Green Economy and Agriculture Financing Officer

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Mission and objectives

The Resident Coordinator’s Office supports the work of the UN Resident Coordinator and coordinates activities of the UN Country Team in its engagement with the Government as defined by the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF). Kenya is currently implementing UNDAF 2018 – 2022, which is the medium-term results framework that describes the response of the UN system to national development priorities. UNDAF describes how the UN country team will contribute to the achievement of development results based on a common country analysis and the UN comparative advantage. The Resident Coordinator is leading and strategically positioning the United Nations country team in Kenya to respond to the current national priorities, mainly to Kenya’s Vision 2030, Medium-Term Plan III and the Big Four Agenda. The Office has five core functions: Strategic Planning Economics Partnerships and development finance Data and results management and reporting Communications and advocacy

Context

In Kenya, the SDG Partnership Platform (SDGPP) brings together development partners, private sector and philanthropy players as well as both National and devolved levels of Government by taking on a leadership role in facilitation, coordination and demonstration of how public and private collaborations can effectively translate the SDGs into action and thereby guide unlocking of new SDG financing and driving impact around the SDGs. Amidst the current transition from SDG funding to financing, the SDGPP has developed a broad positioning and credibility on convening, connecting and catalyzing SDG Partnerships, Investments and Financing and co-created wide ranging associate platforms and networks with private sector partners. In leading the execution of this process, SDGPP relies on its technical expertise, that of other UN agencies and SDGPP partners and co-created platforms, including the Finance, Trade and Investments Network (FINTRINET), and the National Advisory Board for Impact Investments (NAB), in best practice and knowledge generation as well as program execution. Further, due to the myriad of untapped opportunities within green/climate financing gaining more and more impetus in recent times against the formidable challenges of climate change, SDGPP sets out to further concretise on these opportunities across varied actors and financing tools. In particular, SDGPP window 2 on Food and Nutrition presents with varied potentials for enhancing climate adaptation and mitigation as well as climate/community resilience programming, with a number of partners and financing schemes developed around this.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Coordinator of the SDG Partnership Platform, and working closely with SDGPP Investments Officer and relevant SDGPP thematic window coordinators, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: - Identification of grant opportunities and creation of an open grant opportunity dashboard, with particular focus on opportunities relevant to SDGPP Window 2 on Food and Nutrition Security and more broadly on Agriculture and Agroprocessing. - Give particular emphasis on opportunities in green/climate financing, incl. mapping of key actors and financing tools as well as bring technical expertise to lead on applications for such climate change resourcing on behalf of the UN in Kenya and its partners through the SDGPP. - Develop capacities and set up systems in the UN RCO through the SDG Partnership Platform to map out, identify and successfully apply for climate change resources for both mitigation and adaptation actions as required with-in the country context and the needs of the UN in Kenya. - Support the overall partnerships work of the Platform, incl. emerging partner-ships in the further evolution of the Platform in alignment and support for the new UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. - Technical assistance to projects, e.g., evaluating business plans and feasibility studies, ESIAs, financial modelling, risk assessments and sector studies. - Capacity development, e.g., country-level workshops, advisory consulting, knowledge dissemination. - Support other tasks at SDGPP as directed by the Platform Coordinator.