Overview
The consultant will contribute expert analysis to UNEP’s work on removing financial and institutional barriers for circular economy solutions, focusing on de-risking investments and strengthening alignment across projects.
Tasks Summary
- - Contribute expert analysis to UNEP’s work on removing financial and institutional barriers.
- - Identify opportunities for improving enabling conditions and de-risking investments.
- - Strengthen alignment across projects.
- - Develop a strategic options paper on financial and institutional models for circular economy solutions.
- - Include content on pipeline identification and development in the paper.
- - Develop recommendations on finance and investment components of country projects under the UNEP Plastics Initiative.
- - Engage with financial institutions and investment partners for project cooperation.
- - Review and provide constructive inputs on technical deliverables related to circular economy finance.
- - Provide technical support to PTIF-related activities.
- - Draft eligibility criteria for future pipeline projects.
- - Provide criteria, guidance, and recommendations on environmental and social (E&S) safeguards.
- - Develop monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks.
- - Review relevant project and policy documents.
- - Prepare briefing notes on finance and plastics.
- - Provide technical inputs on emerging needs as needed.
Experience Requirements
- - At least 5 years of knowledge and experience of blended finance structuring or fundraising approaches in one of the following: project finance, non grant instruments, impact and/or green bond issuances, carbon, biodiversity or pollution finance.
- - At least 3 years of directly relevant professional experience within a financial institution, corporation, investment fund, or multilateral development bank entity.
- - Proven advisory experience in reviewing investment‑ready project proposals.
- - Sourcing new solutions and technologies to build up future investment pipeline projects.
- - Safeguards and E&S risk management experience.
- - Demonstrated knowledge of factors affecting project success such as bankability, risk assessment, profitability, and social and environmental returns.
- - Practical experience in mobilizing private capital.
- - Collaboration with development finance institution and public donors.
- - Implementing blended finance and de-risking mechanisms in emerging markets.
- - Proven project work on circular economy, preferably on plastic pollution and circular upstream and mid-stream solutions is desired.
Qualification Requirements
Advanced University Degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Economics, Environmental Finance/Economics, or related disciplines is required.
