Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Vacancy #: 7326

Unit: Institutional Performance Management and Evaluation Unit (IPME)

Organisation: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Location: Nepal Country Office, Kathmandu, Nepal

Reporting to: Performance and Accountability Specialist

Work percentage: 100%

Grade: P1

Expected start date: 01 September 2025

Type of contract: Fixed-term (24 months with possibility of renewal)

Closing date: 28 July 2025

BACKGROUND

The Institutional Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (IPME) is a team situated in the Corporate Services under the Chief Operations Officer. The unit's purpose is to support IUCN's strategy and programme execution at all levels. As such, it drives greater accountability, performance, assurance and overall organisational effectiveness.

As the organisation's centre of expertise and excellence on programme, portfolio and project management, strategic planning and implementation, performance management, assurance, and risk management, the unit leads on these functions from establishing normative and operational frameworks to ensuring their optimal implementation. The unit is therefore the custodian of many IUCN policies, normative/operational frameworks and guidelines. It is responsible for ensuring their relevance to institutional needs through continuous monitoring, improvements and change management. It ensures that owned policies and frameworks are appropriately implemented by monitoring their respective level of compliance, making continuous improvements, and providing direct support and capacity building to relevant IUCN staff.

REQUIREMENTS

• Education:
  • Degree in business and administration, computer engineering or any other relevant field.
  • Business analysis certification (e.g. CCBA, CBAP) is desirable.
• Experience:
  • At least 5 years’ practical, hands-on experience in business analysis for business solutions.
  • Knowledge and understanding of grant management desirable, especially in the international development and/or conservation sector.
  • Experience in an international, multi-cultural working environment desirable.
  • Experience working with product backlog items.
  • Experience with SCRUM.
• Skills and competencies:
  • Strong project management skills; proven track-record in accompanying organisational change.
  • Good business process mapping skills.
  • Solid team player; confirmed capacity to work transversally.
  • Proactive and results-oriented; solid ability to prioritise
  • Strong analytical and organisational skills; thorough and precise.
  • Adept at collecting, synthesizing, interpreting, and summarising information.
  • Sense of initiative and ability to critically examine issues and find constructive solutions.
  • Ability to work independently and remotely.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
  • Excellent presentation skills.

Please visit the link for detailed job description, requirements, and salary and to apply for this position.

Link: https://hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/7326

This is a local recruitment. Only Nepal nationals, individuals with residence status or the appropriate employment visa for Nepal are eligible to apply.

For more information, please visit: www.iucn.org/nepal

Applicants are requested to apply online through the HR Management System, by opening the vacancy announcement and pressing the "Apply" button.

Only short-listed candidates will be notified.