Senior Officer - Fund and Business Development, Sri Lanka

PURPOSE

Purpose of this position is to support the project team to establish comprehensive adaptation finance and resource mobilization approach to enable scaling up of adaptation finance by:

• Carrying out an assessment of the financial needs for long-term adaptation planning with recommendation on restructuring the existing funding process for an effective channeling of funds across sectors according to adaption priorities.
• Supporting the establishment of a National Adaptation Fund including assessment of current policy and legal provisions and requirements to setup a fund, governance structure and operational modalities.
• Development of mechanism for alignment of national and international funding to support climate change adaptation interventions including strategy for national climate change adaptation research fund, a window within existing research funds.
• Engagement of private sector for adaptation actions including assessing options such blended finance approaches and/or service markets that accelerate the uptake of climate-smart technologies.

ENGAGEMENT

• Advise Country Team and NAP TL with evidence and data driven substantive inputs and analyses on program activity development, implementation and assessment
• Collaborate with other country teams, units and divisions of GGGI on identified joint  activity opportunities to ensure integrated delivery as “One GGGI”
• Maintain active professional relations with government of Sri Lanka and other key stakeholders to capture and integrate their changing green growth needs and manage “client” expectations.
• Promote green growth and the GGGI methodology with the GCF and other donor community and stakeholders.
• Advise GGGI on opportunities for engagement in the national context, demonstrating effective adaptation of the GGGI approach

DELIVERY

• Develop 9 provincial level adaptation concept proposals for GCF investment.
• Prepare an updated assessment report on financing requirement (for the current NAP proposed adaptation actions), and possible sources.
• Develop annual updated list of potential sources of finance for adaptation priority actions.
• Prepare an assessment report on current policy and legal provision to setup a National Adaptation Fund.
• Develop proposal for establishing a National Adaptation Fund.
• Develop an inventory of funding resources including list of possible avenues to learn, build capacity and align adaptation planning and implementation.
• Facilitate discussion with private sector organizations and identify possible areas of collaboration. Three to five sectors will be identified based on vulnerability of sectors and high relevance of the sector to the private sector.
• Based on the dialogue and engagement with the private sector, support engagement by assessing blended finance approaches and/or service markets that accelerate the uptake of climate-smart technologies.
• Organize target meeting with interested private sectors on possible alignment and allocation of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund to support climate change adaptation projects; and develop and agreed list of private sector support for adaptation interventions in Sri Lanka.

REQUIREMENTS 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in environmental/climate change policy, environment finance; natural resource management, Economics, development studies, public administration, or other closely related field.
• Preferably 7 years of work experience in climate change policy, environment and/or finance, with least 3 years of experience in climate finance
• Good and demonstrated understanding and experience with the Government of Sri Lanka's commitments to the Climate Change Agenda, Nationally Determined Commitments (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). Awareness of public funding allocation to the different relevant sectors is an advantage.
• Good familiarity, networking and working relationships with different donors and other partner organizations
• Demonstrated ability to review and synthesize information and produce appropriate documents, with a strong analytical background, coupled with exceptional strategic thinking skills
• Good understanding of global climate change negotiations and multilateral climate funds, different options for climate change mitigation and adaptation with deep knowledge of different GCF funding options.
• Demonstrated experience in multi stakeholder Government of Sri Lanka planning frameworks
• Demonstrated project management and evaluation experience in Sri Lanka;
• Good English communication (speaking, writing and presentation) skills, including publication of written material and ability to produce high-quality visual aids; and excellent local language skills

FUNCTIONAL

• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage publicly funded development assistance projects and lead a diverse NAP
• team of staff, consultants and service providers
• Ability to interact and form relationships with high-level government officials and partners
• Resourceful and able to develop and operationalize strategies to achieve outputs and outcomes

CORPORATE

• Understands and actively supports GGGI’s mission, vision and values
• Promotes an organizational culture of trust, transparency, respect and partnership
• Processes and shares information easily and is excellent at problem solving
• Manages emotions and stress positively, builds rapport and resolves conflict easily

This position is open to Sri Lanka nationals only. The successful applicant would ideally take up the position as soon as possible, with a contract duration of 29 months.

Child protection – GGGI is committed to child protection, irrespective of whether any specific area of work involves direct contact with children. GGGI’s Child Protection Policy is written in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.