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Fund Management Advisor (Home based Retainer)
UNOPSUnited NationsProgrammeSenior LevelICA - IICA - Retainer
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**Job Highlight**
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the strategic management of programmes within UNOPS, demonstrating the organization's effectiveness in project services and management. The position offers exposure to diverse projects and collaboration with various stakeholders, enhancing the credibility of UNOPS as a service provider.
**About the Region**
The Asia Pacific Regional Office, based in Bangkok, Thailand, provides strategic leadership and oversight for UNOPS operations across 17 countries, ensuring high performance, operational excellence, and alignment with organizational goals. Operations currently span Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Pacific Islands. Across these countries, we work closely with key stakeholders to strengthen partnerships and maximize impact through five main operating units: Afghanistan (AFCO), Myanmar (MMCO), South Asia Multi-Country Office (SAMCO), East Asia and Pacific Multi-Country Office (EAPMCO), and the Asia Regional Health Cluster (ARHC). Through these entities, we provide agile, client-focused service delivery across diverse sectors - including infrastructure, health, procurement, and project management - supporting the implementation of sustainable development solutions across the region.
**About the Country/Multi-Country Office**
UNOPS Myanmar is one of UNOPS’ leading offices in Asia, acting as the fund manager for some of the largest development programmes in the country. In addition, UNOPS is the Principal Recipient for the Global Fund in Myanmar and for the Global Fund’s regional artemisinin-resistance initiative towards the elimination of Malaria, which works to accelerate progress toward malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong sub-region. UNOPS provides procurement, infrastructure, and project management services to a wide range of organizations in the country, including international development partners, other UN agencies and INGOs. UNOPS plays a critical role in ensuring that the quality of services provided to its partners meets stringent requirements of speed, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
UNOPS Myanmar also hosts the Asia-Pacific Centre for Fund Management, which provides technical advisory, knowledge management, and surge support in fund management across the region and, upon request, to other UNOPS offices.
**Job Specific Context**
Under the direct supervision of the Head of Programme Management Office/Programme Management Office (PRMO) Advisor, this role provides expert advisory services to UNOPS Programmes, focusing on the design, negotiation, and strategic turnaround of single and multi-donor pooled funds. The advisor will contribute to establishing and optimizing fund management practices within UNOPS Myanmar, recognized for its fund management capabilities and potential as a model for other offices.
• This is a retainer vacancy / position (multiple positions) for twelve 12 months, maximum of 200 working days, with possibility of an extension depending on satisfactory performance and on availability of funds.
• This vacancy is open to all nationalities. The successful candidate shall be offered either local ICA or international ICA based on their home-based location (duty station).
**Role Purpose**
The Fund Management Advisor will be responsible to advise and support UNOPS Programmes on a need basis, and as defined in the task notes, covering but not limited to negotiate, design, advise, start up or turn-around single and multi-donor pooled funds.
**Functions / Key Results Expected**
III. Functions / Key Results Expected
1. Fund/Programme design
• Participate in donor negotiations for designing new funds/programmes when requested by country offices
• Draft concept notes/project proposals/budgets for designing financing mechanisms
• Draft programme/fund related documentation such as operational guidelines, governance architecture, safeguards policies and strategy
• Support offices in designing fund’s organogram and terms of reference
• Provide surge capacity to new funds during start up in leadership or support roles when needed
• Conceptualize innovative financing approaches to meet donor requirements
2. Fund Management/Programme Management
• Provide diagnostic assessment of ongoing funds and provide advice on turnaround, especially with regards to strategy, governance, grants model, risk management etc.
• Provide on-going assurance/peer review on active funds to country office or regional office
• Propose strategies to attract further funding for ongoing funds
3. Knowledge Management:
• Understand and manage UNOPS pricing policy and related corporate charges as they apply to the Fund
• Contribute to CFM’s publications and knowledge management initiatives by documenting best practices
• Actively interact with other stakeholder to share case studies, lessons learned an
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