Santiago, 21 de agosto 21 de 2017. La Alianza del Pacífico anunció que está realizando un estudio analítico para modelar la exposición ante desastres naturales de sus países miembros. El estudio se concentrará inicialmente en el riesgo sísmico y también está evaluando la posibilidad de emitir un bono catastrófico (Cat Bond) conjunto para transferir parte del riesgo a los mercados financieros. Este estudio se está llevando a cabo con el apoyo técnico y financiero del Programa de Financiamiento y Aseguramiento ante Desastres del Banco Mundial, en colaboración con la firma mundial modeladora de riesgos catastróficos AIR Worldwide, y financiado por la Secretaría de Estado para Asuntos Económicos -Cooperación Suiza (SECO). El estudio consiste en la modelación de terremotos para estimar las pérdidas potenciales que podrían incurrir los países de la Alianza del Pacífico (Chile, Colombia, México y Perú), proporcionando a los países miembros la capacidad técnica para tomar decisiones informadas sobre los beneficios potenciales de la transferencia del riesgo a los mercados financieros. El estudio está programado para ser finalizado en agosto del 2017 y se espera que, durante el cuarto trimestre, el Banco Mundial presente una propuesta para la posible emisión de un bono conjunto para riesgos sísmicos de los países miembros de la Alianza del Pacifico, la cual deberá ajustarse a las consideraciones fiscales y presupuestarias de cada país. Durante el mes de junio, el Banco Mundial y la empresa modeladora Air Worldwide se reunieron con los equipos técnicos de Chile, Colombia y Perú, con el fin de presentar los primeros resultados y afinar detalles que aseguren que la modelación y el diseño del Cat Bond cumplan con las necesidades de cada país. De forma paralela al trabajo sobre la cobertura de riesgos de terremotos, los países evaluarán la posibilidad de crear instrumentos financieros para cubrir otros desastres naturales, tales como los producidos por riesgos climáticos. Los resultados iniciales del estudio demuestran que algunos de los costos de transferencia de riesgo a los mercados pueden verse reducidos en más de 50% debido a los beneficios de la emisión conjunta de los cuatro países. El diseño preliminar del Cat Bond intenta cubrir terremotos importantes en cada país. Por ejemplo, la cobertura está diseñada para incluir un rango amplio de eventos similares al terremoto del año 2010 en Chile (terremoto del 27F con magnitud de 8.8 Mw). La Alianza del Pacifico se beneficia de la experiencia de México en la utilización de los Cat Bonds, contando con cuatro transacciones ejecutadas desde el año 2006. La cuarta serie de Cat Bonds emitida por México fue ejecutada el 4 de agosto del presente año, proveyendo una cobertura de US$360 millones contra el riesgo de terremotos y huracanes. Esta última emisión demuestra un trabajo innovador en el diseño y la ejecución de un Cat Bond para obtener protección de manera eficiente. «El Banco Mundial ha sido determinante en brindarnos su experiencia global en la gestión del riesgo catastrófico en beneficio de nuestros países miembros», dijo Rodrigo Valdés, Ministro de Finanzas de Chile y Presidente de la Alianza del Pacífico bajo la presidencia Pro Tempore de Chile entre julio 2016 y junio 2017. «El trabajo realizado es un paso importante en el fortalecimiento de la resiliencia financiera de los países de la Alianza del Pacífico ante eventos catastróficos». “La Alianza del Pacífico es un ejemplo exitoso de integración económica regional», dijo Jorge Familiar, Vicepresidente del Banco Mundial para América Latina y el Caribe. «Ahora los países de la Alianza están tomando la iniciativa de gestionar su exposición financiera ante desastres naturales, trabajando juntos, como grupo, y nos complace tener la oportunidad de apoyar este esfuerzo». La región de América Latina y el Caribe tiene una de las tasas más bajas de cobertura de seguros a nivel mundial y la diferencia entre las pérdidas aseguradas y las pérdidas económicas en toda la región son muy significativas. Los bajos niveles de adquisición de seguros pueden resultar en que los gobiernos terminan haciéndose cargo de gastos mayores después de un desastre natural, lo que ejerce una presión indebida sobre el gobierno y su estabilidad financiera. Los miembros de la Alianza del Pacífico comparten una visión común sobre la necesidad urgente de gestionar los costos inesperados que surgen de los terremotos. Como consecuencia de los desastres naturales, los gobiernos afrontan un aumento de las necesidades financieras para cubrir los servicios de emergencia, alimentos, refugio y escasez de agua, así como las operaciones de limpieza y reconstrucción. Esto puede traer efectos devastadores, causando potencialmente inestabilidad fiscal y la desestabilización de los planes de inversión nacionales, junto con interrupciones de los servicios a los ciudadanos y la disminución de la actividad económica. Un bono catastrófico, o Cat Bond, reduciría la exposición combinando los riesgos de los cuatro países (logrando beneficios significativos en términos de costo y cobertura), otorgando un importante alivio financiero y ayudando a los países a responder rápidamente ante un desastre. Este proyecto asiste en el fortalecimiento de las capacidades técnicas de los países de la Alianza del Pacífico para gestionar mejor los riesgos y adoptar mecanismos de transferencia de riesgos más eficientes. Un bono catastrófico es un instrumento financiero que pretende proteger a su emisor frente a posibles pérdidas derivadas de desastres naturales, como terremotos, huracanes, tsunami, y otras amenazas, transfiriendo el riesgo a los mercados financieros. Los bonos catastróficos son una parte importante de un conjunto más amplio para la gestión de riesgo, asegurando la resiliencia fiscal y la rápida recuperación de los gobiernos. Los Cat-Bonds complementan otros instrumentos tales como fondos de emergencia, líneas de crédito contingentes y asistencia de donantes internacionales. La Alianza del Pacífico es una iniciativa de Chile, Colombia, México y Perú, creada en 2011 para promover la integración regional económica y comercial a través de la libre circulación de bienes, servicios, recursos y personas, para impulsar el crecimiento, desarrollo y competitividad de sus economías. El Banco Mundial es un proveedor global de servicios de asesoría, analíticos y financieros para sus clientes estatales con la finalidad de apoyar la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad. Para lograr estos objetivos, entre muchos otros esfuerzos, el Banco Mundial apoya la mejora de la gestión financiera de los riesgos climáticos y de desastres. Los servicios incluyen la asistencia en el diseño e implementación de estrategias, políticas e instrumentos de financiamiento del riesgo de desastres, y la ejecución de transacciones financieras para transferir los riesgos a los mercados de capitales y reaseguro. AIR Worldwide ofrece soluciones de modelaje de riesgos catastrófico haciendo que los individuos, las empresas y la sociedad sean más resiliente. AIR se inició en la industria de modelaje catastrófico en 1987 y actualmente modela el riesgo de catástrofes naturales, terrorismo, pandemias y ataques cibernéticos en todo el mundo.
La Alianza del Pacífico se asocia con el Banco Mundial para evaluar el riesgo de terremoto y preparar un posible Bono Catastrófico
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Colombia: Deputy Director for Programs
Organization: International Rescue Committee
Country: Colombia
Closing date: 01 Apr 2019BACKGROUND:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC works with people forced to flee from war, conflict and disaster and the host communities which support them, as well as those who remain within their homes and communities. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
IRC COLOMBIA
A combined two decades of economic mismanagement, a drop in oil prices, and the deterioration of democratic institutions has resulted in a humanitarian crisis inside Venezuela. Insecurity has manifested following protests in April 2017 against the president and his government, particularly for failing to address the growing inflation rate which lead to large-scale food insecurity. The demonstrations were initially peaceful but grew in severity of violence as time passed. Venezuela’s economic devastation worsened in the last half of 2017. This caused a massive migration of Venezuelans into neighboring Colombia in search of affordable food, medicine and work. The number of Venezuelans living in Colombia has increased to more than one million people.
In response, the IRC has launched emergency programming in Colombia, focusing on an integrated response involving child protection, women’s protection and empowerment activities, primary and reproductive healthcare, and cash transfer programming. The IRC is in the process of delivering these and future activities directly in Colombia, and in partnership with local civil society organizations in Venezuela. In Colombia, IRC currently has operations in Cucuta, and Medellin, and is soon to expand to Bogota and Barranquilla.
Length of Assignment: 2 years
PLEASE SUBMIT AN ENGLISH CV.
JOB OVERVIEW/SUMMARY:
The position of Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) is a member of the Senior Management Team and is integral to the successful implementation of IRC’s programs in Colombia. Working under the direction of the Country Director (CD), the DDP is responsible for overall program direction and implementation within the program framework, government policies and strategies, and in compliance with donor regulations, specifically in the areas of a) grant management b) program development, quality and implementation c) day-to-day representation with donor agencies and local and international stakeholders, and d) Monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning.
The DDP will spearhead the development and execution of the Country Strategic Plan and also be responsible for supervising the Health, Child Protection, Women’s Protection and Empowerment, Economic Recovery and Development and Grants Coordinator. This position will work closely and collaboratively with the different departments within the country program, the IRC technical advisors and the IRC Emergency Unit.
The DDP will be based in Bogota, Colombia, with frequent travel to Cucuta, Medellin, Barranquilla, and any other national sites in Colombia where IRC designs and develops programming.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Program Strategy, Design and Fundraising
- Lead the operationalization of the current IRC Colombia response strategy and actively engage in strategic planning processes for the longer term.
- Ensure, with Coordinators, and HQ-based Technical Unit staff, that project design reflects IRC program quality standards and industry best practices.
- Lead efforts for sustainable program growth, proactively identifying opportunities for new programming initiatives and emphasizing multi-year funding to support them.
- Provide leadership support to the program and grants teams to develop competitive, evidence-based and cost-effective funding applications.
- Provide guidance, strategies and tools to ensure that program choices are based on needs assessment findings (primary & secondary data) and analysis, input from communities, a thorough understanding of context, technical best practices, and operational viability.
- Formulate integrated program initiatives so that technical sectors complement each other and promote mainstreaming of protection principles and gender-responsive approaches.
Program Management – Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Provide overall leadership and management of IRC Colombia program portfolio, ensuring strategically coherent program direction, well-managed growth, and compliance with IRC and donor regulations.
- Continually seek out ways to build the capacities of the program team members, individually and collectively.
- Ensure that detailed, realistic and feasible project implementation plans are developed, and modified as needed, in collaboration with the Program Coordinators and Operations team.
- Coordinate with other members of the Senior Management Team on appropriate management, compliance and performance standards, as well as effective systems for budget management, knowledge management and risk management.
- Support programming staff to collect, document and disseminate lessons learned and best practices, incorporating these into new project designs.
- With program staff, develop effective and appropriate M&E plans, including methodologies and tools to strengthen the quality of data collection, analysis and reporting.
- Review M&E and accountability data with program staff to identify and address areas for operational improvement.
Grants Management
- Provide strategic direction in terms of development of a funding strategy, widening and strengthening donor base, ensuring quality grants management, ensuring compliance with donor requirements, ensuring quality information management related to programs/ grants, and supporting directly in all aspects of the proposal development and reporting processes.
- Supervise all internal, external and reporting with programs and finance, ensuring high-quality, well-written and timely reports meeting donor and IRC and partner requirements; conduct thorough reviews and/or revisions of all external reports compiled by the Grants Coordinator.
- Ensure that Program Coordinators and Grants Senior Manager conduct routine monitoring visits to implementation sites to ensure donor compliance and quality program implementation.
- Coordinate with the Program Coordinators and Grants and Finance teams to ensure sound budget management, expense control and timely contractual documentation.
- Support the Grants Senior Manager to lead Grant Opening and Grant Closing Meetings with all relevant department and units and to ensure they take place on time. Also ensure that programming staff are well trained to properly manage project budgets.
- Ensure that the program coordinators review BvAs on a regular basis; provide leadership and management support to ensure effective monthly grant review meetings.
- Mitigate any potential risk by collaborating with the Finance Department to ensure that programming staff fully understand financial and administrative processes involved in project budget cycles.
External Representation and Advocacy
- Develop a sound understanding of the IRC’s programs to be able to professionally represent the IRC to implementing partners, the government and donors;
- Assist the Country Director developing strong relationships with donors, assisting with visits and in the development of appropriate advocacy actions;
- Forge and maintain solid cooperation with partner organizations through regular communication, cooperation and, where appropriate, joint decision-making.
- Act as the focal point for program-related communication between IRC country programs in the region and worldwide offices.
- Identify funding opportunities and track them in collaboration with the technical teams.
- Oversee programmatic inputs to advocacy efforts both in-country and globally.
Staff Management and Development
- Provide guidance and supervision to the technical coordinators, M&E Manager, the grants senior manager, information officers; to discuss job expectations, set objectives and provide appropriate and timely feedback on performance of direct reports, including timely implementation of performance management system.
- Create a supervisory environment focused on the achievement of team and individual results that emphasizes the importance of learning, productivity, accountability and openness
- Adhere to IRC’s performance management system, providing regular, timely and thoughtful coaching, feedback, performance assessment, and professional development for all direct reports, while making sure that they do the same for their direct reports.
- Build capacities of programming staff in key project management principles, tools and approaches and ensure that these new skills are utilized on the job.
- Manage recruitment, hiring and development of high-performing national staff to assume greater levels of responsibility.
- Provide leadership support for the successful implementation of and adherence to the IRC Global HR Operating Policies and Procedures.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
The IRC and IRC staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
As a leader you will be placed in a position of trust. To maintain that trust, you are expected to always:
- Lead by example and be a positive role model to others.
- Promote awareness of the IRC’s standards and make sure those you supervise are equipped with the knowledge and resources they need to comply with them.
- Monitor conduct of those you supervise and take responsibility for activities that occur under your supervision.
- Be responsive to anyone who raises an ethics or compliance concern and make sure matters are resolved in a fair and appropriate manner.
KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
- Country Director, Colombia and Venezuela
- Other Colombia-based staff, including operations, finance, and grants
- Technical Advisors (based globally) and any roster staff required to support program staff inside Venezuela
- Awards Management Unit to support all compliance and reporting for partners, as well as proposals
- Global Supply Chain to procure goods and support partners to procure
- Communications and Advocacy units to support any key messages at external meetings
- Global Security to support any risk analysis and mitigation
- Emergency Unit
REQUIREMENTS
Master’s degree in Development Studies, International Relations, Social Sciences or a similar field;
Minimum eight years of management experience working in a humanitarian or development setting with a minimum of five years of INGO program management experience.
Experience in managing protection, ERD and/or health, and experience working in partnership with local organizations, is strongly desired.
Proven ability to develop winning proposals to public and private-sector donors;
Familiarity and experience with US and European, donors;
Previous experience managing programs financed by US government agencies, DFID, EU, foundations and private donors a must, with previous experience in competitive environments a plus.
Proven ability to manage projects to completion on time, within budget, and with the anticipated results.
Ability to respond to multiple priorities in a timely manner, producing high-quality outcomes.
Demonstrated successful leadership experience with a multi-disciplinary team in a cross-cultural setting, including active mentoring and coaching. Strong leadership, motivational and team-building skills;
Proven fluency in English and Spanish a must
How to apply:
https://rescue.csod.com/ats/careersite/jobdetails.aspx?site=1&c=rescue&id=3988
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Colombia: Oficial Grants
Organization: Save the Children
Country: Colombia
Closing date: 10 Mar 2019
TITULO DEL PUESTO: Oficial GrantsEQUIPO/PROGRAMA: Desarrollo de programas y Calidad
UBICACION: Bogotá
GRADO: 4 – oficiales
Tipo de Contrato: Término Definido a 31 de dic…
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Brazil: Corporate Alliances Acquisition Associate, GS-6, Brasília, Brazil post# 109567
Organization: UN Children’s Fund
Country: Brazil
Closing date: 07 Mar 2019UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, make a difference
The Corporate Partnerships team has ambitious fundraising targets and outcomes to be reached based on market potential and building on successful results of 2018. Our aim and vision are to develop, manage and enhance the fundraising potential of working with businesses in Brazil and a core part of achieving this vision is the Corporate Alliances (CA) acquisition team (new business).
After review, additional resource is being created to support the Acquisition (new business team) to embrace the new fundraising challenges and to reach the extra income success. The Corporate Alliances Acquisition Associate will support the CA Acquisition (new business) team with a strategic focus on customer engagement and cause related marketing (CRM) alliance models. The role will have the objective to support the leverage of the flexible or non-fixed income fundraising potential to support both, the local and global UNICEF Programme.
For further information, please visit www.unicef.org.br
How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision of the Corporate Fundraising Officer (Acquisition), the Acquisition Associate will undertake supporting tasks for new business such as:
- Assist in specifying the pipeline and building corporate alliances focused on customer engagement and cause related marketing (CRM) models, but not exclusively in those formats.
- Support in the initial preparation of proposals with the new business team.
- Assist on the implementation of the alliances and on reaching planned results.
Join our team to be responsible for:
1) Implementation of corporate alliances focused on customer engagement and cause related marketing (CRM) models and other acquisition campaigns:
- Continuously map new corporate partnership opportunities, initiate contact with the companies’ focal points, and participate in the alliances’ prospecting processes;
- Proceed with the Geneva clearance process on potential and current donor companies on a weekly basis;
- Prepare and internally/externally approve the partnership contract; and keep corporate prospection planning documents update;
- Follow up the delivering of annual reports to the partners and support in the negotiation of renewal focusing on the best results for UNICEF;
- Support the planning and implementation processes of the corporate alliances campaigns by following up the milestones and results of it in collaboration with Market Services team;
- Approach partners during emergency campaigns to explore additional fundraising opportunities;
- Continuously research and test new and innovative ways of work to improve quality in results and to simplify procedures of processing the donations;
- Monthly searching about competitors’ corporate alliances mechanisms and good practices, evaluating replicability;
- Fortnightly, support plan and project pitches and campaigns with Marketing Services support and other related areas, including outsourced agencies.
2) Suppliers relationship:
- Assist and support in developing, drafting and maintaining contract information, monitoring reports and relationships with current and new providers involved in the corporate alliances through UNICEF;
- Assist the development of new providers and follow up biding processes with Operations Sector / RM&P Associate as required;
Ensure that the providers’ payments are due and delivered on time.
3) Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Monitor and support the implementation of the corporate alliances campaigns to target audiences and participate in the evaluation of their impact. Monitor and evaluate the use and effectiveness of each campaign materials/channels;
- Support and monitor the level of fulfilment and success in donations processing, by analyzing and studying the best way to improve it;
- Conduct the target and results analysis and control. Continuously monitoring campaign goals and marketing metrics related to customer engagement;
Compile lessons learned and support the review of successful and unsuccessful campaigns.
4) Assignments of additional administrative duties and responsibilities:
- Map potential companies from different segments and support on organizing the list of priority companies to be reached and prospected on a monthly basis;
- Research about the prospected companies and support the evaluation of fundraising opportunities;
- Assist the preparation of periodical corporate alliances fundraising reports, monitor and maintain control of records and results;
Develop, organize and maintain up-to-date data, information, record documents and control plans for the monitoring of project implementation; maintains library of corporate alliances reference materials.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- Completion of secondary education preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the work of the organization. A University degree is desirable (Business Administration, International Relations, Economics or Marketing);
- At least six years of professional experience related to corporate fundraising, clients’ engagement, partnership development, or marketing;
- Experience in retail sales is an asset
- Fluency in Portuguese and English. Knowledge of Spanish will be considered as an asset
For every Child, you demonstrate
UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
The technical competencies required for this post are Relating and networking (I), Persuading and influencing (II), Planning and organizing (I) and Following Instructions and Procedures (II)
View our competency framework at
http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Candidates must be Brazilian citizens or have a valid work permit.
All candidates who wish to apply to this Vacancy Announcement are requested to prepare and submit their application in English.
How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=520028
