Duties and Responsibilities

Prepare a mission report and validation workshop report summarizing the findings, recommendations and decisions taken during the workshop, and the participants' list.

Lead the discussion of co-finance contributions, validate the amount and nature of contributions, identify to which project Component(s) the contribution is allocated, complete the co-finance budget template and provide any inputs required to obtain signed co-finance commitment letters.

Prepare a final stakeholder consultation report. The GEF requires that a report is prepared and submitted on stakeholder holder consultations undertaken during the PPG.

Prepare a final and complete version of the CEO Endorsement Document and annexes for UNEP internal review and submission to GEF Secretariat.

Prepare the submission package of the CEO endorsement document and associated annexes to the UNEP Project Review Committee (PRC) and draft the responses to the Committee's reviews.

Prepare the submission package of the CEO endorsement document and associated annexes to the GEF secretariat and draft responses to Secretariat reviews, until final approval.

Inform UNEP on the status of work and highlight, in a timely manner, risks related to the quality of the information received and the fulfilment of the project's development schedule. Performance indicators: - Submission of the four (4) deliverables in accordance with deadlines noted in section 2.3. - Reports are considered high-quality, as determined by UNEP based on comparison with other CEO endorsement packages approved by the GEF.

Qualifications/special skills

Academic:

Advanced university degree in economics, environmental sciences, business, management, 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 two (2) years of experience in developing, assessing, evaluating or managing projects in the field of climate change mitigation, climate finance, sustainable/green finance, environment or development is required;

Experience in drafting project documents is required;

Experience working with GEF, or UNEP projects is desirable;

Experience in working for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of environment, climate finance, climate change, sustainable mobility, or development is desirable.

• Prepare a mission report and validation workshop report summarizing the findings, recommendations and decisions taken during the workshop, and the participants' list.
• Lead the discussion of co-finance contributions, validate the amount and nature of contributions, identify to which project Component(s) the contribution is allocated, complete the co-finance budget template and provide any inputs required to obtain signed co-finance commitment letters.
• Prepare a final stakeholder consultation report. The GEF requires that a report is prepared and submitted on stakeholder holder consultations undertaken during the PPG.
• Prepare a final and complete version of the CEO Endorsement Document and annexes for UNEP internal review and submission to GEF Secretariat.
• Prepare the submission package of the CEO endorsement document and associated annexes to the UNEP Project Review Committee (PRC) and draft the responses to the Committee's reviews.
• Prepare the submission package of the CEO endorsement document and associated annexes to the GEF secretariat and draft responses to Secretariat reviews, until final approval.
• Inform UNEP on the status of work and highlight, in a timely manner, risks related to the quality of the information received and the fulfilment of the project's development schedule.

• Experience in drafting project documents

• Advanced university degree in economics, environmental sciences, business, management, 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 two (2) years of experience in developing, assessing, evaluating or managing projects in the field of climate change mitigation, climate finance, sustainable/green finance, environment or development is required;
• Experience in drafting project documents is required;
• Experience working with GEF, or UNEP projects is desirable;
• Experience in working for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of environment, climate finance, climate change, sustainable mobility, or development is desirable.