Gef Project Preparation Grant (Ppg)Consultant – Ncc And Climate Nature Banking Initiative At United Nations Environment Programme (Unep)

Tasks:
Support the planning and executing the project preparation process and develop the full CEO Endorsement Request package for the global Nature for Cooling Challenge medium-sized GEF project (one-step), under the supervision and in close cooperation with of both the Cool Coalition Global Coordinator in the Cities Unit and the Task Manager for GEF mitigation projects in the Climate Change Mitigation Unit.
Support the planning and executing the project preparation process and develop the full CEO Endorsement Request package for the Climate-Nature Banking Initiative (one-step), under the supervision and in close cooperation with of both the UNEP FI and the Task Manager for GEF global mitigation projects in the Climate Change Mitigation Unit.

Qualifications/special skills
ACADEMIC - Advanced university degree in development, environment, management, business administration, economics, or a related discipline is required;
A first level degree with additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree;
Minimum of five (5) years of experience in developing, assessing, evaluating or managing projects in the field of climate change, renewable energy, environment or development is required.
Experience in drafting project proposals and assessing project documents, including concepts, progress reports, work plans, and financial documents (budgets and expenditure reports) is required;
Experience in working on global projects is required;
Experience in working with multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, renewable energy environment or development is desirable;
Experience working with GEF or UNEP projects is desirable;