UNDP Is Hiring A Sustainable Finance Advisor Home Based, With Possible Travel 2024 Apply Online

Background

The Regional Bureau for Arab States (RBAS) serves as the headquarters for UNDP regional programme and country programmes in 17 countries in the region. The Bureau proactively engages with internal units and external partners/stakeholders such as the UN Secretariat, the Permanent Missions, donors and the Executive Board, to discuss and facilitate the work of UNDP in the region.

UNDP Is Hiring A Sustainable Finance Advisor Home Based, With Possible Travel 2024 Apply Online

Economy, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Finance

RBAS supports partners in the region to develop integrated, transformative and scalable solutions to tackle the interconnected challenges of economic diversification and transformation, private sector development, poverty, vulnerability, inequality and exclusion, in ways that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. The team assists in enhancing prospects for inclusive growth, jobs and livelihoods at national and local levels, including through economic recovery and resilience-building in crisis and post crisis contexts, focusing on economically empowering women and youth, and advancing economic opportunities for the most vulnerable. 

Private Sector Partnership

The team advises on partnerships and fund raising from governments, private entities, development banks, and foundations to deliver on the vision and outcomes in UNDP’s Strategic Plan and promote sustainable development. It provides partner intelligence and analysis on alignment between donor development mandates and UNDP priority thematic areas of work and facilitates partnership agreements. The team advises Country Offices and the Regional Programme on their Partnership and Communication Strategies and Action Plans.

The Green Financing Platform (GFP) for Arab States:

UNDP RBAS is launching the Arab States Green Financing Platform (GFP) to mobilize green public and private financing for natural resources-enhancing and climate change-responsive projects. The Platform will build on UNDP’s Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs) and SDG Investors Maps to leverage public finance and attract private investment using innovative financing and blended finance instruments in order to support green private investment, public finance, and public-private partnership (PPP). 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide support to RBAS in the finalization of the concept notes on the Arab Green Finance Platform and the Green SME Finance Initiative and help integrate the two initiatives in the finalization of their offer and their launch including the following:
  • Conduct a regional market demand and a needs assessment to address key areas of interventions, in close collaboration with the regional environment team, as well as learn about and address the specific challenges and opportunities for green financing in Arab countries and identify gaps and areas where the GFP can make a significant impact; 
  • Oversee a thorough regional stakeholder analysis (including relevant investors, lenders, contractors, operators, regulators, government, etc.) to identify and define key players, their interests, and potential contributions to the GFP objectives;
  • Conduct a thorough market intelligence analysis to identify potential green investment opportunities and analyze potential incentives for financial institutions to increase lending to green projects;
  • Identify the macroeconomic, financing, and programmatic risks to be reflected in the GFP risk mgmt matrix and quantify their potential financial impact and propose options to mitigate these;
  • Lead on the design of solutions and services to be provided by the GFP as well as its operationalization, including legal, management and governance options, of the GFP and suggest the way forward based on the latest discussions with key partners and stakeholders;

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Competencies

Core

Required Skills and Experience

Min. Education requirements

Advanced university degree (masters degree or equivalent) in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Development Economics, or related discipline is required. Or A first university degree (bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the above mentioned fields of study, with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu if advanced university degree

Min. years of relevant work experience

1. A minimum of 10 years (with master’s degree) or 12 years with (bachelor’s degree) of professional experience in : Banking, capital markets, and green private financig;

2. Financial modelling;

3. Designing and implementing green finance products and solutions, including preparation of bankable project pipelines (including origination, processing, execution), blended finance, project financing, financial structuring, PSP/PPP and in providing relevant advisory services;

4. Outreach for major initiatives or institutions involving multi-stakeholder engagement, intergovernmental negotiations;

5. Engaging with IFIs and DFIs;

6. Inclusive growth, sustainable development, sustainable finance and project management issues;

7. Conducting policy and regulatory analysis; 

8. Working with government representatives, ministries, national policy bodies.

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Required skills

• Demonstrated strong technical knowledge in green finance, banking, equity investment, blended finance, project finance, financial modeling and structuring, pipeline preparation, PSP/PPP.
• Excellent communication, teamwork and leadership skills.

Required Language(s) 

Fluency in English is essential. Knowledge of Arabic or French is an advantage. 

Professional Certificates

CPA certificate is an advantage.

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