The CGIAR Fund is a new multi-donor, multiyear funding mechanism designed to provide strategic financing to support priority Research implemented by the Consortium. The Fund was established in 2010 as a new Trust Fund at the World Bank. The World Bank Group (WBG) is committed to working to promote poverty reduction and inclusive and sustainable development in developing countries. Recognizing the inter-linkages between economically, socially and environmentally sustainable development, the WBG is taking an integrated approach to achieving these goals under the leadership of the Sustainable Development Network (SDN), where the CGIAR has been administered since the founding of SDN.
The CGIAR Fund aims to facilitate harmonization of donor support by providing a single entry point for financing CGIAR programs and institutions. The Fund Council is the Fund’s decision-making body, representing the Fund Donors who meet, along with donors providing bilateral funding to CGIAR Centers, at a biennial Funders Forum. The Fund Office is the principal support unit to the Fund Council and the Funders Forum. Organizationally, the Fund Office is a part of SDN, reporting to its vice-president, who also serves as Chair of the Fund Council and co-chair of the Funders Forum. The Fund Office operates under the World Bank policies and procedures. The Executive Secretary of the Fund Council manages the Fund Office.
The main responsibilities of the Fund Office include: (1) providing support to the Fund Council and its Chair in the conduct of the Council’s business, including organizing Fund Council meetings, drafting background notes and papers, mobilizing resources for the CGIAR, managing relations with Fund Donors, and following-up the implementation of Fund Council decisions; (2) providing support to the Funders Forum and its Chair in organizing and backstopping the Funders Forum; (3) serving as the key Fund Council liaison with the Trustee, the Consortium, the Independent Science and Partnership Council, the Independent Evaluation Arrangement and other CGIAR units; and (4) serving as the focal contact of the Fund Council on a day to day basis and coordinating the communications of the CGIAR Fund.
The Fund Office deliverables are achieved through activities designed to support two major work-streams - simply defined as; a) Ensuring stable, predictable income and growth of the Fund (coordinated by the Senior Partnership Officer, SPO) and b) Ensuring an effective and timely out-flow of funds to the CGIAR Consortium under the governance and decisions of the Fund Council (coordinated by the Senior Governance Adviser, SGA). All staff, to greater or lesser degrees, contribute to work activities relevant to both work-streams using a matrix pooled staffing structure under overall management of the Head of Office.
The Senior Partnerships Officer (SPO) forms part of the Fund Office Matrix Leadership Team (MLT) along with the Senior Governance Adviser and Head of Office to whom the SPO reports directly.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
Ensure effective management of investor relations in the Fund Office:
• Ensure donor experience with the fund is positive by establishing responsive processing times for Contribution Agreements between FO and Trustee.
• Monitor internal and external risks to the Fund, donors and other stakeholders and implement measures to mitigate risks.
• Develop and maintain a database containing profiles of each investor and monitor changes while keeping the pulse of investor perceptions of the CGIAR, Fund and Fund Office.
• Develop, plan and implement effective segmentation of investors, establishing appropriate value propositions for each segment with the CGIAR.
• Take advantage of opportunities to increase the global footprint of the CGIAR in international processes and as for example G-20, G-8, Rio +20, etc.
Achieve alignment between CGIAR funding needs and resource mobilization in the CGIAR Fund:
• Execute the resource mobilization strategy for predictable, multiyear, and increasing funding.
• Design and develop effective value propositions for traditional investors to maintain and increase unrestricted contributions to the Fund.
• Draft a business plan for capturing new sources of finance for the Fund, including innovative approaches, resource and staff needs.
• Plan and execute fund raising missions to donors and investors involving Fund Council Chair, Executive Secretary and Senior Consortium staff (Board Chair, CEO, Board Members and Center DGs) where appropriate.
• Target full funding of Fund Component of CRPs from CGIAR Fund in 2013.
• Target 65% of all funding from donors to go through the Fund in 2012.
Working with the Senior Governance Adviser ensure that key FO-led activities and events (principally Fund Council meetings, Funders Forum and the biennial Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development) meet the needs and expectations of donors, investors and the CGIAR system at large:
• Support the finalization of additional chapters of the COF.
• Assist in the design of the 2012-2015 FC composition and transition from the inaugural Fund Council
• Provide analysis and inputs to reviews/evaluations CGIAR from a finance perspective (role and function of the Fund Window 3 (2013); system-wide review (2013).
• Provide appropriate briefing material as needed to senior management.
In collaboration with Head of Office and Communications Officer help to ensure FO communications link strategically with CGIAR corporate communications regarding resource mobilization messaging:
• Identify opportunities for appropriate communication with all stakeholders especially donors and investors, traditional and new
• Provide strategic guidance to strengthen communications between the FO and other CGIAR system entities on matters pertaining to resource mobilization.
• Based on donor feedback identify needs for appropriate impact stories to support resource mobilization efforts.
As member of the Matrix Leadership Team contribute to effective and efficient management of the CGIAR Fund Office:
• Effective management of staff working on investor relations and resource mobilization deliverable by providing opportunities for professional growth and development, and mentoring to junior staff
• Develop effective working relationships with Consortium staff
• Manage donor intelligence database to ensure up to date continuity of donor knowledge in the Fund Office and prepare briefings for head of Office and FC Chair.
• Develop effective transition plan on staffing to ensure appropriate skills mix and coverage in office at all times.
Sr Partnership Specialist
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