Senior External Relations Officer Innovative Financing

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• Develop the Innovative Finance and Impact Investment Agenda within WHO.
• Lead the innovative finance and impact investment team.
• Lead the New Health Impact Investment Platform by coordinating the MDBs and WHO at the three levels of the organization to ensure the implementation of concrete investment projects within this platform.
• Evaluate where specific opportunities around innovative finance can be built to serve the WHO General Programme of Work and WHO investment round.
• Provide senior level advice and guidance to the Assistant Director General on the technical and programmatic content related to impact investment and innovative finance that will enable the ADG to carry-out his/her mandate effectively.
• Make recommendations to ADG on innovative finance instruments that can be used within the Investment round.
• Provide technical advice, expertise, and leadership advice to ADG to ensure the development and execution of advocacy efforts that will ensure the effective commitment of critical partners such as MDBs at the highest level.
• Oversee the preparation of data, analysis, and background documentation to support  ADG agenda items and provide strategic guidance to Senior management to facilitate strategic decision-making on priority projects linked to MDBs.
• Represent the ADG in various technical levels internal and external across the three levels of the Organization, within the UN agencies, Member States, Donors, and other stakeholders.
• Lead and organize under the mandate of ADG, high level meetings involving the head of MDBs, head of States, high level representants from Governments, Private Sector to promote investment in Health.
• Develop innovative financial instruments with  MDBs using blended finance solutions, pay-for-performance, guarantees to support Global Health and contribute to SDGs progress.
• Ability to engage with Senior Leadership and to promote potential financial instruments to senior leadership, including ADG and DG level.
• Work across the three levels of WHO and technical divisions at HQ, Regional, and country-level to identify and implement new financial opportunities with high impact.
• Build capacity within the Innovative Finance team and beyond to be able to understand and implement appropriate innovative finance solutions.
• Represent WHO when needed and act as an Innovative Finance focal point for the Organization. Carry out other duties as assigned by the ADG.

• Advanced level university degree in international relations with a qualification in international finance.

• At least ten years’ experience focusing on Impact Investments with strong experience engaging with Multilateral Development Banks.
• Considerable experience in developing new partnerships with MDBs.
• Considerable experience in developing and implementing innovative financing instruments/transactions to support low middle income countries using various MDBs instruments 
• such as guarantees, blending, debt swaps, and outcome payment schemes.
• Strong experience working across teams.
• Experience in organizing and leading high-level dialogues, and events, involving head of MDBs, high level representant from Governments.Experience in organizing and leading pledges with concrete outcomes and results.
• Considerable experience in writing and editing, particularly briefing notes, talking points, and developing messaging for advocacy purposes.

• Excellent networking and negotiation skills with multilateral development banks.
• Knowledge and understanding of MDBs landscape and available financial instruments that can be applied to Global Health.
• Substantial experience in building financial transactions / innovative finance solutions with MDBs to support Global Health and any other relevant sector.
• Experience and ability to work with executives and experts in Multilateral Development Banks.
• Ability to manage external and internal political complexity.
• Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills.Integrity, tact, and discretion.

• Expert knowledge of English.

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