Impact Investing Support Officer

Contract

This is a UNV National Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Youth contracts.

The Joint SDG Fund is a multi-partner trust fund and an innovative instrument for incentivizing transformative policy shifts and stimulation of strategic investments to achieve the SDGs. It has funded more than 100 joint programmes focused on integrated social protection as well as SDG finance, encouraging over 1,000+ partnerships working alongside the UN in supporting SDG achievement, and tested over 200 innovative solutions in accelerating the 2030 Agenda.

The Accelerating SDGs Investment in Indonesia (ASSIST) Joint Programme was established in 2021, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing together four UN Agencies (UNDP, UNICEF, UNIDO, and UNEP) in Indonesia to support the Government in meeting the SDGs target. The Project has three Components including 1) Catalyzed Issuance of Thematic Bonds at the National and Sub-National levels, 2) Increased Green & SDG-Linked Loans, and 3) Operationalized Indonesia Impact Fund.

Under Component 3 of the ASSIST Joint Programme, UNDP focuses on supporting the operationalization of the Indonesia Impact Fund – Indonesia’s first private equity fund targeting impact and the SDGs through the adoption of Impact Measurement and Management. In line with this, UNDP has made considerable efforts to develop a pipeline of SDG-contributing businesses through the implementation of thematic Impact Venture Accelerators (IVA) under collaboration with global partners, such as Impact Aim, She Disrupts, and the Blue Finance Accelerator, under the Innovative Financing Lab platform, supporting more than 50 impact ventures and social enterprises to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth.

With this success, UNDP Indonesia aims to continue expand activities aimed to support social enterprises, entrepreneurship, innovation and inclusive sustainability and is currently seeking an Impact Investing Support Officer to provide support in the development of innovative financing instruments such as Impact Fund and Catalytic Funding, Impact Venture Accelerators and Impact Measurement tools under the Component 3 of the ASSIST Joint Programme, as well as support in the outreach and awareness-building of the ASSIST Joint Programme.

Under the direct supervision of ASSIST National Project Manager and the Technical Coordinator Impact Investing, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

1) Support to ensure effective project planning and implementation, focusing on achievement of the following results: a. Provides assistance in overall project implementation, including compilation, summarization, and presentation of basic information/data related to innovative finance, impact investing, venture development, accelerators, SMEs/startups, and related topics b. Support in reviewing and documenting all project documents, including presentations, report, concept notes, pitch decks, terms of references, etc. c. Implement project SOP in line with the government and UNDP’s regulations d. Draft correspondence on periodic reports, briefing notes, talking points, and press releases

2) Provides administrative support to the unit focusing on achievement of the following results a. Support in organizing meetings/workshops/training, including preparation of meeting documents (e.g. TORs, draft invitation letters and agendas, reports, policy briefs, summaries, presentations, as well as meeting notes with follow-up actions) b. Provide support in maintaining project’s database, including stakeholders data- base, IVA alumni database, as well as project documents c. Effective implementation of operations policies for gender-sensitive approach at the project level

3) Effective support for partnerships, innovation, and communication to the implementation of resource mobilization a. Support in updating database from development partners private sector, civil society, and other stakeholders who are counterparts for the project and able to compile simple data for further analysis b. Support event planning and implementation hosted by the unit and in liaison with both UNDP internal and external stakeholders c. In coordination with UNDP’s Communication unit and other relevant counterpart communications department, support in the documentation of project activities as part of the ASSIST Joint Programme as well as the development of relevant/ necessary communication materials, as a tool to effectively communicate results, deepen stakeholder/ public knowledge and buy-in to the project, and re- source mobilization for the project. d. Effective administrative support for data collection for gender analysis and gender mainstreaming at project level.

4) Support knowledge building and knowledge-sharing, focusing on achievement of the following results a. Participation in the trainings for the operations/projects staff b. Contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice c. Ensure active participation for learning and knowledge sharing in gender analysis and gender mainstreaming. d. Support in developing as well as updating recent knowledge products, particularly those in relation to the ASSIST Joint Programme

5) Support to the effective reporting on progress of project implementation a. Support in preparing annual workplan and project report to donors annually, in line with the monitoring and reporting guidelines and presents it to the project assurance team on a timely manner; b. Support in providing information/inputs on progress of project activities to key stakeholders (if necessary), in form of decks, info brief, presentation materials, etc

☒ Accountability ☒ Adaptability and Flexibility ☒ Building Trust ☐ Client Orientation ☒ Commitment and Motivation ☒ Commitment to Continuous Learning ☒ Communication ☐ Creativity ☒ Empowering Others ☒ Ethics and Values ☒ Integrity ☒ Judgement and Decision-making ☒ Knowledge Sharing ☒ Leadership ☒ Managing Performance ☒ Planning and Organizing ☒ Professionalism ☒ Respect for Diversity ☒ Self-Management ☒ Technological Awareness ☒ Vision ☒ Working in Teams

areas of impact investing, innovative finance, social entrepreneurship, venture development, sustainable development/SDGs.

Additionally, the following points are highly valued: • Experience in working with UN agencies, development partners, government on programs in relation to sustainable development, SDGs, innovative finance, social entrepreneurship, or impact investing • Excellence in administrative, organizational, and project management skills • Familiarity with UNDP development projects in Indonesia is an advantage • Knowledge and experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc)

This position will be based in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia where there are many options for transportation, accommodation, and food. The candidate can easily access medical facilities, banking facilities, market, communications, water, and electricity.

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan.