Regional Readiness Consultant - Latin America Region

The Regional Readiness Consultant for the Latin America Region will support National Designated Authorities and Direct Accredited Entities in identifying readiness needs and developing quality readiness proposals to access GCF resources. The role involves remote work with potential travel to countries as needed, contributing to climate finance readiness and capacity building in developing countries.

Responsibilities

• Familiarize with the Readiness Strategy 2024–2027, including guidance, templates, standard operating procedures, quality assurance criteria, proposal development requirements, and engagement processes.
• Assist NDAs and DAEs in identifying readiness needs, capacity gaps, and priority areas for support aligned with country priorities and GCF objectives.
• Support co-development of Readiness proposals for direct access and TORs for pre-qualified delivery partners, including supporting documentation.
• Review draft Readiness proposals to ensure strategic coherence, technical quality, and alignment with GCF guidance and policies.
• Provide technical guidance to NDAs, DAEs, and delivery partners in co-designing proposals and addressing Secretariat review comments.
• Engage and coordinate with DINVS throughout the proposal development and review process.
• Contribute to regional Readiness pipeline development by identifying common proposal quality issues and emerging readiness needs.
• Support in-country missions, regional dialogues, workshops, and events to provide technical assistance and strengthen country capacity.
• Perform related tasks relating to departmental and regional team initiatives and activities.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in public administration/policy, economics, environmental science or studies, development studies, climate finance, climate science, climate policy, law, renewable energy, engineering, or related fields.
• Minimum of seven years practical experience.
• At least five years of experience in climate change-related planning or developing climate-finance projects in international/developing countries is highly desirable.
• Experience in project development including project design, formulation, analysis, review, delivery of technical assistance, and monitoring and evaluation for a diverse portfolio of activities.
• Operational experience in providing specialized climate change-related technical assistance to government officials and/or government organizations in developing country contexts.
• Experience with civil society and private organizations is an added advantage.
• Experience in readiness related climate change programming is desirable.
• Experience working with countries in Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries in the Latin American region.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is essential; knowledge of other UN languages is an advantage.

Skills

• Climate Finance Project Development
• Climate Change Planning
• Project Design
• Project Formulation
• Project Analysis
• Technical Assistance Delivery
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Climate Change Technical Assistance
• Readiness Programming
• Capacity Building
• Working with Small Island Developing States
• Working with Least Developed Countries
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Civil Society Engagement
• Private Sector Engagement
• Climate Policy Development
• Environmental Sciences
• Public Administration
• Renewable Energy
• Climate Science

Languages

English, Spanish