Overview
Provides high-level technical expertise and policy advice to governments and stakeholders on developing and implementing sustainable financing strategies and integrated national financing frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides high-level policy advice online and/or through short-term field missions to Governments and other relevant stakeholders in developing countries.
- Monitors, studies and analyzes trends and best practices on sustainable financing strategies and prepares policy advisory notes.
- Provides leadership in the design/redesign of national policies and strategies for financing for sustainable development.
- Provides leadership in the design of capacity development programmes, projects and activities.
- Provides leadership in the implementation of gender mainstreaming guidelines.
- Makes substantive contributions to global/regional/sub-regional/national workshops, seminars, colloquia, and other training events.
- Provides leadership in the Department’s resource mobilization strategies.
- Assumes other tasks in the area of expertise and in line with capacity development guidance.
- Develops and updates training materials for capacity development activities.
- Liaises with relevant professional networks and makes relevant external capacity development resources available.
- Establishes and nurtures close relationships with various stakeholders.
- Provides inputs for the normative and advocacy functions of the Division.
Required Experience
- A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience within the UN development system and/or related to operational activities for the development of the UN system in the area of financing for sustainable development is required.
- At least five (5) years of professional experience in advisory work in developing countries (including transition countries), preferably in more than one region, is required.
- At least five (5) years of experience in sustainable financing strategies and integrated national financing frameworks is required.
- Experience in international technical cooperation and capacity development is required.
- Experience in macroeconomic and macrofiscal policies is desirable.
- Experience in developing policy guidance on financing for sustainable development is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in economics, finance, development or related field.
