| Overview : SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED WORK Working on a daily basis with the Programme Analyst, in collaboration with UNCFD´s Blue Bridge Team and with overall reporting to the Deputy Head of the GFCR Grant Fund, the Investment Specialist will perform the following tasks: - Engages with GFCR Convening Agents, Blue Bridge, the GFCR Investment Fund, to assess capacity gaps and develop strategic solutions through the design of a pipeline of reef-positive businesses that adhere to the GFCR Investment Principles to ensure delivery of coral reef positive impacts, outcomes of the Theory of Change, adherence to social and environmental safeguards, equal opportunity across gender and indigenous groups, and mitigate risk.
- Conducts reviews of the investment case in the programme proposals (and concept notes as needed).
- Conducts assessments of technical assistance needs for individual projects and identifies gaps in expertise or geographic coverage to provide technical assistance. Provides recommendations on how those gaps can be addressed through technical assistance providers.
- Assesses the pipeline of solutions of the Investment Fund to identify impact, safeguard, risks deficiencies and provide recommendation on increasing efficiencies and connectivity with other solutions, sources of financing, and communities. This includes recommendations on the configuration and roles of Technical Assistance Facilities (TAFs);
- As needed, conducts field missions to assess needs, identify gaps and provide recommendations for the GFCR pipeline to adhere to the GFCR Investment Principles, safeguards, gender policy, Theory of Change, etc.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Academic Qualifications: - Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in finance, sustainable development, business development, and/or other relevant field or Bachelor’s degree with additional two (2) years of experience in lieu of Master’s Degree.
Experience: - Minimum ten (10) years working in impact-driven business development, private equity, financial structuring or investments in diverse geographies including LDCs or SIDs;
- At least two (2) years working in the development context of coral reef countries;
- Minimum five (5) years in advising or deploying technical assistance to businesses to achieve impact objectives;
- At least four (4) years’ experience in the field of blended finance;
- Experience with the Blue Economy and blended finance approach is preferred.
Languages: - Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Working knowledge of another UN language (French and/or Spanish) is considered an asset.
APPLICATION PROCESS AND EVALUATION Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications. Please group them into one (1) single PDF document as the application only allows to upload maximum one document: - Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability
- Personal CV or P11 indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and the names of at least three (3) professional references (e-mail addresses, telephone numbers);
- A brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment.
- Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price including professional fees and other professional expenses, such as insurance, taxes, etc.), supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided. Available at http://procurement- notices.undp.org/view_file.cfm?doc_id=29916). Travel to Freeport, Bahamas (5 days), Bali, Indonesia (7 days) and Geneva, Switzerland (5 days) in economy class must be included in the proposal; If an Offeror is employed by an organization/company/institution, and he/she expects his/her employer to charge a management fee in the process of releasing him/her to UNDP under Reimbursable Loan Agreement (RLA), the Offeror must indicate at this point, and ensure that all such costs are duly incorporated in the financial proposal submitted to UNDP. Failure to submit all the below mentioned documents may result in rejection of the application. For more information, please refer to UNDP Jobs page as follows: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=111782 |
