Green Climate Fund
Reporting Lines The Specialist will work under the supervision of the Senior Natural Resources Officer, in close collaboration with the respective FAO Representation in the relevant country of assignment, as well as the relevant FAO Regional Office.
Technical Focus For GCF Project Design Specialists, identification and design of FAO-GCF projects and programmes (Project Ideas, Concept Notes, Funding Proposals, and/or Readiness programme).
It includes research, technical analysis, supporting negotiations on implementation arrangements / co-finance, and other project related services to support the formulation of projects and programmes.
For Accreditation Specialists, provision of technical assistance to national/regional entities for GCF accreditation process.
It includes capacity assessment, policy/ strategic analysis, and technical and quality assurance support related to fiduciary standards and financial management.
Tasks and responsibilities For GCF Project Design Specialist: • Lead the formulation of GCF proposal packages, ensuring technical quality and alignment with GCF investment criteria and other requirements.
• Develop the GCF project's Theory of Change and logframe with specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound indicators in alignment with the GCF's Integrated Result Management Framework.
• Outline the content of feasibility study document and lead/ oversee all project feasibility work, ensuring all necessary elements are adequately covered in alignment with GCF requirements.
• Provide technical expertise and project design guidance to project proponents in the identification and development of climate investment project proposals that address country priorities and further FAO and GCF strategic objectives,
aligned to programme priorities and operational policies and procedures.
• Support and advise the Decentralized Offices on drafting and finalizing appropriate and clear project execution / implementation arrangements.
• Engage in consultations with stakeholders (national ministries and departments, development partners, private sector) to identify co-financing sources, and propose partnerships (including other IAEs and DAEs).
• Ensure quality control of the GCF Concept Notes and Funding Proposals in line with GCF requirements and FAO's operational policies and procedures.
• Coordinate the proposal development team including FAO staff, consultants and partners, ensuring robust outputs, smooth communication, and adherence to the agreed timeline.
• Oversee the development of other GCF annexes in close coordination and collaboration with other consultants.
• Oversee the design and finalization of the project budget, in close coordination with the Economist/Operations Officer on the project design team, and ensure its "implementability".
• Ensure that Environmental and Social Safeguards assessment informs the project design, including the selection and prioritization of mandatory and critical mitigation measures in close coordination with the ESS experts.
• Ensure cohesion, consistency, avoidance of duplication of information, and integration across the Funding Proposal package.
• Ensure proposed interventions are well coordinated with other FAO and non-FAO projects in the region/countries and ensure that the proposed interventions build on FAO comparative advantage, successful practices, and lessons learnt.
• Address comments from FAO internal reviewers, the GCF Secretariat and independent Technical Advisory Panel (iTAP).
• Participate in, and/or lead the design and delivery of capacity development activities to FAO technical staff in headquarters and Decentralized Offices on the strategies, priorities and procedures, trends and issues related to the GCF.
• Perform other related duties as required.
For Accreditation Specialist (the combination of tasks will vary by country context on direct access): • Support the framing of accreditation objectives/goals and identification of criteria for the selection and nomination of potential DAEs, in discussion with the NDA and in line with country's climate action priorities as defined in its GCF Country Programme, NDCs, NAPs, LTSs, etc.
• Organize and engage in stakeholder consultation/validation workshops to gather inputs on accreditation objectives and criteria.
• Support the assessment of potential candidate entities, in line with the accreditation criteria, to develop a shortlist of candidate DAEs.
• Elaborate gap assessments against GCF accreditation requirements for national/regional entities.
• Develop a GCF Accreditation Action Plan, providing strategic and sequenced guidance to address identified gaps across fiduciary standards, environmental and social safeguards, gender, and institutional capacity, in line with GCF accreditation requirements.
• Review, compile, and organize all evidence, supporting documents, and related mate
Technical Focus For GCF Project Design Specialists, identification and design of FAO-GCF projects and programmes (Project Ideas, Concept Notes, Funding Proposals, and/or Readiness programme).
It includes research, technical analysis, supporting negotiations on implementation arrangements / co-finance, and other project related services to support the formulation of projects and programmes.
For Accreditation Specialists, provision of technical assistance to national/regional entities for GCF accreditation process.
It includes capacity assessment, policy/ strategic analysis, and technical and quality assurance support related to fiduciary standards and financial management.
Tasks and responsibilities For GCF Project Design Specialist: • Lead the formulation of GCF proposal packages, ensuring technical quality and alignment with GCF investment criteria and other requirements.
• Develop the GCF project's Theory of Change and logframe with specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound indicators in alignment with the GCF's Integrated Result Management Framework.
• Outline the content of feasibility study document and lead/ oversee all project feasibility work, ensuring all necessary elements are adequately covered in alignment with GCF requirements.
• Provide technical expertise and project design guidance to project proponents in the identification and development of climate investment project proposals that address country priorities and further FAO and GCF strategic objectives,
aligned to programme priorities and operational policies and procedures.
• Support and advise the Decentralized Offices on drafting and finalizing appropriate and clear project execution / implementation arrangements.
• Engage in consultations with stakeholders (national ministries and departments, development partners, private sector) to identify co-financing sources, and propose partnerships (including other IAEs and DAEs).
• Ensure quality control of the GCF Concept Notes and Funding Proposals in line with GCF requirements and FAO's operational policies and procedures.
• Coordinate the proposal development team including FAO staff, consultants and partners, ensuring robust outputs, smooth communication, and adherence to the agreed timeline.
• Oversee the development of other GCF annexes in close coordination and collaboration with other consultants.
• Oversee the design and finalization of the project budget, in close coordination with the Economist/Operations Officer on the project design team, and ensure its "implementability".
• Ensure that Environmental and Social Safeguards assessment informs the project design, including the selection and prioritization of mandatory and critical mitigation measures in close coordination with the ESS experts.
• Ensure cohesion, consistency, avoidance of duplication of information, and integration across the Funding Proposal package.
• Ensure proposed interventions are well coordinated with other FAO and non-FAO projects in the region/countries and ensure that the proposed interventions build on FAO comparative advantage, successful practices, and lessons learnt.
• Address comments from FAO internal reviewers, the GCF Secretariat and independent Technical Advisory Panel (iTAP).
• Participate in, and/or lead the design and delivery of capacity development activities to FAO technical staff in headquarters and Decentralized Offices on the strategies, priorities and procedures, trends and issues related to the GCF.
• Perform other related duties as required.
For Accreditation Specialist (the combination of tasks will vary by country context on direct access): • Support the framing of accreditation objectives/goals and identification of criteria for the selection and nomination of potential DAEs, in discussion with the NDA and in line with country's climate action priorities as defined in its GCF Country Programme, NDCs, NAPs, LTSs, etc.
• Organize and engage in stakeholder consultation/validation workshops to gather inputs on accreditation objectives and criteria.
• Support the assessment of potential candidate entities, in line with the accreditation criteria, to develop a shortlist of candidate DAEs.
• Elaborate gap assessments against GCF accreditation requirements for national/regional entities.
• Develop a GCF Accreditation Action Plan, providing strategic and sequenced guidance to address identified gaps across fiduciary standards, environmental and social safeguards, gender, and institutional capacity, in line with GCF accreditation requirements.
• Review, compile, and organize all evidence, supporting documents, and related mate