GEF Latin America & Caribbean Project Specialist

Qualifications/Special Skills

• Advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: project management, engineering, law, business administration, environment, economics, development, finance, communication or a related discipline is required;
  
• A first level degree with additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree;
  
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in managing projects related to climate change, environment or development.
  
• Experience in working with national governments of Latin America and the Caribbean Experience in reviewing project documents, progress reports, workplans, and financial documents (budgets and expenditure reports) is desirable;
  
• Experience working with GEF, GCF, CDM or UNEP projects is desirable.
  
• Experience in working for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, environment or development is a desirable
  

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, fluency in oral and written English and Spanish is required.
  

Qualifications/Special Skills

• Advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: project management, engineering, law, business administration, environment, economics, development, finance, communication or a related discipline is required;
  
• A first level degree with additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree;
  
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in managing projects related to climate change, environment or development.
  
• Experience in working with national governments of Latin America and the Caribbean Experience in reviewing project documents, progress reports, workplans, and financial documents (budgets and expenditure reports) is desirable;
  
• Experience working with GEF, GCF, CDM or UNEP projects is desirable.
  
• Experience in working for multilateral or bilateral funding entities in the field of climate change, environment or development is a desirable
  

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, fluency in oral and written English and Spanish is required.
  

The consultant will undertake the following duties:

• Project management of projects under development
  
• Provide technical input to projects under development;
  
• Revise project implementation plans and ensure development steps are followed;
  
• Revise the project development timeline and provide inputs to ensure project development occurs on time;
  
• Provide inputs to stakeholder consultation processes in the development of the projects;
  
• Develop a GEF-8 project development coordination tool and share with the Task Manager;
  
• Prepare the UNEP safeguards identification form;
  
• Prepare the checklist for UNEP’s quality evaluation committee;
  
• Develop flowcharts for the development, review and approval of technical and financial documents.