Income and Funding Partner Analyst

Since its inception in 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been the global authority that sets the environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.

UNEP’s mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEP works through its divisions as well as regional, liaison and out-posted offices and a growing network of collaborating centres of excellence.

The Public Sector Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Unit (PSP&RMU) within the Corporate Services Division of UNEP is responsible for supporting the organization's corporate functions. This includes conducting research, preparing corporate funding agreements, coordinating funding proposals, monitoring program implementation, and preparing written outputs related to resource mobilization. The unit also assists in policy development for resource mobilization and contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, including presentations and reports.

The unit plays a crucial role in ensuring the efficient and effective management of UNEP's corporate interests, mitigating exposure to risk, and supporting the organization with management tools and plans. It also oversees UNEP's corporate funding agreements, monitors and analyzes program/project implementation, and provides guidance to project managers on both programmatic and financial aspects

This UNV assignment is supporting UNEP’s Corporate Services Division, Public Sector Partnerships and Resource Mobilization unit, in reporting on the organisations income to management and Member States on UNEP’s core fund the Environment Fund, other flexible funding and earmarked funding.

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Programme Management Assistant, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Support the operationalization of the Funding Intelligence Portal as the new tool for resource mobilisation, including migration of data from the current platforms (Power BI etc.)
• Monitor and analyse the compliance and financial implementation of the corporate level funding agreements, including updating tracking sheets with the latest information on funding, allocations, expenditures, utilization rates against approved budgets and providing inputs to reporting on the agreements.
• Handle financial transactions related to Member States’s contributions including invoicing, cash application and issuing of receipts. Update and maintain database for tracking and future reference.
• Prepare funding profiles on the Member States and analysis of their funding patterns and priorities.
• Support the financial analysis of the organisation’s income including core funding (Environment Fund), other flexible funding, and earmarked funding to form basis for reporting on income status.
• Support the resource mobilization efforts of the regional offices by providing income and funding partner analysis on regional basis.
• Maintain up-to-date financial information for the unit’s intranet website and UNEP’s website.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:

• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities;
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Results/Expected Outputs

• Unit has up-to-date and accurate information on the status of the corporate level funding agreements and is able to take timely action to ensure compliance and satisfaction of the funding partners.
• Accurate and timely handling of financial transactions.
• Positively supports the services provided to Member States and increases their trust in the efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation.
• Accurate and relevant financial analysis and information.
• Supports the unit’s ability to provide timely and useful income reports and information to the organisation’s management and Member States.
• The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counter-parts, including Implementing Partners (IPs);
• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment.
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed