Technical Advisor - Fiscal and Climate Policy

Overview

Provide specialized analytical, policy, and coordination support to a Ministry of Finance to strengthen the integration of climate considerations into fiscal and macroeconomic planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct a diagnostic phase to map existing methodologies, institutional processes, data availability, and tools.
• Deliver a diagnostic report identifying gaps, institutional needs, and priority areas.
• Develop a proposed phased approach for the development and application of decision-support tools.
• Develop a macroeconomic or fiscal assessment tool, with supporting documentation.
• Facilitate testing, calibration, and refinement of the tool through applied use cases.
• Prepare a technical and operational manual for the tool(s).
• Strengthen institutional capacity through targeted trainings, workshops, and guidance.
• Support policy development through analytical papers, policy briefs, and guidance notes.
• Support coordination between relevant institutions to ensure coherent implementation of fiscal and climate policies.
• Participate in technical working groups and inter-ministerial platforms.
• Provide ongoing technical inputs as required.
• Undertake periodic in-country missions to Montenegro, if required.

Required Experience

A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in one or more of the following areas: public financial management, fiscal policy (including design), macroeconomic analysis, modelling or planning, and/or climate-related economic analysis or modelling. This experience should preferably have been gained in ministries of finance, central banks, or multilateral institutions. Proven capacity to develop, apply, or guide the use of tools or models for decision-making, such as fiscal stress testing instruments, revenue/expenditure impact assessments, or macroeconomic scenario analysis related to climate risks. Demonstrated experience in providing technical and analytical support to government ministries (preferably Ministries of Finance, Economy, or Planning) in policy design, implementation, or capacity development related to climate-fiscal reforms or climate investment planning.

Qualifications

Master's degree preferably in economics, Applied Economics, Development Economics, Public Finance, Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics, Public Administration, or a closely related field. Bachelor’s degree in related discipline with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience (7 total) may be accepted instead of an advanced university degree. Specialized training or certification in macroeconomic modelling, fiscal risk analysis, climate finance, or public financial management.

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