At the UN climate change conference in Paris in December 2015, 196 countries adopted the Paris Agreement – the first ever, legally binding universal pact that sets out a global action plan for limiting global warming to “well below 2°C” starting from 2020. This Paris Agreement requires all Parties to put forward their best efforts in a form of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and to accelerate these efforts in the years ahead. This includes requirements that all countries report regularly on their emissions and on their implementation efforts.

Ghana is one of the countries, despite little historical contribution to today’s negative impact of climate change, who demonstrate commitment both nationally and globally to pursue coordinated actions to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on its citizenry and to create a low carbon emission development pathway. Ghana has been making best endeavours to finalise and present its ambitious NDCs soon on the basis of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) plan containing a set of 31 climate actions covering seven sectors with a budget of $22.6 billion for 10 year period starting from 2020.

For detailed information, please refer to Annex I- Terms of Reference (ToR) attached separately

The main objective of the assignment is to support the preparation and organisation of the Gh-NDC Investment Forum. 

For detailed information, please refer to Annex I- Terms of Reference (ToR) attached separately

• Master’s degree in a relevant field such as banking, economics, finance, business administration, social science, or related areas.

Work Experience:

• At least 7 years work experience in Banking and Finance;  
• Demonstrated profound understanding of financing in relation to Paris Agreement including Nationally Determined Contributions and Sustainable Development Goals;
• Certified Financial Analyst is an asset;
• Experience and/or familiarity with the work of UNDP and/or other multilateral, bilateral and civil society development partners;
• Excellent communication skills with analytical ability to express ideas clearly, concisely and effectively, both orally and in writing;
• Fluency in English;
• Demonstrated ability to work in an independent manner.

Language:         

• Fluency in written and spoken English;
• Capacity to communicate fluently with different stakeholders (civil society, government authorities, traditional authorities, local communities, project staff);
• Knowledge of UN official languages is an asset.

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent analytical and organizational skills;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with analytic capacity and demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information in high quality papers/reports and in effective presentations to different audiences;
• Skills in note taking and news gathering;
• Exercise the highest level of responsibility and can handle confidential and politically sensitive issues in a responsible and mature manner.

Core Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly without favouritism;
• Fulfils all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Important Note:

The Consultant is required to have the above mentioned professional and technical qualifications. Only the applicants who hold these qualifications will be shortlisted and contacted.

Interested offeror/Individual Consultant (IC) must submit the following documents before the deadline stipulated in the IC Procurement Notice. Such documents are:

• Technical Proposal as per the prescribed format (see template in Annex II), which includes Duly Signed Offeror’s Letter to UNDP Confirming Interest and Availability, Duly Signed Personal CV and Duly signed Personal History Form (P 11)
• Financial Proposal as per prescribed format (see template in Annex III)