Sustainable Finance Specialist (SFS)

Task description

The Sustainable Finance Specialist will work in close partnership with International Financial instrument consultant.

• Assist in the creation of 4 community of Practices: Farmer, Logistics, Ecological, Carbon & Biodiversity.

•Coordinate activities and tasks associated with output 3.2,

• Be responsible for and provide technical insights for developing the financial literacy tools under output 4.1.1 for SME agricultural sector (Farm CoP and Logistics CoP), including supporting in hiring company, NGO, consulting firm to finalize training materials and deliver main training events (activities 4.1.1.2 and 4.1.1.3)

• Ensure the delivery of training workshops in conjunction with component 1 (promoting and training financial literacy includes 4 workshops in years 1, 2 and 3; for SLM Planning training 3 workshops /year in years 2 and 3 ) in Component 2 (workshops for training project implementation groups, NGOs, etc in conservation agriculture, including academic institutions) , and 3 (workshops for govt and private sector for finance tools; workshops for financial literacy and capacity building ).

• Ensure ECP scoped projects are tagged for Impact investment. (UN SDG, IFC Biodiversity, sustainability and green etc..) , NDC considerations and support National Action Plans under UNCCD, UNFCCC, and UNCBD.

• Work with LCOP Program Coordinator utilizing the LCoP to identify, create business plans and fill in gaps in agriculture verticle value chain.

• Work with FCoP Program Coordinator utilizing the FCoP to develop business plans to scale up and enhance conservation agriculture. Align FCoP verticle business plans with LCoP

• Liase with senior Landscape Planning and Restoration Specialist with feasibility of potential carbon & biodiversity project (under 2.1.6).

• Develop all funding mechanism and financial instrument reports and associated workshops. This includes introduction, communication and visits with relavant stakeholders.

Take primary responsibility for “Angola Carbon & Biodiversity Credit Market, Roadmap to Readiness”.

Contribute to other reports and recommendationso “De-risking Investments in Nature Report”, inclusive of financial safeguards and governance issues.o Sustainable Bond, carbon & biodiversity credit, Conservation trust fund proposals and recommendations.

• Engage International Carbon specialist to conduct project scoping (and train Carbon & Biodiversity Credit CoP members for MRV).

• Coordinate with Legal Advisor expert on white paper and financial "readiness" review; primary liaison with MINFIN and Donors associated with potential financial funding opportunities. Assist in scoping projects and activities to fund.

• Assist in the recruitment of an international expert to conduct training for ECO CoP and Carbon & Biodiversity CoP; Coordinate the creation of capacity development tools for EcoCOP and Carbon & Biodiversity CoP, and other stakeholders as relevant and conduct feasibility study for carbon and/or biodiversity project (2.1.6)

• Organise and ensure peer to peer learning for Carbon & Biodiversity credit markets, and study tours.

• Lead a trip to CC CoP for meetings on Carbon and Biodiversity credit markets.

• Lead trip to Climate Bond Initiative annual meeting, green exchanges, ratings agencies, investments and select investors.