E T Consultant - Readiness Support

World Bank Group • Washington, DC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The World Bank Group (WBG) is seeking an Extended Term Consultant (ETC) – Readiness to support the Adaptation Fund's Readiness Programme. This role is based in Washington, DC, and reports to the Senior Programme Officer, Lead of the Countries and Partnership Unit, with daily task oversight from the Programme Officer (Readiness Programme Coordinator). The ETC will provide technical support to strengthen evidence-based program implementation, focusing on results-based portfolio management, readiness and capacity-building events, grant launches and reviews, and knowledge generation and dissemination. The Adaptation Fund, established under the UNFCCC, finances climate change adaptation projects in developing countries and has been serving the Paris Agreement since 2019. Its current medium-term strategy (2023-2027) emphasizes adaptation action, innovation, and knowledge management. The Readiness Programme aims to increase the capacity of developing countries to access climate adaptation finance and build resilience in vulnerable communities. It utilizes various instruments like grants, seminars, and workshops, and is closely linked to the Fund's knowledge management activities. The ETC will collaborate with the Countries and Partnerships Unit and the Secretariat team.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in international development, business administration, public policy, Climate Change, Environmental Management, Sustainability or other relevant field.
• 2 years work experience in the climate finance space.
• Excellent written communication and document preparation skills in English.
• Ability to deal with sensitive or time-sensitive issues, in a prioritized manner.
• Willingness to travel.

Nice To Haves

• Developing country experience and/or work with multilateral development organizations will be considered an asset.
• Working knowledge of readiness practices and capacity-building for climate finance access and disbursement is a plus.
• Understanding of capacity-building framework under the UNFCCC.
• Experience on climate change adaptation would be an added advantage.
• Experience or exposure to work in developing countries, especially on capacity-building.
• Fluency in written and spoken French or Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the Fund's Readiness Strategy and the Readiness-related components of the Medium-term Strategy implementation plan, including preparation of implementation and operational plans, technical assessments, and analytical products.
• Support the preparation of webinar and workshop materials, development of draft agendas, and general workshop planning for events like the annual NIE seminar, regional workshops, and country exchanges.
• Capture event proceedings, prepare and disseminate reports, administer evaluation surveys, and consolidate and analyze feedback.
• Assist in the preparation of meetings and other readiness events as necessary.
• Support the implementation of readiness events through active attendance, posting relevant material, and updating the Fund website readiness pages and other online platforms.
• Prepare materials such as calls for proposals and website blurbs for the annual launch, review, and approval of Readiness Package Grants, Technical Assistance Grants, and other Readiness grants.
• Upload readiness project-related documents onto the Fund website and support the preparation of readiness project review and decision documents.
• Monitor readiness project reports and notifications to implementing entities, and provide information for the readiness component of the Financial Intermediary Funds (FIF) platform.
• File readiness project monitoring and completion reports and raise any issues that arise for actioning.
• Coordinate the desktop database of national and regional implementing entities and update it as needed.
• Administer the Fund’s SurveyMonkey account, including administering and analyzing surveys.
• Undertake research, analysis, and synthesis of data from the Readiness Programme portfolio to inform the Fund’s Annual Performance Report.
• Generate and synthesize data and information related to the tracking of output and outcome indicators to inform the strategy and operations of the Readiness Programme in line with the programme Results Framework.
• Support the capturing and sharing of lessons from readiness activities internally and externally.
• Support the preparation of readiness deliverables outlined in the Fund’s Knowledge Management Action Plan.
• Support the Community of Practice for Direct Access Entities (CPDAE) and advance its community capacity-building objectives.
• Support online technical support for hosting webinars for implementing entities.
• Facilitate the translation of relevant guidance documents that support implementing entity readiness and capacity-building.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level