Regional Readiness Consultant - Latin America Region

Introduction The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest dedicated multilateral climate fund serving as the climate finance partner of choice for developing countries. We invest in impactful, innovative, catalytic programs and projects that deliver real climate solutions where they are needed most. Our impact, a decade of transformation as we mark 10 years of climate action, GCF's achievements demonstrate our commitment to global climate finance. Since approving our first project in Peru’s Amazon basin in November 2015, we have grown to a USD 19+ billion portfolio spanning over 330 projects across more than 130 developing countries This decade of progress has taught us what it takes to support countries in building climate resilience and driving sustainable development. GCF has now embarked on an ambitious transformation agenda to make climate finance more responsive to country needs, faster to access, and more impactful at scale. Our ambition is to grow to become at least a USD 50 billion fund by 2030. Rooted in the core objectives of impact and efficiency, access and a focus on the most vulnerable, and mobilizing a much higher scale of public and private sector financial flows for climate action we have an unparalleled scale of resources, which, together with our risk appetite and flexibility allows us to bring together different partners and stakeholders in innovative partnerships for profound impact. The Fund seeks to recruit a Regional Readiness Consultant - Latin America Region - to carry out the tasks, duties and responsibilities, deliver set deliverables and provide support to the hiring unit as detailed below. The consultant will work with the GCF team remotely. The assignment is for an initial 180 days over a 12-month period. Role The Regional Readiness Consultant – Latin America will be responsible to support National Designated Authorities (NDA) and Direct Accredited Entities (DAEs) to identify their readiness needs and develop good quality readiness proposals to access GCF Readiness resources. The work will be done remotely with potential travel to countries as needed. Duties and Responsibilities The Consultant will be responsible for but not limited to: Familiarizing themselves with the Readiness Strategy 2024–2027, including relevant guidance, templates, standard operating procedures, quality assurance criteria, proposal development requirements and the expected engagement process with regional team, DINVS and other inter-divisions throughout proposal development and review process. Assisting NDAs and DAEs in identifying readiness needs, capacity gaps, and priority areas for support, ensuring alignment with country priorities and GCF Readiness objectives. Supporting the co-development of Readiness proposals for direct access and TORs for pre-qualified delivery partners, including supporting documentation, in line with GCF templates, guidance, and Readiness programme objectives. Reviewing draft Readiness proposals to ensure strategic coherence, technical quality, and alignment with the Readiness Strategy 2024–2027, applicable GCF guidance and templates including Readiness Results Management Framework, Standardized deliverables, milestone based disbursements, quality assurance requirements, country programming priorities, and relevant GCF policies and requirements. Providing technical guidance to NDAs, DAEs, and delivery partners in co-designing proposals and in addressing Secretariat review comments and supporting timely revision and resubmission of Readiness proposals. Engaging and coordinating with DINVS throughout the Readiness proposal development and review process, including seeking guidance, aligning on proposal quality expectations, and following up on review comments and required revisions. Contributing to regional Readiness pipeline development by identifying common proposal quality issues, emerging readiness needs, and opportunities to strengthen proposal design. Support in-country missions, regional dialogues, workshops and events to provide technical assistance and strengthen country capacity, as required. Performing related tasks relating to departmental and regional team initiatives and activities, as deemed necessary. Deliverables Deliverables may include: Draft readiness proposal for direct access and TOR for prequalified DP and all documents related to co-designing readiness proposals. Country briefs and National level capacity assessments of relevant developing country institutions (e.g. NDA, finance institutions, GCF Direct Access Entities); Aide Memoire agreed between targeted NDA and GCF, mission reports for missions undertaken. Mission reports and other engagement reports with clear outcomes and follow-up actions; and Briefing notes, background papers, presentations, speeches/remarks. In addition to the quality of deliverables, the consultant’s performance assessments may also be linked directly to: Client satisfaction ratings (to be assessed periodically/annually) Required Experience and Qualifications Master’s degree in public administration/policy, economics, environmental science or studies, development studies, climate finance, climate science, climate policy, law, renewable energy, engineering, or related fields with a minimum of seven years practical experience. Requires Master’s (7 years) or Bachelor’s (9 years) of relevant work experience,at least five years of experience in climate change-related planning or developing climate-finance projects in international/developing countries is highly desirable. Experience in project development including but not limited to project /design, formulation, analysis, and review, delivery of technical assistance, and monitoring and evaluation for a diverse portfolio of activities. Operational experience in providing specialized climate change-related technical assistance to government officials and/or government organizations in developing country contexts; similar experience with civil society and private organizations will be an added advantage. Experience in readiness related climate change programming is desirable. Experience in working with countries in Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries in the Latin American region. Experience in Fluency in English and Spanish is essential; knowledge of other UN languages is an advantage Application Process Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV and a cover letter detailing their qualifications and experience relevant to the role. Candidates of all nationalities are welcome to apply. Please indicate your earliest availability to take up the assignment and notice-period required, if employed. The closing date for applications is 18 August 2026, 23:59 (KST). Only application submitted through the GCF consultant portal will be accepted. Application submitted after the closing date will not be considered. In case of any technical issues, please email: [email protected].