Junior Experts: 1. Climate risk and 2. Green Financing

City/Country Location Details Addis Ababa/Ethiopia

Employment Status

Job Type Project EU

Project: Greening Financial Systems Technical Assistance Programme (GFS TA)

The European Investment Bank is the European Union climate bank. The EIB has set ambitious targets to exceed 50% of its lending activity by 2025 supporting climate action and environmental sustainability, with a €1 trillion investment leverage. This investment is aligned with the Paris Agreement and the sustainable finance principles, addressing climate-related financial risks but also harnessing opportunities related to a greener future. EIB also recognises the need to strengthen climate resilience in vulnerable regions across the world, working with financial institutions and regulators. The introduction of climate action in the financial sector is critical in accelerating and building resilience in the deployment of climate investment.

The Greening Financial Systems Technical Assistance Programme (GFS TA) is an EIB flagship initiative focused in supporting regulators and financial intermediaries in creating an enabling environment to catalyse funding and integrating climate risk in the investment process. The GFS TA Programme is structured into two vertical components, offering advisory and tailored support to amplify climate action to central banks, regulators, and financial intermediaries. Component 1 focuses in supporting central banks and financial supervisors in addressing climate risk and green financing. Component 2. Supporting financial institutions in scaling up green financing. A transversal component is aimed at improving green finance capacities, fostering knowledge sharing among FIs, central banks and regulators, as well as raising awareness. The GFS TA Programme is embedded in the EIB investment cycle, providing advisory and lending in ten focus countries in Africa and Eastern Europe.

The GFS TA Programme is funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) Fund whose first contributor is the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (“BMWK”). The Programme is implemented by the EIB, in close coordination with the NDC Partnership.

DAI is looking to recruit Junior Experts: 1. Climate risk and 2. Green Financing (Ethiopia sub-assignments) :

Expertise required

• At least 5 years of general professional experience, including 2 years of specific experience in the area(s) related to the Programme.

• A bachelor’s - preferably a master’s - degree in financial management, business administration, sciences, environmental economics, climate change, economics, and international relations. Other degrees are acceptable as long as they demonstrate a professional relationship with green financing and/or climate risk advisory support, respectively.

• Preferably 5 years, at least 3 years of experience, years of experience in serving the financial sector , with proven experience in climate and green finance, credit and market risk management , as well as environmental , social and governance (ESG) best practices .

• Experience with institutional and capacity building on climate finance, including climate finance mechanisms and/or climate risk reporting in IFIs.

• Experience in working on the main climate risk reporting frameworks (EIB, TCFD, IFRS, etc.) , as well as the specific methodologies used by international financial institutions (IFIs).

• Experience in working in bilateral/multilateral programmes; including practical knowledge of EU policies and relevant investment stakeholders in the field of climate change/finance.

• Strong presentation, facilitation and report-writing skills.

• Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines, including the ability to integrate feedback from team members and stakeholders.

• Language skills: Demonstrated excellent command of spoken and written English .

Deadline for submission of applications & CVs from interested candidates: continuous

If you are interested kindly submit a CV in English, indicating field (s) of expertise and experience.

CV’s considered relevant will be included in the existing pool of experts and pre-selected candidates will be contacted in the course of project implementation as the need arises.

Detailed ToR for implementation of short-term missions will be sent to the short-listed candidates.

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