The purpose of this assignment is to enable the nominated entity to meet/fulfill GCF’s accreditation standards and requirements through several capacity-building workshops on basic fiduciary standards, specialized services, gender and environmental and social safeguard standards (ESS). And the already accredited entity (MoF) in addition to get capacity building in terms of fulfilling all procedures and requirements of the GCF, it should also be strengthened through project management and delivery, pipeline development, provision of evidence-based climate rationale, and capacity to appraise and monitor, evaluate and develop/strengthen/improve the existing concept notes into high-quality proposals for funding to the GCF, as well as implement projects on the ground.
QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE/ EXPERTISE
1) Education
An advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in finance, climate change, sustainable development, Business Administration, development economics, statistics, engineering, environmental science, international development, law and policy, or other disciplines related to sustainable, development, environmental management, or green growth.
2) Experience
- At least 5+ years of experience working on the preparation/ development of bankable projects (preferably in climate change-related aspects).
- Demonstrated experience in the design and development of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, specifically oriented towards obtaining (international) donor funding.
- Experience supporting national, regional or international / financing institutions with building capacity to apply international best practice standards to increase access to finance for sustainable development and/or climate change
- A good understanding of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and GCF-2 programing focus is highly desirable.
- An extensive knowledge on climate investment landscape in Ethiopia.
- Previous experience in conducting institutional gap analysis is an advantage.
