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Development Finance Associate
UNOPSUnited NationsFinanceAssociateICA - LICA - Support - Regular
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**Job Highlight**
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to sustainable urban development in Ghana through innovative financing strategies and resource mobilization. The position offers exposure to high-impact projects, collaboration with diverse stakeholders, and professional development within the UN system.
**About the Region**
The UNOPS Africa Regional Office, based in Nairobi, Kenya, oversees the delivery of over 250 projects across 40 countries, with a focus on fragile and conflict-affected settings. Supported by more than 1,000 personnel across five multi-country offices—spanning North, West, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Horn of Africa—the office advances national priorities through strategic initiatives in Climate Action, Health, Infrastructure, Peace and Security, Middle-Income Country Support, and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The Regional Office provides strategic leadership, operational support, and oversight in key areas including Partnerships, Communications, Management and Oversight, Infrastructure and Project Management, Health and Safety, and Security. By promoting excellence in project delivery, fostering knowledge sharing, and driving continuous improvement, the office contributes to sustainable infrastructure, transparent resource management, and a better quality of life for communities across the continent.
**About the Country/Multi-Country Office**
Based in Nairobi, UNOPS East and Southern Africa supports sustainable development across 14 countries, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zanzibar, and Zimbabwe. Since 1995, UNOPS has expanded its footprint in Kenya, delivering services in project management, infrastructure, procurement, and financial management. Across the region, the office implements diverse, partner-funded initiatives that respond to national priorities. In Mozambique, this includes delivering specialized equipment (EU), supporting health services (UNICEF), promoting agro-processing (KOICA), and advancing peacebuilding efforts through a Multi-Donor Fund. UNOPS also supports agricultural input distribution and the Northern Crisis Recovery Project, both funded by the World Bank. In Malawi, efforts include developing Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centres in partnership with the EU and the British Council. These initiatives reflect UNOPS’ commitment to strengthening national capacities, enhancing service delivery, and supporting progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region.
**Job Specific Context**
Under the overall guidance of the Head of Office and the direct supervision of the Urban Planning and Resilience Specialist, the Development Finance Associate will provide technical and administrative support to the Smart SDG Cities Programme and the UN-Habitat work in Ghana under her/his field of specialization to achieve maximum impact.
The Development Finance Associate will provide support to the UN-Habitat office and support the identification and development of impact projects under the Smart SDG Cities Programme and UN-Habitat work in Ghana in general, to ensure that these projects are structured for financing and implementation.
The Ghana Smart SDG Cities Initiative accelerates the achievement of SDGs in cities through systematic processes of data collection and analysis; developing city development strategies that incorporate Smart SDG cities approaches; strengthening key local institutional capacities in areas of planning, governance, revenue and service delivery as key to promoting sustainable urban development; advancing the implementation of high impact local initiatives through supporting their preparation and financing; and over all providing awareness and education on smart SDG challenges and solution to the inhabitants, particularly women, youth and people living with disability.
**Role Purpose**
The Development Finance Associate takes responsibility for a complete, specialized administrative process related to development finance and resource mobilization, ensuring its integrity and supporting the scaling-up of the Smart SDG Cities and other UN-Habitat programmes/projects in Ghana.
**Functions / Key Results Expected**
Summary of key functions:
• Ensures consistent support to resource mobilization for scaling-up the Smart SDG Cities and other UN-Habitat programmes/projects in Ghana
• Supports effective programme development and finance advice, focusing on Smart SDG impact projects
• Facilitate knowledge building, management and capacity development relating to resource mobilization and development finance
1. Ensures consistent support to resource mobilization for scaling up the Smart SDG Cities and other UN-Habitat programmes/projects in Ghana, focusing on the achievement of the following results;
• Provides support to the development and implementation of a resource mobilization strategy in line with the Smart SDG Cities and other UN-Habitat
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