Responsibilities

• Development and management of corporate funding agreements: Conducts research and supports development of new concepts and instruments for receiving flexible funding for the organization.
• Prepares new corporate funding agreements and revisions of current agreements in line with the requirements of UNEP and the funding partners.
• Coordinates, consolidates and reviews funding proposals related to corporate funding agreements in compliance with internal quality control and requirements of the funding partners.
• Monitors the implementation of the corporate funding agreements and submits timely reports to management and funding partners;
• Monitors and analyses programme/project implementation related to corporate funds; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and proposes corrective actions; provides guidance to project managers on both programmatic and financial aspects; identifies and tracks follow-up actions.
• Research, analysis and reporting on organization's funding and funding partners: Researches, analyzes and presents information on the organization’s funding, income patterns, related estimates, and on funding partners.
• Coordinates automation of income information and reporting using platforms, e.g. Power Business Intelligence.
• Gathers, researches and analyses information on the organization's funding needs for development and maintenance of pipeline of funding proposals.
• Contributes to preparation of various written outputs relating to resource mobilization including presentations, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications.
• Assists in policy development for resource mobilization, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies.
• Undertakes survey initiatives; designs data collection tools; reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions.
• Contributes and provides responses/information to audit queries from Board of Auditors, Office for Internal Oversight Services and other oversight queries relating to income.
• Development and management of relationships with funding partnerships: Supports bilateral consultations and other meetings including drafting agendas, identifying and proposing participants, preparing background materials, handling logistics and preparing meeting summaries.
• Prepares responses and communicates with funding partners related to their contributions to the organization.
• Oversees the invoicing and receipting for funds managed by the Section including ensuring that all requisite documentations are prepared and shared with the funding partners.
• Participates in the development of Client Relationship Management systems and tools including Umoja Extension 2 Fundraising module.
• Undertakes outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities in support of improved coordination in the organisation for resource mobilization.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Performs other related duties as required

Education

• Advanced university degree Master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, finance, or related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two 2 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is a desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five 5 years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area is required.
• A minimum of two 2 years of experience at the international level is desirable. Work experience in donor relations is desirable.
• A minimum of two 2 years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable