Background

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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The world is currently facing an annual USD 2.5 trillion deficit in financing and addressing the Sustainable Development Goals. This deficit is made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, hindering progress towards the goals and reversing progress towards alleviation of poverty. Furthermore, response to crises across nations is not equal, where raising funds necessary to respond or recover within domestic and international markets is sometimes not feasible. The data regarding external financing to developing countries could have dropped an estimated USD 700 billion in 2020. There is an existing scissor effect occurring where: an estimated USD 1 trillion COVID-19 recovery spending gap coupled with the USD 2.5 trillion SDG financing gap is magnified by an estimated 80% drop in net inflows of portfolio investment as well as a 123% drop in other investments.

Achieving the 2030 Agenda requires collaborative public-private partnership, and recognizes the importance of inclusive economic growth, entrepreneurship, innovation, green economic recovery, and sustainable development to occur hand in hand. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in sustainability, innovation, inclusive economic growth, and growing public-private partnerships to address the SDGs. In Indonesia, SMEs and MSMEs account for 97% of workforce absorption and are the backbone of the economy. However, only 12% have access to financing or bank loans. To an extent, most still face barriers such as digital literacy, capacity building, and gender-based discrimination.

UNDP and its partners believe in the central promise of ‘Leave No One Behind’ from the 2030 Agenda, working towards inclusive and sustainable economic recovery through public-private partnerships characterized by innovation and entrepreneurship. Within this context, UNDP Indonesia and its partners continue to build resiliency, foster innovation, and facilitate access to financing and networking for social enterprises across Indonesia.

UNDP Indonesia has pioneered SDG finance work at UNDP by exploring innovation opportunities to leverage new resource flows for sustainable development. Notably, it established an Innovative Financing Lab (IFL) in 2018 that operates as a collaborative space for the Government, the private sector, religious groups, and other interested stakeholders to work together and develop solutions for financing the SDGs. Through IFL’s portfolio, UNDP has been supporting the Government in implementing SDGs, in particular on mainstreaming sustainable finance, promoting growth and environmental protection, addressing inequality, and improving living conditions for all Indonesians using innovative financing—the use of financing mechanisms to mobilize capital for a more resilient and inclusive world. Innovative financing works at the intersection of finance and international development, de-risking and mobilizing private capital for development impact. In this context, public money can help attract private investment. Sustainable finance puts innovative financing into the process of taking environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations when making investment decisions in the financial sector, leading to more long-term investments in sustainable economic activities and projects

As an effort to achieve the 2030 Agenda, UNDP supported the Government in the development of the Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) Indonesia, which was launched in August 2022, at the Side Event of the G20 Development Working Group (DWG). Under the coordination of the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas, INFF was developed through a series of financing dialogues, in alignment with the Mid-Term National Development Plan (RPJMN). The INFF report maps Indonesia’s financing landscape, outlining SDG financing needs and potential sources of both public finance and international and domestic private finance. INFF helps to craft a holistic financing strategy to accelerate resource mobilization to close the SDGs financing gap.

In addition, under the Innovative Financing Lab and Migration Governance Project, UNDP plans to have several activities to diagnose the financing landscape that may be beneficial for migration. To achieve the goal with several desired changes:

1. Enhance capital mobilization for development through innovative financing for migration in Indonesia;
2. Introduce and test new models for how the development community can support and de-risk investments to mobilize capital for migration issues;
3. A more inclusive and sustainable financing solution identified particularly through the private sector that has a greater capacity to absorb investment opportunities;
4. and greater understanding among investors and within the development community of the opportunities and vehicles that can be used to finance development for migration.

UNDP Indonesia aims to continue expanding activities aimed at innovative and inclusive sustainability and is currently seeking a Junior Project Clerk to support the above initiatives under the Innovative Financing Lab.

Duties and Responsibilities

SCOPE OF WORK

1. Support the unit team to ensure effective project planning and implementation focusing on the achievement of the following results

• Assist in overall project implementation, including compilation, summarization, and presentation of basic information/data related to innovative and sustainable finance, faith-based finance, INFF, and migration-related topics.
• Implement project standard operating procedures in line with the government and UNDP’s regulations.

2. Support the effective reporting on the progress of project implementation

• Support in preparing annual work plans and project reports to donors annually, in line with the monitoring and reporting guidelines, and present them to the project assurance team promptly.
• Support in providing information/inputs on the progress of project activities to key stakeholders (if necessary), in the form of decks, info briefs, presentation materials, etc.

• Support in preparing annual work plans and project reports to donors annually, in line with the monitoring and reporting guidelines, and present them to the project assurance team promptly.
• Support in providing information/inputs on the progress of project activities to key stakeholders (if necessary), in the form of decks, info briefs, presentation materials, etc.

3. Provides administrative support to the unit focusing on achievement of the following results

• Provision of support in the organization of meetings/workshops/training, including preparation of meeting documents, such as ToRs, draft invitation letters, and agenda, as well as development of meeting notes and follow-up actions.
• Support the focal point for clerical administrative work to process and follow up on administrative actions, e.g. recruitment and appointment of personnel, travel arrangements, training/study tours, authorization of payments, disbursement of funds, procurement of equipment and services, security compliance, etc.
• Provision of general office assistance such as response to simple information requests and inquiries; reviews, logs, and routes incoming correspondence; establishment of filling system and maintenance files/records; organization of meetings, and workshops; routine administrative tasks, including maintaining attendance records, assessing telephone billing, etc.
• Provide support in maintaining the project’s database, including stakeholder database, as well as project documents.

4. Effective support for partnerships, communication, and support to the implementation of resource mobilization

• Support in updating the database from development partners private sector, civil society, and other stakeholders who are counterparts for the project and able to compile simple data for further analysis.
• Support event planning and implementation hosted by the unit and in liaison with both UNDP internal and external stakeholders.
• In coordination with UNDP’s Communication unit and other relevant counterpart communications departments, support in the documentation of project activities as well as the development of relevant/ necessary communication materials, as a tool to effectively communicate results, deepen stakeholder/ public knowledge and buy-in to the project, and resource mobilization for the project.
• Effective administrative support for data collection for gender analysis and gender mainstreaming at the project level.

5. Support knowledge building and knowledge sharing focusing on the achievement of the following results

• Participation in the training for the operations/projects staff.
• Contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
• Ensure active participation in learning and knowledge sharing in gender analysis and gender mainstreaming.
• Support in developing as well as updating recent knowledge products, particularly those about Innovative Financing Lab’s work on Sustainable Finance.

6. The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that

• Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions.
• Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with the “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”.
• Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, or gender are respected within all implementations including data production.
• Differentiated needs of women and men are considered.
• An inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability and gender language barrier is created.

• Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, training, etc. introduced.

Institutional Arrangement

The Sustainable Finance Project Clerk will work under the overall guidance of the Technical Analyst for Innovative and Sustainable Finance. To support the PMU, the Project Clerk will be responsible for assisting in the coordination, development, and delivery of projects/programmes to support project implementation, including data management and partner communications, for the Sustainable Finance stream to achieve the highest quality and standards to relevant stakeholders and partners. The Project Clerk will assist with the day-to-day project implementation of the Sustainable Finance activities.

Competencies

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Achieve Results: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
• Think Innovatively: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
• Learn Continuously: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
• Adapt with Agility: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
• Act with Determination: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
• Engage and Partner: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Knowledge Generation: Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need
• Travel Policy and Procedures: Knowledge of travel policy and procedures; ability to interpret travel policy, the Staff Rules, administrative circulars and financial regulations and rules on travel related matters
• Events Management: Support offices with event management including venue identification, accommodation, logistics, catering, transportation, and cash disbursements, etc
• Multimedia Writing/Editing: Ability to create and/or edit written content for multimedia
• Gender: Gender mainstreaming
• Documents and Records Management: Overall document (hard or electronic) management; registry and retention policy including storing and archiving
• Procurement: The ability to acquire goods, services or works from an outside external source

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• High school would be minimum requirement
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Management, International Relations, or other relevant subjects in Social Sciences, but it is not requirement.

Experience:

• Minimum three years of professional experience for candidate with high school degree and no work experience for candidate with bachelor degree

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to work in a team
• Demonstrated keen interest in the work of the UN;
• Demonstrated the ability to successfully interact with individuals from different cultural backgrounds and beliefs which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of different opinions and views;
• Good inter-personal and communications skills.
• Ability to use computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc)

Additional Skills and Competencies:

• Experience with other UN agencies, other development partners, government on programming about sustainable development, SDGs, and innovative finance would be highly desirable
• Experience in managing online meeting platforms, documentation of paperwork database, photos, and archiving system.
• Experience working with Government and UN/UNDP procedures would be desirable.
• Experience in handling of web based management systems.
• Experience in collecting and summarizing administration report
• Experience to support procurement process for the project implementation

Languages:

• Good in written and spoken English is required;
• Fluency in written and spoken Bahasa Indonesia is required.

APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THE P11 FORM AND SUBMIT IT AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION. Click here to download the form: - https://bit.ly/3R8T1mv

UN is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups, and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UN Indonesia reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UN Indonesia at the same grade level and with similar job descriptions, experience, and education requirements.