AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Climate Change & Green Growth Consultant

Abidjan – Consultancy Climate Change and Green Growth

1. CONTEXT :

The Climate Change and Growth Department at the African Development Bank is responsible for the implementation of the Climate Change Action Plan (2016 -2020). The Action Plan has two main objectives: i) to support the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement developed by Regional Member Countries (African countries); and ii) to scale up climate finance mobilised and channelled to African countries from public (multilateral/bilateral) and private sources – specifically the Bank has committed to allocate 40 percent of approvals to climate finance annually by 2020.

2. ASSIGNMENT :

The Climate Change and Green Growth Department seeks the services of an international consultant to support its core activities :

• Mainstreaming of climate change and green growth considerations in strategic policy documents and projects (across the High 5 operational areas) ;
• Climate finance tracking and coordinate activities of MDBs Climate Finance Technical Working Group ;
• The implementation of key Initiatives managed by the Department such as the Africa NDC Hub, green growth and other partnerships activities.

Responsibilities and Reporting :

The Consultant will perform the following duties :

• Provide technical support to the preparation of climate change/green growth action plans, documents, reports, operational guidelines, tools as requested by senior management, taking into account Regional Member Countries (RMCs)’ and Bank’s commitments, including the implementation of the NDCs and Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the High 5s ;
• Coordinator the Bank’s climate finance tracking activities following the Joint MDB Methodology on Climate Finance Tracking ;
• Assist and advise the Bank to better support and align its operations with the Paris Agreement; preparation and implementation of climate change and green growth strategies, policies and measures taking into account commitments to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions ;
• Provide technical support to the updating of operational documents (operational manual, Results Based Framework, Readiness Review Procedures, Country Strategy Papers / Regional Integration Strategy Papers and project templates) to reflect the mainstreaming of climate change and green growth ;
• Provide support to Bank sector and regional operations through advisory services on climate change and green growth mainstreaming; climate finance tracking, green growth investment support, portfolio review, monitoring and evaluation of climate investments, throughout the project cycle ;
• Support the implementation of the climate risk screening and the Adaptation Review and Evaluation Procedures functions of the Climate Safeguards System and the GHG Accounting tool for projects ;
• Perform any other relevant duties assigned by Bank management.

The consultant will work in close collaboration with the Director of the Climate Change and Green Growth Department (PECG) and under the overall supervision of the Division Manager for Climate Change and Green Growth (PECG.2). A detailed work program will be agreed on commencement of the assignment.

Assignment duration and location :

The assignment will be undertaken for 12 calendar months, with potential for extension or renewal subject to satisfactory performance. The duty station for the assignment is at Bank’s Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The expected contract start date is Monday 24 February 2020.

3. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE :

Qualifications, competences and experience required :

• Hold at least a Master’s degree in climate, environment and natural resource management, energy policy, international development, economics, or a related field ;
• Have a minimum of fifteen (10) years of experience in a combination of related fields such as national and international climate policies and measures including: climate and green growth; energy and project management; climate or green finance; trust fund management; multilateral development bank; public or private financial institutions; and development or related fields ;
• Knowledge of climate change and green growth and of multilateral climate governance framework and global climate finance architecture ;
• Understanding of climate change and green growth issues, challenges and practices relating to Africa ;
• Experience in the area of mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation measures into development interventions in Africa, or field operations involving climate change and green growth matters in the region ;
• Proven track record on policy dialogue and cross-institutional collaboration at the highest level, including with representatives of government and non-government partners in Africa ;
• Experience working with a cross-section of stakeholders, including senior government officials, donor governments and bilateral as well as regional organisations ;
• Results-oriented, team player, articulate analyst with attention to details, persuasive communicator and good writer ;
• Excellent technical and analytical skills and established track record in operational and policy work on climate change, green growth and climate finance matters ;
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) ;
• Must be willing to work across regions should need arise (expected to be less than 20% of their time).

4. DUE PROCESS :

The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Rules and Procedures for the Use of Individual Consultants. Please, note that interest expressed by a potential consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist. Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit a technical and financial proposal that will be assessed based on the Banks remuneration policy.

Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the email address below during the Bank’s working hours: 09:00 to 17:00 hours.

Expressions of interest comprising letter of motivation and detailed CV (PDF Format) must be received at the email addresses below no later than 12^th February 2020, at 17h00 local time and should mention “Abidjan – Consultancy Climate Change and Green Growth” in the subject line.

Contact : A. DORSOUMA@AFDB.ORG and G.NJUME@AFDB.ORG

5. REMUNERATION :

The proposed remuneration will be defined based on the candidate’s financial proposal in compliance with the Bank’s established remuneration scale considering requisite qualifications and experience.

6. EVALUATION CRITERIA :

The prospective consultants’ offers will be evaluated based on the following criteria :

Only consultants who will score more than 70% can be considered for the next step and be invited to submit financial proposals.