“UNOPS plays a critical role in providing
management services for our life-saving, peacebuilding, humanitarian and
development operations.”
-Ban Ki-moon, United Nations
Secretary-General
UNOPS
mission is to expand the capacity of the UN system and its partners to
implement peacebuilding, humanitarian and development operations that matter
for people in need.
Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to
always satisfy partners with management services that meet world-class
standards of quality, speed and cost effectiveness.
UNOPS provides services in sustainable infrastructure,
sustainable procurement and sustainable project management, with projects
ranging from building schools, roads, bridges and hospitals to procuring goods
and services and training local personnel.
By assisting UN organizations, international financial institutions,
governments and other development partners, UNOPS makes significant, tangible
contributions to results on the ground.
We employ more than 6,000 personnel annually and on
behalf of our partners create thousands more work opportunities in local
communities. Through our headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark and a network of
regional and country offices, we oversee activities in more than 80 countries.
UNOPS
is committed to achieving a truly diverse workforce.
The Global Fund does not have a country-level presence outside of its central Secretariat. Instead, it hires third party Local Fund Agents (LFAs) to oversee, verify and report ongrant performance. LFAs are selected through a competitive bidding process.
The Global Fund typically engages one LFA in each country where its grant funds are disbursed. The LFA provides access to local knowledge that is relevant to grant performance. The Global Fund adheres to the principles of performance-based funding in making disbursement decisions. The aim is to ensure that investments are made only where funding is managed and spent effectively on programs that achieve impact in fighting the relevant diseases.The LFA is a crucial part of the Global Fund’s system of oversight and risk management. Its principal role is to provide informed and independent professional advice about the capacity of fund/grant recipients to manage the implementation of activities funded by grant funds (including the recipient’s capacity to oversee implementation of activities by implementing parties), to make recommendations concerning periodic disbursement of grant funds, to review grant performance when a grant is being considered for renewal, and to provide the donor on an on-going basis with relevant information on issues or risks which might affectg rant performance.
The LFA is expected to have an up-to-date and comprehensive understanding of relevant diseases(HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria), how they are prevented, transmitted and treated, and their impact on a specific country. The LFA team assesses the recipients’ institutional and health/programmatic capacities and arrangements to ensure adequate health expertise (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and/or malaria) in the implementation of the donor grant funds. The LFA team also determines whether the recipient has adequate infrastructure and information systems to support grant implementation, including the monitoring of performance of implementing partners and outsourced entities in a timely and accountable manner. The Global Fund has adopted an intensive risk management approach to services with enhanced effort toward in-depth verifications and reporting.The identification of financial and programmatic risks with ongoing updates shall be provided the donor with special attention to the overall context ofthe relevant diseases and grant implementation in country.
The Local Fund Agent (LFA) principal role is to:
a. Provide informed and independent professional advice about the capacity of Principal Recipients (PR) to manage the implementation of activities funded under grants (including a PR's capacity to oversee implementation of activities by Sub-recipients),
b. To make recommendations concerning periodic disbursement of grant funds,
c. To review grant programmatic and financial performance when a grant is being considered for renewal, and,
d. To provide the Global Fund Secretariat on an ongoing basis with relevant information on issues or risks which might affect grant performance.
The intern is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.
UNOPS is committed to achieving a truly diverse workforce. UNOPS Internship will provide the intern with opportunity to gain practical experience working in a United Nations organization. Intern will perform practical work assignments,apply and develop their skills under the guidance of experienced professionals.