Environmental Finance Specialist

4 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa The World Bank Full time

We are seeking an Environmental Finance Specialist to join our team in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in climate change mitigation and adaptation, sustainable finance, and project management.

Job Description

The Environmental Finance Specialist will be responsible for supporting the development of climate finance projects across the Africa region, enhancing their impact and development outcomes, and ensuring compliance with corporate guidelines on climate finance and Paris Alignment.

This role will involve working closely with Investment, Upstream & Advisory, and regional teams to support business objectives, reporting to the MAS Africa Upstream & Advisory Manager, and collaborating with the MAS Africa Regional Climate Lead.

Duties and Accountabilities:
  • Identification and assessment of Climate Finance investment opportunities with existing and potential private sector clients.
  • Leading and supporting the implementation of upstream and advisory engagements aimed at identifying, enabling, and de-risking climate investment opportunities.
  • Supporting business development for climate finance opportunities, including writing concept notes, preparing budgets, brief presentations, or other materials.
  • Providing guidance to transaction teams on the climate-related impact and Paris alignment of transactions, including recommendations on optimal structuring of investment transactions.
  • Maintaining data on client engagements to track identified pipeline projects, completed transactions, status of climate and Paris alignment assessments, as well as climate-related upstream and advisory engagements.
  • Contribute to IFC internal portfolio reporting and quality control activities on climate business results and Paris alignment.
  • Contribute to internal and external communications materials on specific climate-linked transactions, climate business results, trends, and opportunities.
Selection Criteria

To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate should possess:

  • A Master's degree or equivalent professional qualification in Business, Finance, Economics, Environmental science/Policy, or another relevant field.
  • Qualifications in engineering, project management, or environmental, social, and governance (ESG) will be an advantage.
  • Over 8 years of experience working on climate change mitigation and adaptation and/or sustainable finance.
  • A proven track record of climate finance project development and/or origination and structuring climate finance transactions, including managing teams and workflows.
  • Solid understanding of the global context climate mitigation and adaptation, climate and environmental finance, prevalent methodologies, framework, and principles for project development and assessment.
  • A good understanding of the climate-related trends and opportunities in Africa and key regional markets.
  • Technical expertise in any of the following areas: Sustainable finance instruments; Climate-smart agriculture and food value chains (including climate resilience and adaptation); Carbon markets; Renewable energy; Deep industrial decarbonization technologies (such as carbon capture, green hydrogen).
  • Experience in project and program management, including executing implementation plans with defined business development milestones.
  • Ability to engage with private sector clients, local and national governments, and other stakeholders to encourage pioneering business and market development.
  • Proven track record in nurturing client relationships, resolving challenging issues, and ability to deal sensitively in multi-cultural environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver results under tight timetables; strong organizational, administrative, project, and task management skills.
  • A genuine commitment to development and to the World Bank Group and IFC's mission, strategy, and values.
  • Outstanding analytical and critical thinking skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills in English.

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