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Context
Youth4Climate promotes youth engagement in climate action, contributing to SDG13. Youth4Climate supports the implementation of youth-led and youth-inclusive solutions to environmental and climate challenges, both financially and through capacity development. It also gives young people around the world who are committed to fighting climate change a platform to engage with policymakers and global leaders.The Italy-UNDP Energy Partnership aims to promote access to sustainable energy in developing countries, contributing to SDG7. The goal of the partnership is to assist partner countries in unlocking finance to scale up the diffusion of clean energy solutions, increase access to energy and boost the energy transition. The Partnership is now in its pilot phase, and it focuses on a set of 8 countries in Africa: Algeria, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Mozambique, Zambia, Eswatini and Comoros. Overall, the Partnership aims to foster the mobilization of public and private capital toward projects aligned with the international policy agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. It does so by connecting UNDP's capacity and connections in emerging economies and developing countries with the public-private ecosystem of Italy and other G7 countries, in the crucial sector of energy.Cross-cutting to these two initiatives and to the thematic areas of climate and energy is the Technical Assistance and Investment Support Facility implemented by the Rome Centre, which aims to mobilise finance for climate, energy and environment. Specifically, the Facility aims to originate projects that contribute to the decarbonization efforts of developing economies and to their transition to climate-resilient economies, and it aims to catalyse international financial resources toward these initiatives. Matching impactful projects with investors and capital providers goes hand in hand with the engagement with financial institutions – both institutional and private – at Italian and global level.The International UNV position will work mainly on the Technical Assistance and Investment Support Facility and on the climate finance portfolio. S/he will report to the Policy and Strategy Analyst and will work collaboratively with a number of key staff across Bureaux and Units.
Task description
Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Project Manager or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Project and Strategy Analyst will:- Write briefings and concept notes on topics related to sustainable finance, with a focus on climate and energy;- Provide research, collect data, manage qualitative databases;- Complete a mapping exercise of the market of existing climate-focused investors and development donors;- Contribute to drafting and reviewing project proposals;- Provide support in the management of relations and engagement with Italian and international financial institutions, investors and other capital providers;- Contribute to reporting to the donor, by drafting notes, communiques and reports;- Support in the production and maintenance of information and communication material;- Track the status of Rome Centre partnerships, identify gaps, and develop value propositions for potential new partners;- Provide support to the organization of conferences, events and other meetings;- Coordinate with Rome Centre teams at country level on climate finance matters;Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;• Provide annual and end of assignment self- reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities;• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.Results/expected outputs:• As an active UNDP Rome team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNDP Rome and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions;• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment;• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.
