Partnership Climate Finance Specialist

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Description

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Cambodia’s Ministry of Setting has labored with line ministries to determine a protracted checklist of tasks supporting NDC implementation. The Authorities is now in search of the assist of a Local weather Finance Specialist to work in-country to develop a subset of those tasks to entry worldwide and home sources of private and non-private finance, and construction finance for funding in these tasks, and construct the capability of civil servants, supporting line ministries to develop their very own undertaking idea notes and making certain lasting capability in-country by means of data switch to authorities officers. The Specialist may even be required to supply professional insights on local weather finance and exterior negotiations to the ministry.

The roles and duties will embody:  

• Figuring out a pipeline of tasks
• Assist the Authorities to prioritize a subset of tasks for growth over the brief time period;
• Put together a undertaking pipeline by conducting a preliminary evaluation of potential funding tasks from the present longlist and supply suggestions on them in accordance with the necessities of world local weather funds and MDBs;
• Information and oversee the preparation of the draft undertaking idea papers (to be additional developed into full idea papers by the respective MDBs) by native undertaking preparation workers for local weather resilient funding tasks that MDBs are taken with co-funding with worldwide local weather funds, such because the GCF and so on.;
• Help the federal government in making ready idea notes to entry financing for unfunded priorities within the up to date NDC, Nationwide Adaptation Plans, Expertise Wants Assessments and Lengthy Time period-Low Emission Improvement Technique;
• Evaluation the structuring and technical evaluation of undertaking ideas and proposals developed by the Ministry of Setting;
• Analyze monetary knowledge and use monetary projections to design and advocate appropriate monetary buildings;
• Carry out monetary, financial, and regulatory evaluation or any related (pre-) feasibility evaluation all through undertaking idea and design phases in collaboration with the nation groups and authorities counterparts;

Monitoring and analyzing funding alternatives:

• Determine and observe funding alternatives related to the NDC implementation in addition to climate-resilient and low-carbon sectoral tasks and packages;
• Facilitate the mobilization of monetary and technical assets for the implementation of NDC, NAP, TNA , and LT-LEDS, together with the identification of implementing businesses and companions for the developed undertaking ideas;
• Make sure that undertaking ideas meet the necessities of attainable funders, international local weather funds, MDBs, in addition to bilateral and multilateral growth companions, or a mix of these listed right here (e.g., multilateral growth companion in search of funding from a worldwide local weather fund);

Coordination and communication with key stakeholders :

• Assist the strengthening of coordination amongst completely different businesses and nationwide ministries to speed up tasks by means of the funding pipeline;
• Work carefully with the Ministry of Setting to take part in exterior negotiations and discussions with donors, MDBs, Local weather Funds, and so on.;
• Interact with companions within the nation to hyperlink must monetary assets in accordance with the NDC, NAP, TNA, and LT-LEDS, together with by offering the federal government’s inputs on the alignment of companions’ nation methods with priorities and gaps recognized within the above coverage paperwork;

Capability constructing, data and studying:

• Design and facilitate in-country capability constructing efforts to assist switch of expertise and data to native workers in related ministries and authorities workplaces;
• Construct the capability of civil servants and supporting line ministries to develop their very own undertaking idea contemplating the necessities and standards of the worldwide local weather funds and MDBs;
• Strengthen capacities by mentoring and coaching related members of workers on creating bankable tasks.
• Determine capability wants associated to local weather financing for implementation of NDC, NAP, TNA and LT-LEDS;
• Liaise with the Assist Unit to entry and/or feed into international data merchandise related to undertaking growth, financing, and useful resource mobilization;
• Help the Assist Unit within the identification and dissemination of data on finest practices and classes realized from in-country engagement;
• Fulfill different duties when wanted.

Institutional Association:

• The local weather finance advisor will probably be embedded within the Division of Local weather Change, Normal Directorate of Coverage and Technique underneath the Ministry of Setting. Because the main entity of the nationwide local weather agenda, Cambodia’s Ministry of Setting coordinates actions associated to the fulfilment of local weather commitments, together with the Nationally Decided Contributions. He/she’s going to assist the focus of the Partnership in local weather finance-related points.  The embedded facilitator will implement all duties underneath the direct supervision of the Partnerships Improvement Senior Supervisor and in collaboration with the NDC Partnership Focal Level within the Ministry of Setting and the Ministry of Financial system and Finance. He/she may even work in shut collaboration with the NDC Partnership Assist Unit. He/she might want to deliver his/her personal laptop computer to the ministry’s obligation station.
• It is a retainer nationwide emptiness/place for twelve 12 months interval primarily based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for a most of 220 working days.

Schooling/Expertise/Language necessities:

Schooling;

• A complicated diploma (Masters or larger) in enterprise, finance, regulation, public coverage, public finance, sustainable growth, atmosphere administration, or the same related discipline.
• Bachelor’s diploma in a associated self-discipline together with a further 2 years of related work expertise could also be accepted in lieu of a complicated college diploma.

Expertise:

Required:

• At the very least 5 years of expertise working in worldwide growth and growth finance with a observe of structuring, design and implementation of tasks in local weather change mitigation and adaptation, notably in power, waste, agriculture, forestry and different land use, and business.
• Familiarity with entry modalities, undertaking administration frameworks, and funding standards of MDBs and distinguished international local weather funds such because the GCF, IKI, MAF, GCF, GEF, and/or AF.
• Willingness and talent to decide to in-country work and journey as required and the place attainable.

Asset:

• Data concerning the UNFCCC, the Paris Settlement, NDCs and SDGs;
• Expertise in mobilizing assets for the implementation of NDCs.
• Expertise in accessing and structuring finance for local weather investments, together with technical and monetary growth, notably people who interact the personal sector and growth establishments.

Language

• Proficiency in English is required.
• Glorious language expertise in Khmer in writing, talking, and studying is required.

Supply:  https://jobs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=27768#1

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