Lead, Strengthening Green Growth and Climate Funds

PURPOSE

The position will ensure that GGP&I is effectively supported for establishing and strengthening national/regional green growth and climate funds including resource mobilization based on two streams of work 1) Leads Project Office in Budapest, Hungary to develop and implement Balkan Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Trust Fund and 2) Providing advice on fund design, establishment and operational work of selected number of GGGI countries.

ENGAGEMENT

• Manage the Project in Budapest Office;
• Supervise the overall functioning of the fund project design;
• Ensure staff members of the project, where involved, have clear objectives, goals, direction, guidance and appropriate tools to enable them to meet their responsibilities effectively and efficiently;
• Builds relationships with donors and national counterparts to promote GGGI membership;
• Provide advice to the Head of Programs on GGGI’s green growth and climate funds products and services related to the fund
• Facilitate knowledge sharing between countries in the Balkan region, as well as benefiting others in the GGGI country portfolio of best practices and success stories;
• Actively engage in drafting proposals as per partner’s requirements and as instructed by ADG/Heads of Programs;
• Facilitate the building of capacity both within the country teams and national counterparts;
• Advise on the assessment of rationale for fund establishments through analyzing the need, relevance, governance structure and financial viability;
• Advise on the architectural design, including formulation fund policies and procedures, including quality assurance mechanisms;
• Prepare in consultation with HoP of GGGI and country teams resource mobilization strategies;
• In consultation with Operations Enabling Division develop operational manuals including planning/budgeting/Monitoring and Evaluation Procedures;
• Advise on the establishment of technical secretariats for fund operationalization and management;

DELIVERY

• Lead the implementation of project delivery of the Balkan NDC Fund to ensure efficient and cost-effective implementation;
• Lead the day-to-day decision making of the Budapest office through coordination, including with the host government, quality assurance, advocacy and others as needed;
• Ensure maximum visibility of GGGI including establishing relationships and negotiating agreements under the guidance of HoP;
• Provide guidance and reviews of technical specifications of national green growth and climate fund project outputs and activities ensuring projects are delivered on time;
• Undertake project management tasks as entrusted by HoP;
• Guide, upon request, personnel and subcontractors engaged in delivering specific aspects of the climate funds work;
• Advise on the overall integration of the work into GGGI’s existing and planned activities (through Work Program and Budget and inter-divisional coordination);
• Advise on coordination between other relevant GGGI projects and programs, both in-country and those led by bilateral and multilateral partners;
• Develop relevant guidelines, policy briefs, lessons learned documents, communication materials, website updates, and other relevant publications related to national/regional climate funds work;
• Strengthen, where necessary, fund design and establishment, including capacity to manage where such funds already exist. 

REQUIREMENTS 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in international development, public policy, environmental studies, economics, law, engineering or other relevant field.
• Minimum of 12 years’ experience, including 5 years on designing and operationalizing national/regional funds.
• Proven capacity to strategic planning, resource mobilization/proposal preparation/writing, change management, process design, and outreach.
• Experience working in international organizations or other matrixed organization, including project management of complex donor funded projects;
• Demonstrate strong oral and written skills in English. Proficiency in French is strong asset. 

FUNCTIONAL 

• Proven strategic vision with strong technical and analytical capabilities
• Proven partnership building experience with internal and external stakeholders with a focus on impact and results;
• Demonstrated business development record and complex proposal preparation skills;
• Managerial skills, particularly in contributing to building an intelligent organization and in advising multi-cultural teams;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with counterparts at all levels

CORPORATE

GGGI needs a person who can combine knowledge and passion to the role: someone who has the grit and resilience to do this work. The successful candidate is a skillful adviser with an ability to diagnose challenges in an organization and a team, an innovator, an advocate, and a diplomatic change agent who understands the dynamics and tensions in this kind of diverse, global landscape. S/he should also possess:

• Experience of change management approaches, and strategic innovation
• Solid experience in negotiations, resource mobilization and managerial skills
• Proven ability to manage complexity, change, conflict, while advising on competence and effective team building.