The National Finance Consultant will be responsible for the following:
Conducting a biodiversity expenditure review, which
assesses spending related to biodiversity across all sectors (e.g., energy,
transport, infrastructure, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, extractive
industries).
Reviewing biodiversity-harmful subsidies and analyze
existing finance mechanisms, including why they are not working, and identify
key constraints and obstacles.
Generating costing projections of new and updated
KMGBF activities, calculate national financing gaps.
Developing a nature and biodiversity protection
finance plan, taking into consideration domestic resource mobilization and
additional projections to fill the finance gap, including a clear monitoring
system for reporting on finance.
Drafting the relevant chapters of the updated NBSAP.
Providing inputs to the updated NBSAP summary 1) for policy makers and 2) for
public dissemination. The National Finance Consultant will work in
collaboration with the other consultants engaged under (Name of Country)’s
Early Action Support project.
Qualifications/special skills
An advanced academic degree (Master’s degree) in
finance, economy, management, sustainable development, nature protection,
environmental accounting, or a similar field is required.
For the position advertised, 10 years’ work
experience in the field of cross-sectoral financial analysis is highly
desirable.
Familiarity with environmental financing is required.
Experience in working in a diverse project team is
desirable. Working experience in or with governmental institutions is
desirable.
Deadline : Jul
17, 2024
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