Background:

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Consistent with the UN’s renewed focus on Financing for Development (FfD) following the 2015 Addis Ababa Agenda, UN Women has launched a comprehensive set of important initiatives to ensure that financing for gender equality is enhanced and financing for development embeds a gender lens. As we do this, UN Women seeks to maximize both the quality and quantity of financing to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and SDG 5. Through context-specific policy guidance, technical support and capacity strengthening on the mobilization, allocation and spending of high-impact financing aligned with gender equality objectives, UN Women aims to encourage and support the development and deployment of innovative financial instruments aligned with its vision for an equitable and just global economy. UN Women is equally committed to the development of frameworks, guidelines and standards, which are needed to make financing for gender equality accessible and transparent, and lead to lasting social change and positive effects for women’s economic and social rights, livelihoods, and wellbeing.

Given its gender expertise, convening capacity and well-established partnerships with governments, UN entities, standard setting bodies, IFIs, and the private sector, UN Women, will implement its Sustainable Finance Programme with a view to leveraging these strategic partnerships for the growth of credible feminist financing instruments and mechanisms at global, national and local levels that will ultimately contribute to reducing gender inequalities and strengthening women’s rights and economic autonomy.

Reporting to the Sustainable Finance Specialist, under the overall guidance of Team Lead of Sustainable Finance, the Programme Analyst will provide relevant coordination, communication, and technical to support the implementation and delivery of UN Women’s Sustainable Finance Programme (SFP), as well as provide relevant co-ordination support between other UN Women teams and external partners as relevant.

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

1.   Provide analytical research, data and technical inputs to Sustainable Finance team, including private finance and international financial institutions (IFIs):

• Contribute to substantive research or analysis on specific areas of sustainable finance to identify, analyze, prepare and/or organize information and relevant briefing materials to facilitate the team’s engagement in events and meetings.
• Support the development of relevant concept notes for key initiatives and activities for this area of work.
• Support the quality assurance on the technical inputs to relevant research and toolkits development provided by experts and consultants for the sustainable finance team.

2. Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts

• Coordinate the development and implementation of knowledge management methodologies and plan on sustainable finance.
• Support the establishment and operation of sustainable finance knowledge portal.
• Prepare background documents, briefs and presentations, social media assets related to sustainable finance area and support increased visibility of UN Women’s work on sustainable finance in close collaboration with the Communications and other relevant Sections.
• Coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, disseminations, trainings of UN Women’s sustainable finance knowledge products.
• Assist the socialization and consultation processes with internal and external stakeholders to build a support network for new sustainable finance vehicles.

3. Provide substantive inputs to partnerships management and resource mobilization strategies

• Support UN Women’s Due Diligence process related to key partnerships in sustainable finance.
• Contribute substantive inputs to resource mobilization strategies; analyze and maintain information and databases
• Prepare relevant documentation such as project summaries, conference papers, briefing notes, speeches, and donor profiles
• Participate in donor meetings and strategic partners’ events, as delegated and maintain proper communications and documentation of the same.

4. Provide Coordination and Administrative Support:

• Support the coordination and organization of events, including preparation of meeting documentation, liaising with relevant divisions and regional/country offices, and ensuring event related follow-up.
• Keep track of important events requiring the presence of UN Women’s senior management as needed.
• Provide scheduling support, follow-up on meetings and initiatives in a timely manner.
• Maintain close contact with other teams and sections within UN Women to ensure timely and quality deliverables of joint initiatives.
• Liaising with procurement finance, travel and facilities focal points to ensure timely arrangement of transactions, and logistics.

5.  Provide secretariat support to inter-governmental, high-level forum and inter-agency coordination to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with Member States and other partners

• Provide administrative and coordinating support across sections to intergovernmental process, and UN high-level forums such as CSW, FfD, UNGA.
• Provide administrative support to the sustainable finance team to engage in inter-agency financing for development working groups, and to provide necessary documentation and follow up.
• Attend inter-agency technical working groups as delegated.

6.  The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework:

Functional Competencies:

• Strong knowledge and experience with both the public and private sector, particularly financing institutions, sustainable finance and gender equality.
• Ability to communicate technical information and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making.
• Strong writing skills.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Good research and analytical skills (including the ability to succinctly summarize research findings in written briefs, reports, etc.).
• Good understanding of communications, partnership development and outreach.
• Capacity to build and foster teamwork.
• Ability to establish harmonious working relationships in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to work well under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail.
• Familiarity with UN Women structure is an asset.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Outlook).
• Demonstrated ability to conduct gender related analysis and research and produce relevant knowledge products, ranging from concept notes to external publications is a significant advantage.

Recruitment Qualifications:

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in finance, accounting, economics, global policy, international development, development finance, economics or related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in programme support, co-ordination, communication, partnership building or a related field.
• Experience in sustainable finance, private sector and / or impact investing is required.
• Experience in the United Nations, international organizations, private sector or multilateral cooperation programmes is desirable.
• Experience in policy analysis related to gender lens investing and sustainable finance is desirable.
• Experience coordinating and liaising with a range of financial actors including asset managers, stock exchanges, financial institutions, investors and issuers is desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of the other UN official working language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

Statements :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements