Deputy Executive Coordinator, Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTFO)

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Hosted by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTF Office) is the only United Nations unit exclusively dedicated to the design and administration of multi-stakeholder pooled financing instruments. Since 2003, it has supported over 200 UN-implemented pooled funds, providing an integrated platform of inter-agency pooled fund services to help UN organizations and partners make fast and efficient progress towards collective outcomes, like the 2030 Agenda. The MPTF Office’s current portfolio is over $18 billion in total, with more than $1 billion per year in contributions and includes more than 150 active pooled financing mechanisms.

The MPTF Office’s trustee and fund design and administration service is a standard-setter in the UN System - professionalized, highly transparent and firewalled from all UN implementing entities. The MPTF Office has put in place a number of tools and systems to support its transparent and accessible fund administration services such as its digital platform the MPTF Office Gateway. As a shared UN service provider, the MPTF Office operates in a distinct and dedicated business unit. It provides an integrated service platform that, in addition to core trust fund design and administration functions, provides complimentary services to users like data analytics, research administration, and knowledge management. 
 

Duties and Responsibilities
The MPTFO Deputy Executive Coordinator reports to the Executive Coordinator and supports her/him by overseeing the effective management of the Office, representing the MPTFO in key UN Interagency fora, leading the MPTF Office in quality assurance, performance standards, portfolio analytics and enabling functions in pooled fund design and administration; and overseeing the hosting services to pooled funds where MPTFO hosts an MPTF Fund Secretariat. She/he is a primary contributor to deepening UNDP MPTFO’s strategic partnerships with the UN System, National Governments, Contributors/Partners and Multilateral and Regional Financial Institutions with respect to UNDP’s role as Administrative Agent for inter-agency pooled funds.

1) Contribute Strategic Leadership and Direction to the MPTF Office

• Advances the vision, mission and strategic goals of the UNDP MPTFO in support of an effective and efficient UN development system;
• Prepares and monitors consultative strategic plans to respond to medium and long-term trends in the external environment, evolving demand for pooled fund design and administration services and features required for internal functions in the office;
• Oversees the preparation of annual work plans and targets, and monitors progress;
• Oversees Annual Reports of the MPTF Office to internal and external stakeholders;
• Leads on MPTFO’s engagement with UNDP governance and oversight bodies, including internal and external Independent Audit and Evaluation; and
• Acts as Executive Coordinator a.i. in the absence of the Executive Coordinator.

2) Quality assurance in fund design, risk and policy management

• Oversees and ensures the efficient and smooth functioning and business processes of the office’s portfolio management team ensuring supportive systems, practices and monitoring of fund administration quality, KPI’s, coverage, information exchange.
•  Leads the Fund Appraisal Process for new funds or fund extension;
• Engages in UNSDG policy frameworks for pooled funds, including by promoting policy innovations based on demand trends;
• Leads and supports MPTFO’s engagement in UNSDG oversight mechanisms for pooled funding mechanisms, in particular with Fiduciary Management Oversight Group (FMOG)
• Provides risk-based advice to the Executive Coordinator on emerging opportunities, new fund designs and cross portfolio issues;
• Provides guidance for on new pr