Chief Climate Change & Green Growth Specialist at African Development Bank - AfDB

Duties and responsibilities
The Chief Climate Change and Green Growth Specialist will work under the general supervision and guidance of the Manager, Environment and Climate Change (ONEC.3). His/her core duties/responsibilities will include the following:

Policies, strategy, and frameworks

•     Assist in the mainstreaming of green growth in policies, strategies, frameworks, and action plans. Provide guidance on addressing green growth and climate change concerns in projects; and,
•     Provide input to operations teams on policies and strategies related to green growth and climate change.

Operational advice and support

•     Lead/contribute to upstream technical assistance to regional member countries on mainstreaming green growth into development planning; and,
•     Participate in country teams and provide green growth and climate change-related inputs for Country Strategy Papers (CSP’s).

Promotion of regional cooperation

•     Develop regional strategies and work on concepts leading to joint country or regional projects or activities; and,
•     Provide guidance and advice on co-financing opportunities.

Resource Mobilization

•     Contribute to the mobilization of resources by developing partnerships with existing sources of finance, international conventions, and donors; and,
•     Coordinate existing resources allocated to green growth work (e.g. Korean grant funding)

Knowledge sharing

•     Provide input on actions which can be taken to build awareness and capacity at the country level.
•     Coordinate with other divisions and departments on country level initiatives; and,
•     Support senior management and represent the Bank in relevant conferences/workshops Assist sector specialists in climate change mitigation and adaptation issues, particularly in the area of access to special climate change funds.

Staff Support

•     Provide leadership and support to multidisciplinary teams and ensure the overall quality of work;
•     Assist ONEC in strategically utilizing its innovative finance instruments for facilitating the transition to green growth; and,
•     Provide support to team and individuals on green growth and climate change and ensure their on-going learning and development.
•     Undertake any other task as the Director ONEC and/or Manager ONEC.3 may assign.

Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

•     At least a Master’s degree in disciplines related to environmental science, environmental economics, environmental management, climate change, climate finance or a comparable discipline;
•     Preferably a minimum of seven (7) years professional experience relevant to  addressing global environmental change issues within development contexts, such as thematic experience in the fields of  climate change, sustainable natural resource management, green growth; development and supervision of knowledge products, project development and management, policy formation, capacity building, finance instruments;
•     Proven written and analytical skills in guiding initiatives relevant to promoting green growth at the country level; ability to initiate innovative approaches and  originality at work; sound analytic, conceptual and strategic thinking;
•     Excellent technical and analytical skills and established track record of excellence in operational and policy work on operations related to climate change and green growth;
•     Knowledge of the current climate change and green growth issues and initiatives;
•     Experience working on operations in the private sector and the public sector;
•     Proven ability for team-working and multi-tasking; great facilitation, communication and computational skills; resourcefulness, attention to details and client orientation; and,
•     Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues;
•     Flexibility to undertake field missions to Regional Member Countries; and,
•     Competence in (or ability/willingness to become quickly familiar with) the use of various tools available and applied by the Bank such as SAP, and, fluency in standard MS office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point).