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Position: Finance Facility Advisor – Home based Retainer at UNOPS
About the job
Application period 17-Mar-2025 to 31-Mar-2025
Functional Responsibilities:
The Financing Facility Advisor will undertake the following activities/ responsibilities:
- Review of Existing Policies, Infrastructures, and Initiatives
- Review and stock take of existing financing and grant facilities and blue finance opportunities in the region and around the world to identify best practices and areas for collaboration.
- Stakeholder and Private Sector Engagement
- Consultation with relevant stakeholders, donors, development banks, regional organization, amongst others, to identify possible linkages with existing or potential new financing facility
- Obtain commitments with identified stakeholders to collaborate in the proposed financing facility mechanism
- Produce an options paper that incorporates the financing mechanism review, good practices, and recommendations to strengthen blue economy and innovative financing.
- Formulation of a proposed strategic framework and institutional infrastructure to either develop a new facility or integrate/cooperate with existing financing facilities. The proposal shall include:
- Identification of the host of the facility
- Definition of financing plan and strategy, including resources generation
- Definition of protocols for accessing resources, grants, including regional agreements
Impact of Results
The Financing Facility Advisor for the South China Sea Project (SCS-SAP) will result in a sustainable financing mechanism in the region focused on financing marine and coastal ecosystem and biodiversity initiatives.
Education/Experience/Language requirements:
Education
- Advanced University Degree (Master’s degree) in Arts/Sciences in Finance, Business Management, Economics, Environmental Studies, Innovation or related discipline is required.
- A Bachelors’ degree in relevant fields with additional two years’ experience may be accepted in Lieu of Master’s degree.
Experience
- A minimum of seven (7) years of international work experience preferably in sustainable impact financing, climate finance, small grants mechanisms or similar experience is required.
- Experience in sustainable finance mechanisms is required (e.g. green bonds, blue bonds, climate finance, or (ESG)).
- Experience in developing sustainable financing hubs or providing policy guidance on sustainable financing is required.
- Experience in working in grants management, financing, blue economy, or resources generation is required.
- Experience in conducting economic and financial analyses to assess the viability and impact of sustainable finance projects is highly desired.
- Proficiency in using financial modelling tools and techniques to predict outcomes and optimize investment strategies is desired.
- Experience with international or regional organizations is desired.
Language requirements
- Fluency in (written and oral) English is required.
- Fluency in (written and oral) in Thai, Filipino, Chinese Mandarin, Khemer, Vietnamese, and Indonesian will be considered an asset.
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UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunities. Our workforce is made up of people from varied nationalities, cultures and races. They speak a range of languages and have different gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities.
We encourage women and candidates from underrepresented groups in UNOPS to apply. These include candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities. Click apply and join us!
Remarks: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
