Programming and Policy Analyst - IPSA 9

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This is a IPSA-9 contract. This kind of contract is known as International Personnel Services Agreement. It is normally internationally recruited only. It usually requires 2 years of experience, depending on education. More about IPSA-9 contracts.

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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. BPPS works closely with UNDP’s Crisis Bureau (CB) to support emergency and crisis response. BPPS ensures that issues of risk are fully integrated into UNDP’s development programmes. BPPS 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. BPPS supports UNDP and partners to be more innovative, knowledge and data driven including in its programme support efforts.

UNDP’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan highlighting our continued commitment to eradicating poverty, accompanying countries in their pathways towards the SDGs and working towards the Paris Agreement. As part of the Global Policy Network in the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP’s Nature, Climate Change, and Energy (NCE) Team promotes and scales up integrated whole-of-governance approaches and nature-based solutions that reduce poverty and inequalities, strengthen livelihoods and inclusive growth, mitigate conflict, forced migration and displacement, and promote more resilient governance systems that advance linked peace and security agendas.

The NCE Team works with governments, civil society, and private sector partners to integrate natural capital, environment and climate concerns into national and sector planning and inclusive growth policies; support country obligations under Multilateral Environmental Agreements; and implement the UN’s largest portfolio of in-country programming on environment, climate change, and energy. This multi-billion dollar portfolio encompasses: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services including forests; Sustainable Land Management and Desertification including food and commodity systems; Water and Ocean Governance including SIDS; Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation; Renewable and Modern Energy; Extractive Industries; Chemicals and Waste Management; Environmental Governance and Green/Circular Economy and SCP approaches. This work advances crosscutting themes on innovative finance, digital transformation, capacity development, human rights, gender equality, health, technology, and South-South learning.

In addition to UNDP’s bilateral partnerships on natural capital, environment and climate, UNDP is an accredited multilateral implementing agency of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Multilateral Fund (MLF), the Adaptation Fund (AF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) which includes the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund (GEF Trust Fund); the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF); the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF); and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)). As part of UNDP’s partnership with these vertical funds, UNDP provides countries specialized integrated technical services for eligibility assessment, programme formulation, capacity development, policy advice, technical assistance, training and technology transfer, mobilization of co-financing, implementation oversight, results management and evaluation, performance-based payments and knowledge management services.

The Programming and Policy Analyst will work under the direct supervision of the Director and Executive Coordinator – EF & Global Lead - NCE to effectively manage and respond to various audits, external assessments and other corporate functions related to managing risks associated with the NCE portfolio. The Programming and Policy Analyst will work closely with the BPPS Directorate, NCE Directorate, Regional Bureaus.

The Programming and Policy Analyst will be based in New York, USA and may be required to travel. UNDP staff may be periodically redeployed, in accordance with capability, consent, and due process, to a different duty station as needed.

Institutional Arrangement

The Programming and Policy Analyst will be reporting to the Environmental Policy Specialist under BPPS/ NCE, and will be based in New York

The Programming and Policy Analyst will be given access to relevant information necessary for the execution of the tasks under this assignment;

Travel:

a) 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.

b) Include any official travel expected to be associated with performing the functions

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work

1.Managing responses to risk information concerning UNDP’s Nature, Climate and Energy portfolio

•Conduct analysis of audit results and external assessments related to risks faced by the NCE projects financed by all key donors of UNDP supported projects.

•Prepare, with contributions from across BPPS, Regional Bureaus and Central Bureaus, responses to management actions to reduce and/or eliminate risks affecting the effective and efficient delivery of results/impacts in line with UNDP fiduciary standards.

•Track and update internal tracking systems to ensure that all audit related management actions related to NCE projects are completed on budget, on scope and on time.

•Identify, collect and disseminate examples of evidence of the application of UNDP fiduciary standards in managing risks associated with NCE projects financed by all key donors.

•Contribute to assessing and adapting internal and external workflows and practices for vertical fund project and portfolio management given internal and external audit findings.

•Regularly inform directorate staff on audit requirements, trends in excellence or shortcomings of COs, overseeing NCE projects where COs have been delegated authority by BPPS/NCE to oversee.

•Prepare updates on the implementation of audit and external assessment recommendations for the 3-times a year discussion between BPPS and Regional Bureaus on the NCE Vertical Fund Portfolio.

•Undertake analyses of data and information, compiling syntheses, reports, charts, tables, graphs, presentations, etc., as required concerning risks faced by the NCE portfolio as well as management actions related to the NCE portfolio.

•Undertake specific ad-hoc assignments for the Director and Executive Coordinator – EF & Global Lead - NCE of a substantive nature under his/her guidance.

Key Results: Effective management of reporting obligations to audits and external assessments of the UNDP NCE portfolio. BPPS, via the NCE Directorate, is provided key data and information, analyses, presentations, and substantive and technical reports related to the management of risks associated with NCE and in particular VF programming.

2.Support BPPS’s engagement in the UNDP Inter-Bureau Task Force for the implementation and sustained impact of the OAI GEF Audit Management Action Plan across programme areas

(i) 2020 GEF Audit MAP Implementation and related assessments.

-Keep meeting records of the Inter-bureau task team meetings as it regularly reviews progress on cross-bureau implementation of the Management Action Plan (MAP) in response to the 2020 OAI audit of UNDP’s GEF portfolio, including on identifying and addressing bottlenecks;

-Maintain information and data bases necessary to support and inform the timely, integrated implementation of follow-up actions to related assessments, including the independent review of the GEF-funded ‘Standards and Labels (S&L)’ project in Russia, and UNDP’s subsequent Management Accountability Review Panel (MARP);

-Track and capture information from cross-bureau implementation of actions as they relate to GEF’s Fiduciary Standards Policy (Ernst and Young), UNDP’s re-accreditation to the Green Climate Fund (BDO UK), and similar future exercises including follow up OAI-audits related to UNDP’s oversight of vertical fund resources (GEF, GCF, Montreal Protocol, Adaptation Fund and GFATM);

-Keep track of assigned technical staff from bureaus to help in the implementation of the MAP and related reports and recommendations, follow on actions that must be implemented and provide reminders to all relevant personnel.

(ii) Organization-wide Change in response to policy adjustments, refinements and reinforcement

-Track various UNDP management actions across the organization in response to findings concerning UNDP’s oversight of vertical fund resources;

-Synthesize findings of internal and external reviews for UNDP’s wider portfolio, for use in communications and training for UNDP personnel;

-Support efforts to integrate and embed UNDP VF-related oversight actions in broader organizational strategies, including oversight and accountability mechanisms, etc.;

-Track and support focal points/task teams across the organization to support continued communication/training on actions taken to strengthen UNDP’s oversight functions;

-Support efforts to integrate actions related to strengthening oversight systems across UNDP to enhance the business model for UNDP’s engagement with funding partners;

-Prepare documentation to elevate issues that need to be formally raised to the Risk Committee, OPG and/or EG, which cannot be resolved at the intra-bureau task team level;

-Prepare communications material to regularly inform OAI representatives on insights and/or clarifications as necessary to implement recommendations for strengthening UNDP’s oversight systems across different vertical funding sources;

-Prepare documentation to facilitate a regular exchange of information including updates on Executive Board discussions, GEF Council/GCF Board discussions, and UNDP’s Risk Committee, OPG and EG discussions.

(iii) Addressing upcoming Audits of relevance to the Organization

-Support corporate preparations for the second follow-up OAI audit to be conducted in October/November 2021, and any necessary follow-up actions;

-Prepare findings and recommendations from the 2021 Implementing Partner Audit and implications to UNDP’s system of oversight in the context of NIM projects

-Support the preparation for OAI’s Audit of UNDP’s oversight and management of the GCF Portfolio (likely to be conducted before the end of 2025)

Key Results: The UNDP-Inter Bureau Task Force is supported to operate effectively. BPPS is able to effectively manage the various audits planned for the vertical fund portfolio between 2022-2024.

Competencies

Core

Achieve Results:

LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively:

LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously:

LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility:

LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with Determination:

LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident

Engage and Partner:

LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion:

LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Thematic Area

Name

Definition

Business Direction & Strategy

System Thinking

Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system

Business Development

Knowledge Generation

Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need

Knowledge Facilitation

Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally

Business Management

Risk Management

Ability to identify and organize action around mitigating and proactively managing risks

Communication

Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience

Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels

Required Skills and Experience

Minimum Qualifications of the Successful IPSA

Min. Academic Education

Master’s degree in Environmental Management, International Relations, Public Administration, climate change policy and finance, sustainable development, international development or other closely related field.

Min. years of relevant Work experience

Minimum of 2 years of work experience, with increasing independence, in an environment/climate finance field in an international organization;

Required skills and competencies

Experience working at, or with, environmental vertical funds like the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and/or the Green Climate Fund (GCF), etc.;

Experience working with developing countries on climate change adaptation and/or mitigation programming;

Experience working in at least one of the following regions: Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Africa, or Latin America and the Caribbean;

Expert Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint skills, familiarity with e-presentation techniques and ability to operate with on-line web-based applications;

Excellent drafting, presentation and communication skills, both oral and written.

Desired additional skills and competencies

Experience working in UNDP/UN or an international organization and knowledge of UNDP policies, procedures and practices is an advantage;

Pre-existing knowledge of the UN and UNDP Rules and Regulations, organizational structures, and tools such as Atlas and PIMS+ would be a great asset.

Expertise in vertical fund policies, programming, and processes is an advantage;

Required Language(s) (at working level)

Excellent knowledge of the English language, with exceptional writing, presentation, and communication skills.

Professional Certificates

N/A

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