Senior Programme Advisor (Home based)

Background
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  Job Purpose and Organizational Context
The Joint SDG Fund supports countries as they accelerate their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It operates through joint programmes (JPs) that provide the mechanism for transformative solutions implemented by governments and national stakeholders and supported by the UN Country Team led by Resident Coordinators (RCs). Strategic direction for the Fund is provided by the Strategic Advisory Group chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General as the chair of UN Sustainable Development Group. The Fund is managed by the Operational Steering Committee, comprised of representatives of UN entities, and with the support from the Secretariat of the Fund. The UN Development Coordination Office (DCO) hosts the Fund and provides for the alignment with the broader UN Development System reforms. The Administrative Agent of the Fund, in charge of financial management, is the Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTF-O). Official documents (e.g. Terms of Reference and Operational Guidance) of the Fund and information on funding can be found on the Gateway portal.

To advance the dual mandate of supercharging the UN Development System reform to be fit for purpose and, in turn, supporting the acceleration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Fund incentivizes coherent and coordinated joint UN action, anchored in the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks at country level under the leadership of Resident Coordinator (RC). Serving as the catalytic funding to piece together emerging policy priorities and financing strategies, the Fund aims to galvanize the UN Country Teams around integrated policies and identify the fiscal space to overcome the political and financial hurdles to scale and accelerate progress towards the SDGs.

The key objective of this position is to lead the design and implementation of the new generation of transformative joint programmes (High Impact Track – HIT) in alignment with new Fund Strategy based on key SDG transitions.

Duties and Responsibilities
Lead design and implementation of High Impact Track (HIT) joint programmes

• Develops, organizes, coordinates and leads a structured and systematic approach to implementation of new transformative HIT joint programmes across funding rounds / portfolios and SDG transitions, with the primary focus on digitalization, food systems, and jobs/social protection. 
• Promotes strategic and technical collaboration with inter-agency coordination mechanisms, including ITU-UNDP Joint Facility / Digital Technical Support Group, Food Systems Coordination Hub, and Technical Support Facility of the Global Accelerator.
• Contributes to programmatic partnerships at the country level to increase the impact and financing of joint programmes, to facilitate activation of country-level eco-systems and their links with regional and global initiatives, and to increase the visibility of catalytic results and impact. 
• Leads further incubation of new HIT joint programmes, including from the seed funding initiatives, depending on new funding and strategic direction to ensure continuity and growth of portfolios and the Fund impact.
• Develops new funding rounds / additional funding and financing mechanisms across SDG transitions and leads the design of new HIT joint programmes.

Innovate and elevate the programme approach and provide strategic support to programmatic cross-fertilization of SDG transitions

• Provides strategic advice and guidance on innovation, improved efficiencies, and elevated impact of joint programmes through improvements of the overall programme cycle, policies, templates, and procedures. 
• Develops and leads learning and knowledge management initiatives for joint programmes