Office/Unit/Project Description
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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.
The central purpose of the Rome Centre is to ensure the effective implementation and further development of the strategic partnership between UNDP and the government of Italy across the objectives of sustainable development and in doing so advancing the broader partnership between UNDP and G7 and G20 countries.
The Rome Centre focuses on the critical policy areas of youth engagement in climate action, energy for development and climate finance. These objectives are pursued through the effective implementation of three initial main programmes:

• The Italy-UNDP Energy Partnership
• Youth4Climate
• Platform for Investment Support and Technical Assistance (PISTA)

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.
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 Platform for Investment Support and Technical Assistance (PISTA), aims to mobilise finance for climate, energy, and environment. Specifically, PISTA 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 Rome Centre also has a broader mandate to engage with the Italian ecosystem as a whole, which involves close collaboration with key actors in the public and private sector, with the aim to effectively mobilize financial resources for development objectives. To guarantee the effective implementation of the Rome Centre’s workplan, and indeed to ensure the strategic and long-term impact of both its programmes, the Centre will develop broader strategic partnerships and reinforce the overall collaboration with Italy and other meaningful partners.
Delivering on its programmes, the Rome Centre will provide support to the international cooperation efforts of Italy, and it will support UNDP’s global policy initiatives. Recognizing that change will be disruptive, UNDP will work to ensure that such transitions are just, and that their impact on vulnerable people is understood and duly mitigated.
Timely implementation of the Youth4Climate Model Innovation Challenge Awards and efficient support to the implementation of the YFC workplan

• Design of the annual Youth4Climate Call for Solutions in consultation with youth, partners, and UNDP experts, including the identification of priority focus areas, formulation of challenges, preparation of Call for Proposal guidelines, To Rs and application materials;
• Identification of the most effective ways of supporting youth during the application process and design of learning offers;
• Work with UNDP staff and partners to organize the selection of Model Innovation Challenge Fund winners;
• Oversight of the Call for Solutions evaluation process, including coordination of reviewers and panelists and compiling documentation including a detailed evaluation report;
• Management of the award process in coordination with the UNDP Rome Centre operations team. This may involve coordination of supplier registration, contract preparation, and timely payment delivery among others;
• Creation of a project monitoring framework and its coordination, including ensuring connections are made between awardees and UNDP Country Offices, that deliverables are collected and stored effectively, etc.
• Provide feedback to management, participate in drafting concept notes or related project documents.

Ensure Effective Project Monitoring and Reporting

• Track financial delivery of awards and report on financial expenditures to Youth4Climate donors and for UNDP purposes;
• Ensure administrative requirements, budgets and use of financial resources are managed and executed in a timely and appropriate manner and within UNDP and donor rules and regulations;
• Support the YFC Coordinator with monitoring of the selected initiatives, including communication with selected initiatives, review of submitted progress reports and on-site monitoring visits;
• Oversee the YFC awardee and experts’ performance evaluations;
• Ensure timely reporting by Youth4Climate awardees and consolidate insights into narrative reports.

Develop and Maintain Partnerships

• Develop and maintain strong relationships and strategic linkages with country, regional, and global stakeholders (youth constituencies, governments, UN agencies, private sector, NGOs) who can contribute to driving youth-inclusive climate policy and practice.
• Develop and maintain stakeholder mapping and analysis to identify stakeholder needs and how best to leverage their participation and/or strengthen their engagement. Prepare substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation and opportunities for joint initiatives. Make recommendations to the management team on activities with potential for scale-up, replicability and synergies.

Facilitate Knowledge Sharing and Communication

• Document and package insights on youth-led climate action based on 2,000+ solutions received from young people;
• In coordination with the Youth4Climate communication focal point, design a communication strategy for collecting and sharing Youth4Climate awardees’ stories and lessons learned;
• Ensure internal knowledge sharing with UNDP global, regional and country teams and with partners on how they can leverage Youth4Climate-identified solutions in their programming.
• In coordination with YFC Team leader facilitate and prepare webinars and workshops;
• Participate in relevant international and regional events, networks and processes;

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization
Institutional Arrangement
The Youth4Climate Analyst will work under the direct supervision of the Youth4Climate Programme Coordinator.