Junior Consultant – Fiscal Policy

Overview

The consultant will contribute to implementing the ‘Net-Zero Nature-Positive Accelerator Global Platform’ project and may support the IKI-FAST project, focusing on catalyzing finance, triggering investment, promoting policy coherence, and diffusing experiences related to net-zero nature-positive economies and biodiversity protection.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with day-to-day coordination between country projects, implementing partners and the project team.
• Lead the design, deployment, and synthesis of the annual country needs assessment.
• Prepare country-level analysis, presentations, and minutes for the programme's annual Steering Committee meeting and core team meetings.
• Coordinate quarterly check-ins and coordination calls with country projects, producing minutes, presentations, and disseminated updates.
• Contribute country-level narrative, financial, and indicator updates to the programme's half-yearly and annual reporting.
• Prepare a briefing note for the IKI Global Launch event, while contributing to the summary report.
• Consolidate inputs from the four partner countries to draft the annual monitoring report.
• Produce and build on partnership concept notes for implementing partners.

Required Experience

A minimum of two years of project/program management experience in climate change, biodiversity, green fiscal policy, and/or macro-economic policy is required. Proven experience supporting the organization, facilitation, and follow-up of international workshops, webinars, or conferences related to public finance and/or sustainable development is required. Experience with major multilateral and bilateral environmental funds, such as the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the International Climate Initiative (IKI) is strongly desired. Proven experience supporting engagement with governments, particularly Ministries of Finance, on climate, nature and/or fiscal policy-related initiatives is strongly desired. Experience in country-office setting is preferred. Prior experience working within the United Nations system, particularly at UNEP, on fiscal policy is a strong advantage. In particular, experience with contracting and coordination with implementing partners is strongly desired.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in business administration, economics, environmental policy, international development, international relations, public policy, law, or closely related fields is required. A multi-disciplinary profile is strongly desired.

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