Job Description

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• Lead projects under the UNDP Malaysia SDG Impact, Finance and Innovation portfolio including the implementation of recommendations from Malaysia\'s Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF), Risk financing for MSMEs\' resilience with Insurance and Risk Finance Facility, Blended Climate Finance Pipeline Project, Biodiversity and Climate Blended Financing, and SDG Impact Facilitation, Measurement and Management initiatives.
• Lead the expansion of strategic partnerships with key private sector and private/public financing institutions, including managing initiatives, engagements and events that position UNDP\'s global value proposition to Malaysian stakeholders, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Establish or strengthen engagement platforms that help identifies opportunities, trade-offs and synergies that exist between different types of public and private financing in support of UNDP\'s strategic priorities in Malaysia, leveraging both portfolio depth and cross-portfolio synergies.
• Prepare overviews, products, presentations and other engagement materials that demonstrate UNDP\'s value proposition in sustainable financing.
• Coordinate technical meetings and discussions with key stakeholders with the aim of establishing and facilitating partnership models for the delivery of sustainable and innovative financing instruments.
• Strategy and value proposition packages development by bringing different financing considerations together and implement a sequenced, prioritized set of actions and reforms, as determined in the country\'s SDG Roadmap and other climate and biodiversity blended financing recommendations, together with alignment of guidance provided by UN on financing for development. The recommendations are to pave the way for clear and directed public and private sector investment partnerships through both the national and international capital market, banking system and private equity platforms, particularly in the context of the growing focus on leveraging green and social finance.
• Program and pipeline development using the UN SDG Impact guidelines as a basis to translate selected national priorities into investment opportunities, supported by data that highlights the business case and development impact of such investments. Programs partners include private sector, nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies to focus on impact planning, financing, management and measurement.
• Support knowledge sharing and evidence generation of UNDP tested recommendations to strengthen policy impact and SDG acceleration initiatives specifically on sustainability financing, including through

• market assessments on financial instruments
• thought leadership and communication on sustainable financing, including producing short policy briefs or thought leadership blogs to share UNDP\'s experience and insights on sustainable finance in Malaysia.
• Support of cross-portfolio synergies, learning and linkages under geo- and target group concentration of UNDP support services as well as supporting CO M&E, reporting and corporate compliance, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Contribute to office-wide corporate compliance, including project and program reporting/ROAR, IATI etc.
• Support office-wide intelligence gathering and analysis to further strengthen UNDP\'s development impact in terms of key geographical priority areas.
• Support to programme operations in line with UNDP corporate rule, regulation and policies, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Management of selected projects, implementing activities in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations, ensuring smooth programme operations in line with UNDP corporate rule, regulation and policies.
• Oversee, lead implementation and ensure quality reporting on selected projects.
• Prepare project concepts, project documents, Annual Work Plans, progress reports and inputs to CO program compliance (QA, ROAR, IATI) and ensure budget execution is in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations.
• Continuously monitor progress against the approved work-plan; Identify changes in the external environment and promptly agree necessary solutions/actions (ex. related to the planning and implementation of activities, need for new activities) with UNDP office and Project Board.
• Monitoring expenditure to ensure that it is in line with approved budgets, AWPs and UNDP Programmed/Financial policies.
• Periodic monitoring of dashboards and exceptions, identification of remedial actions.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.Competencies:Core competencies:

• 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:Business Direction and 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

• Partnership Management: Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.

2030 Agenda: Partnerships

• SDG Finance: Innovative Finance; Impact Investment, incl. SDG Impact Finance; Public Private Partnership

Required Skills and Experience:Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master\xc2\xb4s degree or equivalent) in Accounting and Finance, Business or Public Administration, Economics, Public Policy, Investment, Development Studies, or any related field relevant to SDG Impact is required, or
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor\xc2\xb4s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with additional 2 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master\xc2\xb4s degree.

Experience:

• Minimum two (2) years (with Masters\' degree) or four (4) years (with Bachelors\' degree) of relevant experience at the national and/or international level in project/programme formulation, economics, investment, finance, planning and/or similar areas of works.
• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN\'s values and ethical standards.
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
• Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
• Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
• Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.
• Ability to lead formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects.
• Ability to formulate and manage budgets, manage contributions and investments, manage transactions, conduct financial analysis, reporting and cost-recovery.
• Strong IT skills, knowledge of Quantum system desirable.
• Excellent knowledge of financial rules and regulations, finance and accounting.
• Excellent knowledge of Results Management Guide and Toolkit.
• Professional experience in development programming or policy and innovative financing
• Proven professional knowledge and experience in sustainability, impact investment and standards, development finance and/or public private partnerships.
• Demonstrated ability to work with multiple partners including government, private sector, civil society, expert partners to develop value proposition packages and products.
• Proven ability to formulate analytical research and reports in English.
• ESG or SDG Impact related certificate is an asset.

Required Languages:

• English and Bahasa Malaysia
• Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.

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