Programme Fund Management Advisor at United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

• The Programme Fund Management Advisor will be responsible to advise and support UNOPS Programme Development on a need basis, and will have a thorough understanding of the terms,  conditions, and the respective roles and responsibilities of the partners / stakeholders to ensure the  programmes managed by UNOPS are capable of meeting the business cases of both UNOPS and its donors.
• The Programme Fund Management Advisor will broadly carry out the following tasks, in accordance with UNOPS  policies, procedures and practices based on needs expressed by country offices. 

Fund design 

• Participate in donor negotiations for designing new funds when requested by country offices 
• Draft concept notes/project proposals/budgets for designing financing mechanisms 
• Draft fund related documentation such as operational guidelines, governance architecture,  safeguards policies and strategy 
• Support offices in designing fund’s organogram and terms of reference 
• Provide surge capacity to new funds during start up and act as interim programme manager when  needed 
• Conceptualize innovative financing approaches to meet donor requirements 

Fund Management/Programme Management 

• Provide diagnostic assessment of ongoing funds and provide advice on turnaround, especially  with regards to strategy, governance, grants model, risk management etc. 
• Provide on-going assurance/peer review on active funds to country office or regional office 
• Propose strategies to attract further funding for ongoing funds 
• Any other related tasks on programme management cycle as needed 

Knowledge Management: 

• Understand and manage UNOPS pricing policy and related corporate charges as they apply to the  Fund 
• Contribute to CFM’s publications and fund management toolkit 
• Actively interact with other stakeholder to share case studies, lessons learned and best practice  on UNOPS Communities 
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and  procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.

EDUCATION

• A Master’s Degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, Public Administration, International Development, Engineering, Political Science, Communications or International Relations is required.
• A Bachelor’s Degree Iin relevant field such as  Business Administration, Public Administration, International Development, Engineering, Political Science, Communications or International Relations in combination with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements outlined above.

EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in an international development and/or Partnerships Development including demonstrated experience in: 
• Developing and executing partnership and programme development plans is required; 
• Project development and proposal writing is required ; 
• Experience in acquisition of projects is required ;   
• Project and programme management experience in fund management or MPTFs is required 
• Establishing partnerships with UN agencies, international development organizations, governments, foundations, international NGOs or private sector organizations, is required. 
• Prior experience working in international organizations international development, is required.