to human development and inclusive growth through the following thematic priority areas:
• Private Sector Engagement through SouthSouth Cooperation for the SDGs;
• Role of the Private Sector in Skills Development;
• SDG Financing and Private Sector Development;
• Private Sector Resilience and Crisis Response.
Under its “SDG Financing and Private Sector Development” thematic area, the Center offers research, advocacy and multistakeholder partnership services to diversify sources of financing for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGwith a focus on attracting private impact capital. The Center has been supporting UNDP Country Offices in Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Albania, Ukraine, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Djibouti, Eswatini, Tanzania, Mauritius and Seychelles for SDG financing with knowledge products including impact investing ecosystem studies and SDG Investor Maps.
The Research Fellow will provide support to the abovementioned research as well as other research and knowledge management activities of ICPSD. The Research Fellow will conduct research on political, social, and economic trends in SDG financing, impact investing, private sector development areas and participates in the formulation, management, and evaluation of knowledge management activities within ICPSD’s mandate to enhance the role of private sector in development.
The Fellow will assist in the following duties and responsibilities:
No | Duties and responsibilities | % of time |
1 | Provides research and knowledge generation support, focusing on the achievement of the following results:
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% 60 |
2 | Provides administrative and logistical support, focusing on the achievement of the following results:
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% 30 |
3 | Provides support to management coordination, focusing on the achievement of the following results:
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% 10 |
Other competencies and attitude:
Education:
Candidates must meet one of the following educational requirements:
IT skills:
Language skills:
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
The application should contain:
Candidates who are selected for must submit prior to the interview the following documents:
Stipend