Organization: United Nations
Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: National
Programme Manager
Post Level: NOC
About US:
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is the UN’s capital
investment agency for the world’s least developed countries. It creates new
opportunities for poor people and their communities by increasing access to
microfinance and investment capital.
UNCDF focuses on Africa and the poorest countries of Asia and the
Pacific, with a special commitment to countries emerging from conflict or
crisis. It provides seed capital –
grants and loans – and technical support to help microfinance institutions
reach more poor households and small businesses, and local governments finance
the capital investments – water systems, feeder roads, schools, irrigation
schemes – that will improve poor peoples’ lives.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Ensures the strategic alignment of the Output with the other project
components and DINU programmatic activities and provides high-level policy
advice focusing on achievement of the following results:
- Continuous monitoring of other project and
programme activities and identification of the areas where coordination
and alignment is necessary and/or desirable;
- Design and suggest to the implementing
partners (responsible parties) and the Programme Manager specific actions
for better alignment of project activities, thematically and
geographically;
- Provide high-level policy advice to the
participating government agencies and non-government partners (including
private sector partners) on the area of local governance, PFM, revenue
mobilization and decentralized service delivery;
- Constant monitoring and analysis of the
operating environment, quick readjustment of the operations, advice on
legal considerations and risk assessment;
- Tasked with the monitoring and analysis of
key developments in the country that are likely to impact on output intervention areas,
identification of development needs and potential solutions relevant to
output activities.
Ensures effective and accurate overall management of the relevant
activities focusing on achievement of the following results:
- Prepare and submit for approval inputs for
the Project annual plans and budgets;
- Support and advise the central and local
governments as well as non-government institutions participating in the
programme in preparation and implementation of their medium-term and
annual plans and budgets and execution of specific programmatic
interventions;
- Prepare, manage and oversee contracts for
dedicated technical assistance and capacity building for the participating
government and non-government partners;
- Overall guidance and monitoring of
implementation of the Local Government Excellence Fund (LGEF) including
support to identification and development of LGEF projects in a
participatory and inclusive way; preparation and structuring of the
projects and provision of technical support and advisory services for
co-financing arrangements; reviewing implementation progress and
achievement of the LGEF results; providing support for implementation
issues as well as institutional capacity building; ensuring timely
implementation of all Fund’s operations and following up with MoFPED and
MoLG on timely disbursements and consolidated reporting; application of
performance measures to the grant allocation formula.
- Overall guidance and monitoring of
implementation of the District Revenue Mobilization Fund (DRMF) including
advice on development of revenue mobilization action plans and programmes;
setting specific revenue mobilization targets; development of medium-term
and annual revenue mobilization actions and allocation of matching grants;
monitoring of grant application and implementation of the revenue
mobilization programmes.
- Day-to-day management of the output
implementation including effective financial, administrative and
logistical processes to enable implementation of output activities to
ensure coherence between the partners and delivery towards the stated
common objectives;
- Prepare and issue in a timely manner the
memoranda of understanding, letters of agreement with the partners and
other legal instruments to enable their engagement and implementation of
the activities for which they are responsible;
- Ensure timely publication and public
access to all relevant information pertaining to the output activities;
- Prepare inputs on output activities for
the DINU quarterly and annual reports in accordance with the EU and other
donor requirements;
- Actively participate in communication and
media activities; ensure project web-site updates; coordinate distribution
of the project related information;
- Ensure visibility of the Donor and
Implementing Partners in all output activities.
Ensures efficient support to tasks related to advocacy, output
monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and representation focusing on achievement
of the following results:
- Support gathering of quarterly and annual
data/information from the implementing partners (responsible parties) for
project monitoring and evaluation processes ensuring compliance with EU
and UNCDF M&E requirements in reporting on project results and
progress towards outcomes;
- Ensure proper monitoring and evaluation
procedures are instituted in all project activities;
- Ensure proper monitoring of project
progress against annual and quarterly work plans and budgets;
- Develop in collaboration with the partners
and implement the output monitoring and evaluation plan, compliance and
accordingly utilize the findings as to justify adjustment of the funds
disbursement schedules and to introduce corrective measures in the case of
deviation;
- Regularly update the risk log for the
output and conduct appropriate budget and operation risk management,
mitigation and responses;
- Keenly analyze and monitor the financial
situation, present forecasts for the output (DRRF), and monitor for
unusual activities and transactions;
- Support the design, preparation and implementation
of regular independent audits of the project; prepare inputs to management
responses and follow up on the audit recommendations as appropriate;
- Support field verification and inspection
visits by OPM and MoLG officials and other stakeholders.
Establishes and maintains strategic partnerships and implements the
resource mobilization strategy for the project focusing on the achievement of
the following results:
- Establish and maintain dialogue with
government officials, NGOs, partners, donors and communities to provide
knowledge and understanding, ensuring accurate interpretation of the
project’s mission;
- Identify areas of cooperation and
coordination with other UN agencies for the implementation of joint
activities related to the project;
- Identify opportunities for the
implementation of the project making specific recommendations on actions
needed;
- Support resource mobilization efforts.
Ensures facilitation of knowledge building and management, focusing on
the achievement of the following results:
- Prepare knowledge products, related to the
output activities, particularly on the role of local governments in
maintaining and developing road assets;
- Facilitate learning and experience sharing
for government officials, private sector representatives, local community
leaders and experts;
- Actively contribute to national, corporate
and global knowledge networks;
- Represent UNCDF in meetings that are
relevant to the project;
- Significantly contribute to UNCDF
cross-practice synergies with the development finance interventions at
country level.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations
Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Lead Specialist – Governance job
opportunity should a Master’s degree or equivalent in Development Studies,
Economics, Public Administration, Political/Social Science or other
development-related field.
- A minimum of five years of relevant
experience at the national and/or international level with the UN and/or
national or international organizations in the area of advising and
managing local governance and local development programmes;
- Significant exposure and experience in
managing staff and operational systems in accordance with the government
and/or EU/UN procedures and standards and establishing interrelationships
with international organization and national governments in the area of
governance and development;
- Working knowledge and experience of UN
system policies and programming is desirable;
- Experience in design and implementation of
programmes for local government capacity development focusing on PFM
processes including resource mobilization planning, budgeting,
implementation and reporting for results;
- Knowledge of the government policies,
rules and regulations in the area of local government and public
administration, particularly in public financial management and
decentralised service delivery;
- Knowledge of government/UNDP
financial/accounting systems and regulations is an asset.
- In-depth knowledge of the subject-matter
- Broad knowledge and understanding of more
advanced aspects of primary area of specialization as well as the
fundamental concepts of related disciplines;
- Serves as internal consultant in the area
of expertise and shares knowledge with staff;
- Stays abreast of new developments in area
of professional discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop
him/herself professionally;
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of
information technology and applies it in work assignments;
- Demonstrates comprehensive understanding
and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and
utilizes these regularly in work assignments;
Personal Competencies:
- Advocacy/Advancing a policy-oriented
agenda: Analysis and creation of messages and strategies. Uses the
opportunity to bring forward and disseminate materials for advocacy work
- Results-Based Programme Development and
Management: Contributes into results through primary research and
analysis. Assesses project performance to identify success factors and
incorporates best practices into project work; researches linkages across
programme activities to identify critical points of integration; monitors
specific stages of projects/programme implementation
- Building strategic partnerships:
- Identifying and building
partnerships; identifies needs and interventions for capacity building
counterparts, clients and potential partners; displays initiative, sets
challenging outputs for him/herself and willingly accepts new work
assignments; takes responsibility for achieving agreed outputs within set
deadlines and strives until successful outputs are achieved; innovation
and marketing new approaches.
- Developing new approaches,
looks at experience critically, drawing lessons, and building them into
the design of the new approaches; identifies new approaches and promotes
their use in other situations; documents successes and uses them to
project a positive image; creates an environment that fosters innovation
and innovative thinking; makes the case for innovative ideas from the
team with own supervisor.
- Promoting organizational learning and
knowledge sharing: Developing tools and mechanisms. Makes the case
for innovative ideas documenting successes and building them into the
design of new approaches; identifies new approaches and strategies that
promote the use of tools and mechanisms.
- Client Orientation: Contributing
to positive outcomes for the client; anticipates client needs; works
towards creating an enabling environment for a smooth relationship between
the clients and service provider, demonstrates understanding of client’s
perspective.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who so desire to join
the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in the aforementioned
capacity should endeavor to Apply Online by Clicking on the link below. Please
further review job requirements and if competent Click Apply Now.
Deadline: 3rd October
2017
