P5, Regional Advisor, SDG Finance

BACKGROUND & ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

UNDP’s coverage work carried out at Headquarters, Regional and Country Office ranges, varieties a contiguous spectrum of deep native data to cutting-edge international views and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests within the Global Policy Network (GPN), a community of field-based and international technical experience throughout a variety of data domains and in help of the signature options and organizational capabilities envisioned within the Strategic Plan 

Within the GPN, the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the duty for creating all related insurance policies and steerage to help the outcomes of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s workers gives technical recommendation to Country Offices, advocates for UNDP company messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora together with public-private dialogues, authorities, and civil society dialogues, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in particular thematic areas. In addition, BPPS works carefully with UNDP’s Crisis Bureau (CB) to help emergency and disaster response. While making certain that problems with danger are totally built-in into UNDP’s improvement programmes, BPPS additionally assists UNDP and companions to realize greater high quality improvement outcomes by way of an built-in method that hyperlinks results-based administration and efficiency monitoring with more practical and new methods of working. Lastly, BPPS helps UNDP and companions to be extra modern, data and information pushed, together with in its programme help efforts. In UNDP’s strategic plan, improvement finance is an enabler to advance the SDGs and help different programmatic areas of UNDP.

The world wants an financial governance structure intentionally designed to help governments, improvement businesses, civil society, and the non-public sector to make selections that prioritize funding within the SDGs. Thus, UNDP established the Sustainable Finance Hub (SFH) in 2019, aggregating UNDP’s current work and experience on financing the SDGs. UNDP goals to advertise the funding of over $1 trillion of public expenditure and personal capital within the SDGs and maximize improvement affect for nation companions. With this aim, UNDP will mobilize governments, institutional and business traders, monetary establishments, and enterprises alike to take a extra built-in method to sustainable funding, enabling and selling the affect integrity of precise and realized investments to boost transparency, and optimize non-public and public sectors contributions to attaining the SDGs. SFH is constructing an agile innovation platform that pulls on a essential mass of UNDP experience, initiatives throughout all elements of the group and wide-ranging partnerships to help the mobilization and leveraging of financing for the SDGs, at nationwide, regional, and international ranges. SFH affords a complete package deal of strategies and instruments and brings one of the best of UNDP to speed up progress of the SDGs. 

UNDP’s work in Asia and the Pacific has a powerful give attention to sustainable finance. With a dominance  of Middle-Income Countries (MICs) within the area, declining traits in ODA, and difficult fiscal conditions for a lot of governments, ’ UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub seeks to  focus its SDG finance work on SDG-aligned and local weather responsive non-public investments, selling using blended finance and modern finance services and devices  whereas supporting a extra strategic and impactful use of public finance to raised reply to the curiosity of programme nations in diversifying financing and funding for the SDGs and local weather motion.

POSITION PURPOSE

The Regional Advisor- SDG Finance is a part of the regional GPN management workforce in UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH) and the UNDP Global Sustainable Finance Hub workforce. The Regional Advisor – SDG Finance studies to the GPN/Regional Programme Manager at BRH with a matrix reporting line to the Director of the Sustainable Finance Hub.

The Regional SDG Finance Advisor- SDG Finance leads and coordinates the regional SDG Finance workforce, which covers each private and non-private finance dimensions of UNDP’s SDG Finance work. The workforce helps UNDP Country Offices on demand in all areas pertaining to the SDG Finance portfolio and affords; and leads regional, sub-regional and cross-country programming pertaining to SDG finance below the umbrella of UNDP’s Regional Programme for Asia and the Pacific. In doing so, the regional SDG Finance workforce works carefully with the thematic GPN groups within the area and ensures the systematic integration of SDG financing dimensions throughout all areas of UNDP’s coverage and programme work within the area.   

On the general public finance aspect, the regional SDG Finance workforce helps Country Offices and governments in diversifying revenues and maximizing the event affect of public expenditures, utilizing insurance coverage and danger finance in addition to a spread of economic devices. The Regional Advisor SDG Finance Advisor is anticipated to advertise the strategic use of public finance, and to facilitate the design and implementation of blended finance and ensures, for instance. Through UNDP’s nation Offices, the workforce works carefully with ministries of finance, central and improvement banks, finance regulators and nationwide assure entities on Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs), sustainable finance taxonomies, roadmaps and financing methods, in addition to on sustainability and SDG-impact pushed reporting, decision-making and financing mechanisms (e.g., thematic nationwide funds, public-private partnerships, ensures, and many others.). 

With regards to non-public sector improvement and funding, the regional SDG Finance workforce inter alia gives affect advisory providers and works with nationwide regulators to advertise sustainability reporting and decision-making by listed firms. The Regional Advisor- SDG Finance is anticipated to supply substantive management, develop new  enterprise fashions and provide advisory help to scale programmes and SFH affords associated to: (i) SDG funding undertaking pipelines,; (ii) leveraging private and non-private capital for SDG funding, together with by way of de-risking, modern digital financing devices and risk-informed approaches; and (iii) selling the alignment of enterprise operations with the SDGs, together with affect measurement, administration providers for enterprises, affect disclosure and reporting .

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the general supervision and steerage of the GPN/RP Manager on the BRH and in matrix reporting to the SFH Director, the Regional Advisor-SDG Finance will work carefully with the regional GPN groups, UNDP Country Offices and companions to advance and scale the SDG Finance portfolio within the area. The incumbent will:

• Provide substantive management, strategic course and thematic integration for the SDG Finance portfolio within the area.
• Lead and combine SDG Finance coverage and programme help to UNDP nation workplaces within the area.
• Lead built-in regional and sub-regional programming in Sustainable Financing
• Lead regional exchanges, partnerships, and useful resource mobilization for SDG Financing
• Lead on SDG Finance advocacy, communications, and capability improvement at regional and CO ranges

1. Provide substantive management, strategic course and thematic integration for the SDG Finance portfolio within the area.

• Provide substantive and technical management in all SDG Finance domains and make sure the seamless integration of SDG finance approaches, instruments and devices throughout all thematic areas of UNDP’s coverage and programme work within the area, 
• Lead the mixing of public, non-public and blended finance methods and approaches on the regional degree. 
• Provide technical management and experience within the improvement, customization and structuring of modern monetary devices, frameworks and mechanisms to boost and scale SDG-financing within the area. 
• Provide strategic steerage and advisory help to unlock non-public finance from worldwide and home sources for the SDGs and local weather motion, knowledgeable by classes discovered and modern approaches to handle improvement priorities.
• Provide thought management and interact in country-level, regional, and international fora as wanted and as related to maneuver the sustainable finance agenda ahead. 

2. Lead and combine SDG Finance coverage and programme help to UNDP nation workplaces within the area.

• Lead and supply coverage and programme advisory help to UNDP nation workplaces (COs) and companions on all SDG finance affords, together with financing methods, regulatory and coverage developments, similar to sustainable finance taxonomies and sustainable finance roadmaps, and the design/implementation of mechanisms for scaling up financing for the SDGs, 
• Coordinate and supply oversight of the SDG Finance workforce’s provision of help to CO in all areas of SDG Finance, together with the evaluate and high quality assurance of data merchandise, technique and programme paperwork, and within the context of the regional bureau’s CO enterprise plans.
• Support the event of built-in undertaking, programme and portfolio proposals to allow COs to ship high quality SDG Finance help throughout all coverage and programme areas. 
• Advise and help CO engagement with the non-public sector in selling impact-oriented investments, efficient use of ensures and blended financing in addition to sustainability and SDG-aligned reporting.
• Nurture and mobilize private and non-private SDG finance partnerships to scale the scope, affect and relevance of UNDP’s SDG Finance help within the area.
• Proactively help the identification of SDG finance experience by way of UNDP’s professional rosters and associated processes in rising and present areas.

3. Lead built-in regional and sub-regional programming in Sustainable Financing

• Lead regional and/or multi-country programming for SDG and local weather financing and help regional GPN groups in integrating SDG financing dimensions throughout the Regional Programme portfolio.
• Contribute to the implementation and programmatic development of the regional programme and associated reporting necessities, be certain that regional SDG finance programming is built-in, future-oriented and risk-informed.
• Provide oversight and high quality assurance of SDG Finance tasks and programmes together with for flagship programmes such because the Climate Finance Network and the Governance of Climate Change Finance programmes.
• Instigate, help and coordinate the event of proposals and programmes associated to SDG and local weather financing 

4. Lead regional exchanges, partnerships, and useful resource mobilization for SDG Financing

• Nurture and construct shut collaboration and coordination with regional companions, such UN ESCAP and UN businesses, funds and programmes on SDG financing, together with by way of regional issue-based coalitions.
• Guide UNDP COs in accessing UN-internal and exterior funding mechanisms such because the joint UN SDG Fund and supply high quality assurance for country-level and regional funding proposals. 
• Mobilize sources from regional and international sources together with donors, foundations and personal sector non-public sector companions as effectively from international services and programmes.
• Nurture robust working relationships with improvement companions supporting UNDP’s programmes, guarantee high quality reporting, classes discovered and efficient undertaking and programme supply.
• Facilitate cross-country and cross-regional studying and experience-sharing, with a specific give attention to built-in and scalable financing approaches. 
• Develop and nurture productive relationships with thinktanks, foundations, academia, civil society and personal sector associations and entities for joint and collaborative programming, data exchanges and steady studying. 

5. Lead on SDG Finance advocacy, communications, and capability improvement at regional and CO ranges

• Develop and lead efficient SDG finance advocacy, selling an efficient enabling atmosphere for SDG finance, tackling coverage obstacles, and capitalizing on impactful SDG Finance alternatives.
• Provide mental management for analysis, studying and data technology associated to SDG finance within the area and globally to contribute to UNDP’s international SDG finance agenda.
• Articulate UNDP’s positioning and narrative for sustainable finance and SDG-aligned non-public sector improvement by way of strategic imaginative and prescient and technical experience in addition to by way of cross-regional and international engagement 
• Shape UNDP’s positioning in modern financing by way of efficient and built-in programme design at nation degree, sharing classes discovered, efficient coordination with ecosystem stakeholders, and collaborating in related regional and nationwide conferences, seminars and different fora. 
• Support capability improvement of UNDP workers and companions in SDG finance, together with by way of UNDP’s SDG Finance Academy and different studying platforms,
• Support the event of SDG trainings and shows, significantly within the areas of sustainable finance coverage frameworks, modern financing mechanisms and their sensible utility.

6. Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities.

• Provide efficient and inclusive management of the sustainable finance/SDG workforce and guarantee its seamless integration with the regional and international GPN groups.
• Ensure workforce’s efficient contribution to company and regional planning and reporting necessities.
• Enable and nurture teamwork and integration inside the workforce and throughout the BRH, promote the skilled improvement of workforce members.
• Support CO focal factors of their efforts to be taught and evolve professionally and contribute to the regional neighborhood of apply.
• Manage regional specialists, consultants and specialists primarily based within the hub or primarily based/outposted in COs in collaboration with nation workplace degree managers (E.g., DRRs).

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: Manage and supervise the Regional SDG Finance workforce

The incumbent performs different duties inside their practical profile as deemed obligatory for the environment friendly functioning of the Office and the Organization.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Education

• Advanced college diploma (Master’s diploma or equal) in Economics, Business Administration, Finance or one other related subject, is required. OR 
•  A primary-level college diploma (bachelor’s diploma) within the areas talked about above, together with an extra two years of qualifying expertise will probably be given due consideration in lieu of the superior college diploma 

Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• Minimum ten (10) years (with grasp’s diploma) or 12 years (with bachelor’s diploma) {of professional} expertise in Sustainable Finance, of which at the very least 5 years of expertise in worldwide improvement with a focus on improvement insurance policies, monetary frameworks/mechanisms for improvement and/or at the very least 5 years skilled expertise within the monetary providers trade engaged on sustainable finance or associated points, is required.
• Strong skilled document in workforce administration and management roles in public and/or non-public finance-related areas, is required
• Proven management expertise in creating insurance policies and implementing strategic improvement finance initiatives, modern financing mechanisms and devices and high-level technical advisory help to Governments and companions, is required
• Experience and data in affect funding, blended finance, de-risking investments, figuring out and managing dangers related to monetary mechanisms and ensures, an asset.
• Experience and understanding of the drivers of sustainability within the monetary sector and expertise in main and managing sustainable finance initiatives and programmes with the non-public sector, is requirement   
• Experience in partnering and interesting for SDG Finance with multilateral and nationwide improvement finance establishments, in addition to related foundations, assume tanks, and civil society organizations, is required. 
• Experience in partnering and interesting for SDG Finance with institutional traders, securities exchanges and/or monetary regulators, is an asset.
• Experience in main and managing the event of data merchandise is an asset.
• Experience in working with UN businesses, worldwide finance establishments and/or different multilateral companions is an asset. 
• Experience working in creating nation settings (asset) and dealing expertise within the Asia Pacific area is an asset.
• Fluency in English required, data of one other UN language is an asset,

COMPETENCIES

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 3: Set and align difficult, achievable aims for a number of tasks, have lasting affect 
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential dangers, develop new concepts to unravel complicated issues 
• Learn Continuously: LEVEL 3: Create and act on alternatives to increase horizons, diversify experiences
• Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Proactively provoke and champion change, handle a number of competing calls for 
• Act with Determination: LEVEL 3: Think past speedy activity/obstacles and take motion to realize larger outcomes
• Engage and Partner: LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complicated panorama, champion inter-agency collaboration
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 3: Appreciate advantages of various workforce and champion inclusivity

Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies

2030 Agenda Partnerships – SDG Finance

• Impact Investment, incl. SDG Impact Finance
• Inclusive Markets/companies and Value Chain Development
• Innovative Finance

Partnership Management – Relationship Management

• Ability to have interaction with a variety of private and non-private companions, construct, maintain and/or strengthen working relations, belief and mutual understanding