ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND

IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges.

IUCN’s work focuses on valuing and conserving nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world, and brings governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental international organisation, with more than 1,400 government and NGO Members and some 18,000 volunteer experts in around 160 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by around 1,100 staff members in more than 50 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world.

UNIT BACKGROUND

IUCN Multilateral Finance Unit (MFU) is a global unit within Corporate Services that leads on IUCN strategic engagement with the Global Environment Facility, Green Climate Fund, and other multilateral funds, and includes the Environmental and Social Management System. MFU main functions are to engage strategically with the Funds, to advise and guide IUCN regional and thematic experts on the pipeline development, to oversee the portfolio, and to monitor and report to the Funds. A core aspect of the work is to ensure compliance with the GEF and GCF technical and policy requirements. IUCN is a Partner Agency to the GEF since 2014 and an Accredited Entity to the GCF since 2016, and both portfolios have grown significantly in the last ten years. It is the largest portfolio where IUCN Secretariat plays the role of an implementing agency overseeing the execution by governments, IUCN members, NGOs/CSOs and other agencies. The MFU portfolio including GEF and GCF now represent over one third of the IUCN project portfolio.

Under the overall strategic and operational guidance of the Director Multilateral Finance Unit, and working closely with Portfolio Managers and Senior Finance Officers, the Programme Officer – Monitoring and Reporting (GEF and GCF) contributes to the effective implementation and oversight of GEF and GCF-funded projects by supporting monitoring and evaluation, communications, and knowledge management, and by providing substantive inputs to programme planning, coordination, and reporting.

Under the supervision of the Director Multilateral Finance Unit, and working closely with the Portfolio Managers and Senior Finance Officer, the Programme Officer will undertake the following responsibilities:

1) Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

- Support pipeline and portfolio monitoring and prepare dashboards for the GEF and GCF, and relevant presentations.
- Compile portfolio performance data and progress against indicators, identifying implementation gaps, risks, and corrective actions.
- Draft and consolidate high-quality internal and donor reports, including coordination and inputs to GEF Project Implementation Reports (PIRs) and GCF Annual Performance Reports (APRs).
- Provide review and technical inputs to indicator development, baselines, and targets in line with results-based management principles.
- Assist and support mid-term reviews, terminal evaluations, and other independent assessments.
- Ensure completeness check, data quality assurance, consistency, and proper maintenance of M&E systems and databases.

2) Communications & Visibility

- Support development and implementation of project communication and visibility plans aligned with GEF and GCF requirements in collaboration with IUCN Global Communication Unit.
- Assist with the preparation of communication materials, including briefs, success stories, web content, and social media outputs.
- Ensure compliance with donor branding and visibility guidelines.
- Support with internal and external communication teams to enhance the visibility and strategic positioning of project results.
- Support the organization of outreach events, workshops, and high-level engagements.

3) Knowledge Management

- Support design and operationalize knowledge management approaches across the project portfolio.
- Assist with the development of knowledge products, including case studies, lessons learned, and policy briefs.
- Facilitate knowledge sharing across projects, partners, and stakeholders.
- Maintain and improve knowledge repositories and document management systems.
- Contribute to global knowledge platforms and communities of practice.

4) Program Management and Coordination

- Provide substantive support to program planning, implementation, and monitoring.
- Review and contribute to annual work plans, budgets, and procurement plans.
- Support financial tracking and reporting.
- Identify implementation bottlenecks and propose solutions in coordination with portfolio managers and project teams.
- Liaise directly with executing partners, consultants, and stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of activities.
- Draft meeting minutes, technical reports, and correspondence.
- Provide coordination support to the Director Multilateral Finance Unit.

5) Program Development and Portfolio Support

- Provide technical support on completeness check of proposal packages ready for internal review and submission to donors.
- Contribute to the preparation of new project concepts and proposals for GEF and GCF, including logframes, theory of change, and budgets.
- Support resource mobilization efforts and pipeline development, especially for new regions and thematics.
- Contribute to portfolio-level analysis, synthesis of results, and strategic reporting.