Engagement Analyst (Home-Based)

Office/Unit/Project Description

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

UNDP's policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan. 

Within the GPN, the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policies and guidance to support the results of UNDP's Strategic Plan. BPPS's staff provide technical advice to Country Offices, advocate for UNDP corporate messages, represent UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government and civil society dialogues, and engage in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. In addition, BPPS works closely with UNDP's Crisis Bureau (CB) to support emergency and crisis response. 

The world needs an economic governance architecture deliberately designed to support governments, development agencies, civil society, and the private sector to make decisions that prioritize investment in the SDGs. Thus, UNDP established the Sustainable Finance Hub (SFH) in 2019, aggregating UNDP’s existing work and expertise on financing the SDGs. UNDP aims to promote the investment of over $1 trillion of public expenditure and private capital in the SDGs and maximize development impact for country partners. With this goal, UNDP will mobilize governments, institutional and commercial investors, financial institutions, and enterprises alike to take a more integrated approach to sustainable investment, enabling and promoting the impact integrity of actual and realized investments to enhance transparency, and optimize private and public sectors contributions to achieving the SDGs. Through SFH, UNDP has been increasing its engagement in global financial and economic policy making through the work carried out in different forums (i.e., G7, G20, UN’s Financing for Development process, etc.) as well as other regulatory and market-based networks.

In this context, UNDP supports the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD or Taskforce), a global initiative for reporting and managing inequality and social-related risks, opportunities, impacts, and dependencies. The Taskforce is a multistakeholder initiative involving investors, business, labor, civil society, policy makers and regulators, service providers, and academia working together to co-create a global framework for inequality and social-related disclosures, guidance and education and capacity building resources. For more information see: TISFD

It is anticipated that the framework will be developed over three years, through late-2027, with the production of critical outputs throughout this period and further work on implementation to follow. The Taskforce Secretariat will coordinate and facilitate the Taskforce’s activities according to the direction defined by the TISFD Steering Committee. This includes engaging with and coordinating feedback from key stakeholders through the TISFD governance bodies – the Alliance, Knowledge Partners, and Regional Councils – and with the public. 

The Secretariat will operate mostly virtually with key Secretariat partners spread across the globe and be led by the Executive Director.

Scope of Work 

The Engagement Analyst will help strengthen and expand the Taskforce’s relationships with its key stakeholders and with the public. The incumbent will perform the following functions:

1) Build the TISFD Alliance: 

• Respond to incoming inquiries from stakeholders, and prospective Alliance members in a timely and thoughtful manner.
• Coordinate outreach efforts to strengthen engagement with current and potential members of the TISFD Alliance. 
• Track and organize incoming applications, ensuring accurate documentation and timely updates.
• Contribute to the review process by identifying strong applicants and processing their applications. 
• Reach out to selected applicants with next steps and onboarding materials.
• Coordinate onboarding processes to ensure new members feel welcomed, and informed.

2)  Set up and maintain stakeholder management systems:

• Set up and implement a streamlined contact management system using the HubSpot CRM.
• Maintain an up-to-date, centralized database of stakeholders in HubSpot, including Alliance members.
• Use HubSpot CRM insig