Advisor- Sustainable Finance

Job Description

Title: Advisor- Sustainable Finance

Company Name: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in banking, finance, economics, development studies or any other relevant subjects

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ For the team of our Improved Coordination of International Climate Finance, ICICF we seek applications from suitable candidates for the position of "Advisor- Sustainable Finance".
∎ Contract Duration till: December 31, 2020
∎ Band: 4T

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The position holder has the responsibilities amongst others for the following points:
∎ managing an area of responsibility that forms part of the programme objectives, team agreements and/or agreements with the superior
∎ assisting project/programme initiatives to provide professional advisory services to and cooperate with a broad range of target groups
∎ advise supervisor on all task when implementing GIZ rules and regulation
∎ advise supervisor in the field of project's planning, steering and monitoring
∎ Independently implement goals and requirements set by the line manager
∎ make decisions which have a short-term effect within a limited project area/ unit
∎ assist supervisor to identify day to day problem and suggest appropriate solution
∎ Tasks:
∎ Coordination / communication / participation:
∎ The position holder's task is to maintain a sufficient coordination with:
∎ Supervisor, regarding the implementation progress including technical and budgetary issues (without any delay if urgent actions or decisions are required)
∎ Other team colleagues, to allow an efficient implementation
∎ With the partner structures, to create ownership for the project and sustainable impacts
∎ With other projects in the cluster, to generate synergies within in the cluster and program
∎ with development partners who are active in the region and work on similar issues
∎ In addition, it is your task to participate in working groups on cluster lever and on country level.
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∎ Implementation:
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∎ The position holder has the following (technical) tasks:
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∎ Develop appropriate tools, methodologies and capacity development measures to achieve the objectives of the project and program with a specific focus of the technical responsibilities entrusted to you by the supervisor
∎ Maintain a time and budget bound operational plan for the entrusted technical responsibilities
∎ Manage an area of responsibility that forms part of the programme objectives, team agreements and/or agreements with the superior (including management of contracts with third parties and coordination with the partner)
∎ Assist project/programme initiatives to provide professional advisory services to and cooperate with a broad range of target groups
∎ Advise the supervisor in the field of project's planning, steering and monitoring
∎ Be aware of activities of other actors (government, civil society, donors and academy) in the region and sector
∎ Synthesize and report the progress in regard to the technical responsibilities for monitoring and reporting and feed it back into team meetings
∎ Support in-country initiatives of global and sectoral projects, set by the supervisor
∎ Independently implement goals and requirements set by the supervisor
∎ Knowledge products and extract learnings
∎ Maintain communication with GIZ structures county office, in the region and headquarters and sector networks
∎ Specific task: Advisor - Sustainable Finance
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∎ The position holder will be:
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∎ developing a sustainable finance strategy for Bangladesh Bank
∎ advising the integration of Sustainable Development Goals SDG and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) in green banking products/ guidelines for private sector
∎ developing innovative financial products for climate change projects
∎ supporting in capacity development measures for sustainable finance
∎ developing Climate change project proposal/ pipeline
∎ advising project partners on potential financiers for climate change project proposals including the process/ modality/ criteria to access funds from multilateral and bi-lateral climate funding windows
∎ preparing/ organizing awareness-building events/material/ etc. for private sector regarding potential financiers for climate change projects
∎ developing concept notes, Terms of Reference, position papers etc. as required
∎ preparing and coordinating trainings, workshops, events as required
∎ supporting/overseeing engagement of third-party service providers such as consultants, consulting firms etc.
∎ advise technical experts and officials on climate change project development
∎ developing press releases, articles etc to communicate outputs of the project
∎ Performing additional tasks assigned by the Principle Advisor

Additional Requirements:
∎ Professional experience:
∎ 5 years of professional working experience in banking institutions, development banks, international development organizations, professional consultancy agencies, etc in the area of green financing
∎ Strong knowledge of the international climate funds and their investment criteria will be an asset
∎ Knowledge of Climate finance instruments, green banking/ products would be a distinct advantage
∎ Experience with business case/ project proposal development and review will be an asset
∎ Proven experience in demand oriented and tailor-made capacity development and its practical implementation is highly desirable due to the nature and demand of the TC project.
∎ Other knowledge, additional competences:
∎ Ability to work well under pressure and must be a strong team player
∎ Must have good interpersonal and communication skills
∎ Fluency in English is essential
∎ Knowledge of German Language is an asset
∎ Ability to work in an intercultural environment

Application Deadline: January 4, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
∎ Business : As a service provider with worldwide operations in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH works together with its partners to develop effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions. GIZ is a public-benefit federal enterprise and supports the German Government as well as many public and private sector clients in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security.

Category: NGO/Development