Climate Finance Specialist – Costa Rica

Overview

Support the Government of Costa Rica in developing a portfolio of investable climate projects and concrete actions for resource mobilization and investment, facilitating inter-ministerial coordination and promoting coherence between climate priorities and national planning.

Tasks Summary

• Prepare a detailed work plan with a timeline of deliverables and responsibilities.
• Support MINAE on the coordination with the Ministry of Finance and MIDEPLAN to promote coherence between climate priorities and the country's macroeconomic, fiscal, and development planning.
• Provide advisory and facilitation for the Prioritized Portfolio of Climate Investment Projects.
• Facilitate periodic coordination meetings between MINAE, the Ministry of Finance, and MIDEPLAN, ensuring follow-up on agreements.
• Establish and maintain ongoing dialogues with commercial banks, development banks, private investors, and multilateral institutions.
• Participate in the methodological development processes of the NDC Act & Invest project to support the dynamization of climate investments at the regional level.
• Compile the results achieved in the previous deliverables and prepare a roadmap with strategic priorities and next steps.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum five (5) years of professional experience in climate finance, sustainable investment, green finance or related areas.
• Minimum three (3) years of relevant professional experience in climate finance issues.
• In-depth knowledge of Costa Rica’s climate change regulatory and planning framework, including hands-on involvement in projects addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation at the national level (Desirable).
• Demonstrated experience working with public institutions or in Costa Rica's public financing system, with a focus on the coordination and/or implementation of climate finance, fiscal, or planning policies. (Desirable).
• Experience working with diverse stakeholders from the public, private, and/or financial sectors in the development of public policies is desirable.
• Experience in the development of climate change policies is desirable.
• Cost estimation of environmental or climate change actions and their integration into national planning and sector budgets is desirable.
• Experience working with international organizations, and multilateral or bilateral funds development of international cooperation projects is desirable.
• Previous experience and knowledge of climate change issues, public sector and climate financial architecture is desirable.

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Contract Duration: 12 months

Work Modality: hybrid model attending the offices of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) based in San José, Costa Rica, at least 3 days a week, in coordination with MINAE's Director of Climate Change.

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