Project Management and Communications Analyst

UNDP  is charting new pathways for insurance and risk finance to build resilience, incentivize growth and safeguard development. The UNDP Insurance and Risk Finance Facility, housed with the Sustainable Finance Hub, is currently working with governments and the insurance industry at scale in 34 countries. 

The Tripartite Agreement, financed by the German Government, works in 20 countries with 20 of the world’s largest insurance companies under the framework of the Insurance for Development Forum, with a projection of 64 million beneficiaries. The Facility’s Financial Resilience in Agriculture (FRA) Initiative is bolstering smallholder farmers’ financial resilience and adaptation to climate change, while a series of IRFF global insurance Innovation challenges are creating a pipeline of affordable insurance products in 20 countries. In 2023, the IRFF also supported the FSO Safer operation, with insurance playing a critical role in enabling the successful transfer of 1.1 million barrels of oil from the decaying tanker off the coast of Yemen, and preventing a US$20billion ecological catastrophe.

In this era of climate hazards, health risks and other shocks, insurance and risk finance are powerful tools for building resilient countries, communities, households, businesses, nature and food systems. UNDP’s IRFF is committed to developing and implementing the insurance solutions needed right now, while working with governments on the long-term financial management of growing risks. 

The Project Management and Communications Analyst is a critical role to support the delivery of UNDP’s Financial Resilience in Agriculture (FRA) Global Platform with its 5 streams – Digital Engagement, Research and Evidence, Convenings, Community of Practice and trategic Partnerships. This dynamic role will drive the delivery of the Platform’s Digital Engagement stream and coordinate overall platform progress by working closely with the FRA team members leading the four other platform streams as well as team members implementing FRA projects in 5 countries. This role is central to the advancement of cross-cutting FRA platform activities, events and ecosystem engagement across the internal IRFF staff and teams working on FRA, the wider IRFF team, the Sustainable Finance Hub and beyond. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Ensure effective FRA Global Platform Project Management 

• Actively Track and advance the FRA global platform progress on key deliverables across the 5 platform streams – digital engagement, research/evidence, convenings, strategic partnerships, community of practice
• Initiate and facilitate collaboration within the FRA and broader IRFF team, including through internal meetings, supporting and reviewing tasks and knowledge management
• Facilitate the organization of strategic events linked to the Community of Practice, strategic partnerships or digital engagement streams, in collaboration with external stakeholders including the development of event concepts, events proposal submission, development of events agendas, sourcing vendors, event related mail-outs and invitations and developing speaker briefing packets.
• Guide and manage the production of FRA global platform materials including decks and key partner related documentation, while making sure they are reviewed, cleared, updated and shared to the team.
• Guide the FRA team in maintaining an up-to-date FRA Knowledge Hub as a repository for new literature, data, reports that are relevant to the FRA ecosystem of actors and theory of change
• Draft TORs for consultants and coordinate their timely completion of deliverables for the Global Platform.
• Guide t the FRA team in developing knowledge products in partnership with colleagues at UNDP Country Offices that increase awareness of FRA’s innovative approach and visibility of progress in countries where FRA projects are being implemented

Lead FRA Global Platform Communications 

• Develop and implement a dynamic content strategy for the Financial Resilience in Agriculture Initiative that a) positions FRA’s innovative market system transformation approach in building resilience for smallholder farmers and b) draws in government, insurance, finance, development, technology, climate and agriculture actors
• Create timely, accurate, accessible communications materials including a pipeline of video messages for the ‘Voices of FRA’ series, key messages, FAQs, social media posts, website content, articles, explainer videos, success and human-interest stories – among other products
• Curate a diverse and dynamic content pipeline that draws in different – usually siloed- groups of actors relevant to FRA, and lends itself to an engaged FRA community
• Leveraged the FRA team, IRFF, and partners to increase the visibility and reach of FRA activities, events, technical knowledge and findings.
• Coordinate FRA knowledge sharing initiatives through diverse platforms including webinar, podcast, etc
• Facilitate information flow and exchange in and between the FRA team, key stakeholders, the IRFF team and internal UNDP stakeholders (Sustainable Finance Hub, BERA, BPPS, country offices and regional bureau comms teams) as needed.
• Regularly update and maintain the FRA webpages and create opportunities to generate new and return site traffic.
• The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Required skills and competencies

• Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and web-based management systems, and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages
• Demonstrated experience in excellent written and oral communication skills articulating complex ideas and concepts required.

Desired additional skills and competencies

• Previous experience in the UN, OECD or other multilateral agency working in financing sustainable development is considered an asset.
• Experience with graphic design and basic video-editing is highly desirable.
• Experience managing dynamic multi-stakeholder digital content pipelines is highly desirable.
• Experience organizing strategic events in collaboration with external stakeholders is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience working on academic and technical texts in development finance, insurance, risk finance, economics and or sustainable development is an advantage

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in  Communications, Journalism, Business Administration or other relevant disciplines is required. OR
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the above-mentioned field of study, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 (two) years (with Master’s degree) or 4 (four) years (with Bachelor’s degree) of experience in communications or project management in the field of  sustainable development, with an emphasis on development cooperation, development finance, gender equality, food systems or climate.

Language:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required
• Working knowledge of another UN language is an asset.

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