UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) – Sustainable Finance Advisor for Costa Rica

The purpose of this consultancy is to perform the role of support for the project coordination of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness project “Aligning financial flows of the financial sector in Costa Rica with the Paris agreement climate change goals ” whose main objective is to provide the guiding structure for the financial sector to: (1) mobilize private capital flows towards a low-emission and climate-resilient economy and; (2) strengthen the resilience of the financial system to climate-related financial risks. A Project Coordination Unit (PCU) will be responsible for the management of the project’s day‑to‑day activities, including providing the necessary strategic guidance and technical expertise to the startup, implementation and closure of the project. The PCU’s objective will be to manage, coordinate, and follow up the activities established under the approved proposal. The PCU will consist of a Project Coordinator, and a Sustainable finance specialist Consultant, both consultants. The Sustainable finance specialist Consultant will work in close coordination with the Project Coordination, and other internal partners (technical teams of other areas of UNEP FI involved in the execution of the project). The PCU will build a smooth relationship with members of the Financial Advisory Group (BCCR, SUGEF, SUGESE, SUPEN, SUGEVAL, and private financial sector associations) and of the workstreams, working groups, and technical roundtables created under this with whom must work in close coordination and articulation; hence, acting as a coordination focal point for the FAG’s workstreams and working groups.