Overview
Provide high-level strategic advisory support and targeted technical inputs to advance the development and implementation of long-term and innovative financing solutions for the elimination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).
Key Responsibilities
- Provide high-level strategic input on the development and operationalization of innovative financing approaches for PCB elimination, including PCB-related bond structures and blended finance solutions.
- Contribute to refining the strategic framing of the Strategy and identifying priority pathways for implementation and scale-up, including key enabling conditions, barriers, and opportunities for mobilizing long-term finance.
- Advise on the positioning and structuring of financing approaches and support the translation of the Strategy into actionable and bankable approaches to facilitate engagement with public and private sector partners.
- Provide strategic input to stakeholder engagement and policy dialogue with key partners, including governments, development finance institutions, and private sector actors, and support the identification and prioritization of partners and funding sources.
- Contribute to the preparation of strategic and technical materials to support donor engagement, resource mobilization, and partnership development.
- Provide inputs to presentations and documentation for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting (COP-13), and advise on the sequencing and coordination of engagement efforts to support effective rollout of the Strategy.
Required Experience
- A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in innovative finance, public finance, impact investing, or economics, preferably in the context of sustainable development, climate action, or environmental management, is required.
- Demonstrated expertise in the strategic design and application of financial instruments such as bond structures and blended finance schemes, including experience with risk-sharing approaches and capital structuring, is required.
- Proven experience in advising on or overseeing financing mechanisms for infrastructure or energy-related investments, ideally in connection with environmental and climate goals, is required.
- Familiarity with regulatory and fiscal tools to mobilize public and private capital for development and environmental outcomes is required.
- Extensive experience working with and leading international financial institutions (e.g. multilateral development banks), climate and environmental funds (e.g. GEF, GCF), or UN agencies is highly relevant and desired.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in the field of finance, economics, public policy, international development, environmental management, or a related field is required. A first level university degree in combination with two additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
