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Advisor (m/f/d) in the Technical Support Unit of the Mitigation Action Facility Bookmark jobadShare jobad
Job-ID: V000059714 Location: Eschborn Assignment period: 01/01/2025 - 12/31/2025 Field: Climate Change, Environment Type of employment: full- or part-time Application deadline: 12/11/2024Job description
The Mitigation Action Facility â an agile, grant-based multi-donor fund â drives sectoral decarbonisation by providing technical support and climate finance for ambitious mitigation projects. It funds ambitious climate change mitigation projects to implement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and long-term strategies (LTS) that are central to meeting the Paris Agreement goals. The Facility primarily focuses on three priority sectors â energy, transport and industry. To shift the targeted sector towards a carbon-neutral development pathway, the Mitigation Action Facility selects innovative projects through a competitive process that can catalyse sector-wide transformational change.
The Technical Support Unit (TSU), under the leadership of GIZ, serves as the secretariat and portfolio manager and supports the Board in management of the Facility. This includes managing the overall project cycle of the Mitigation Action Facility, organising Calls for Projects, assessment of Project Concepts, Outlines and Proposals, carrying out monitoring, evaluation and learning activities as well as reporting to Donors.
Your tasks
Supervision of selected projects Advice on project design and implementation of selected mitigation projects in developing countries and emerging economies Evaluation of Concepts, Outlines and Project Proposals received in the course of annual Calls for Proposals of the Mitigation Action Facility Conception and implementation of innovative events for projects and potential applicants who prepare Concepts, Outlines and Project Proposals in the course of annual Calls for Proposals of the Mitigation Action Facility Preparation of position and knowledge products Conception, accompanying and processing of large-volume expert assignments and framework contractsYour profile
University degree in business administration or economics, engineering, industrial engineering; Environmental reference during study is an advantage Several years of relevant professional experience in the field of development cooperation with a focus on decarbonisation in the transport, energy or industry sector Experience in developing, implementing, or appraising financial instruments and mechanisms, preferably in the context of ODA-funded development projects Experience working with financial institutions, banks, the private sector In-depth knowledge of the international climate regime Strong written and oral communication skills, quick comprehension, self-organization, resilience, flexibility and team spirit Business fluent in written and spoken English is a must, French or Spanish are an assetNotes
This job is suited to a full or a part-time position.
The willingness for frequent business trips is required.
In order to fulfill the company's objectives, the willingness of employees for assignments at all GIZ locations in Germany and abroad is of high corporate interest.
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