General Background
The OEC: The Organisation of Educational Cooperation (OEC) is an international intergovernmental organisation, founded in January 2020 by countries from across the Global South, to “contribute to the equitable, just, and prosperous social transformation of societies by promoting balanced and inclusive education, in order to attain the fundamental rights to liberty, justice, dignity, sustainability, social cohesion, and material and immaterial security for the peoples of the world”.
ISFD: The International Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) – a key instrument of the OEC which is sitting under the Finance for Development (FINDEV) department – has as a vision to eventually become a new development bank supporting countries from the Global South. The role of ISFD will, inter alia, include generating new funds and promoting investments in OEC Member States as well as financing OEC’s budget and being in charge of distributing the loans received by the OEC’s Common Leveraging Union of Borrowers (CLUB).
The main functions of FINDEV are to:
a. provide technical and policy support to Member States in developing context appropriate frameworks for the implementation of sustainable public private partnerships
b. host and support the ISFD and the CLUB
c. collectively secure more favourable financing and debt relief for the CLUB members
d. reinforce the case and actively advocate for a more equitable international financial system considering the interests of Member States.
Job Title
Senior Project Officer, ISFD Taskforce
Duty Station
Headquarters (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Duration
Indeterminate appointment
Category and Level
T3, Step I (mid-level technical)
Role Summary
Under the overall authority of the Secretary-General, the guidance of the Under-Secretary-General for FINDEV, and the direct supervision of the ISFD Taskforce Chief of Section, the ISFD Senior Project Officer will support the ISFD Taskforce: Chief of Section in preparing the launch of the ISFD at the second ordinary session of the General Assembly and developing its capability post-launch. This, inter alia, includes reviewing protocols of other development banks to look at best practice governance and their set up strategies, designing the strategies and business plans for the ISFD and strengthening relations with donors, international institutions and other banks to secure funds for the ISFD. This position provides the exciting, unique opportunity of joining the core team of a new international organisation – contributing to its lasting construction and influencing its future trajectory – and an innovative international financing instrument.
Duties
Competencies
Qualifications
Language Requirements
Candidate must at least be fluent in English. Additional knowledge of one or more other official languages (French, Arabic, Spanish) is an asset.
This position is open to international applicants. All applications must be sent to HRE@OEC-OCE.ORG and must include:
Tagged as: Ethiopia, Organisation of Educational Cooperation
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