| Overview : To apply, kindly read the procurement notice, attach the following documents and submit through the following email: ic.jo@undp.org - CV with at least three references;
- Technical proposal (to showcase requested experience and competencies); and
- Financial proposal as in the attached template.
no later than 5 November 2020 wiith subject " Sustainable Investment and Investment Mapping Advisor". Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the above e-mail indicated above. UNDP will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants. SDG Impact is a UNDP flagship initiative focusing on generating and leveraging private sector capital in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Launched as a start-up in September 2018, SDG Impact aims to provide investors, businesses, and others with unified standards, tools, and services required to authenticate their contributions to achieving the SDGs and to identify SDG investment opportunities in emerging economies and developing countries. The initiative highlights experimentation, innovation and partnerships as it focuses on developing prototype products and services that will be tested, refined and brought to the market in a relatively short time frame. In July 2019 SDG Impact launched an innovative tool, the SDG Investor Map, that translates country-specific SDG-needs and policy priorities into actionable and data-backed investment opportunities. The findings from SDG Investor Maps are presented at Impact Facilitation events, where UNDP Country Offices lead investor convenings and policy dialogues to mobilize private sector capital for the most salient SDG-enabling business opportunities in a specific context. A cornerstone of this system will be a dynamic web platform: a user-friendly, dynamic online repository of quantitative and qualitative data and evidence, based on UN secondary data and several bilateral government and private sector stakeholders’ interviews, on SDG-aligned investment opportunities and regulatory and policy environments. The SDG Investor Map provide crucial market intelligence that helps public and private investors identify investment opportunities and business models that advance the SDGs. The SDG Investor Map methodology is based on secondary data research coupled with in-depth interviews with policy makers and investors to provide localized insight into sectors and market conditions. The data is analyzed to distill Investment Opportunity Areas and business models, backed by actionable research to guide investor decision-making. An SDG Investor Map process is followed by Impact Facilitation events to foster partnerships for investment. SDG Impact supports country offices in convening investor forums to foster investor connections and partnerships that are aligned with the SDGs, as well as public-private policy dialogues aimed at improving the environment for SDG-enabling investments. Jordan was one of the initial pilot countries for the SDG Investor Map. In addition to a series of investment opportunity areas, the map identified key policy reforms needed to improve the ecosystem for impact investment in SDG priority sectors. As part of a joint programme of the SDG Joint Fund1 UNDP Jordan is keen to follow-up with targeted policy dialogue in partnership with other ecosystem players. This dialogue can also inform the work in other country offices where the SDG investor mapping is being rolled out. After a successful pilot phase of the SDG Investor Map methodology in 2019-2020, 27 additional country offices across the 5 Regional Bureaus have manifested their intention to undertake SDG Investor Map projects and have requested SDG Impact’s technical support. Based on the learnings from the piloting phase of the SDG Investor Maps, SDG Impact has created a comprehensive package to support and build capacity in regional bureaus and country offices that will make it possible to scale to these new 27 countries and beyond. In this context there is a need for an international consultant dedicated to SDG Impact and specialized in implementing SDG Investor Maps. The consultant will provide the essential, hands-on daily support to SDG Investor Map country teams. The consultant will form part of the regional Finance Sector Hub/SDG Financing teams and will receive training, accompaniment and support from HQ as needed to build the region’s technical expertise. UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. All individuals including persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with strictest confidence and equally. Technical and financial proposals along with CV & 3 references should be submitted, and without such will not be considered). (Only Short Listed Candidates will be contacted) UNDP is an employer committed to gender equity and to providing equal opportunities to both males and females. | 
