Conservation Finance Specialist

The Conservation Finance Specialist will work under the overall and direct supervision of, and report directly to, the FAO Representative in Indonesia. The incumbent will also be under the day-to-day supervision of the Assistant FAOR for Program, with technical support from technical officers in the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP).

The Conservation Finance Specialist will support the PDE in identifying how best to mobilise private capital to upscale the project investments and providing state of the art recommendations on innovative actions that could be taken to scale up sustainable finance.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct a desk-review stock-taking of experience with different conservation financing approaches in the region and develop a set of applicable innovative financing instruments to be implemented by the Project.
• Make proposals for concrete PES schemes to be targeted for implementation by the project.
• Propose innovative financing mechanisms.
• Provide concrete proposals for project activity plans for Component 4.
• Contribute to other components, as relevant, in addition to those specifically listed in the ToR.

Minimum Requirements:    

• Master’s or equivalent degree in Business Administration, Marketing, environmental economics or a related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience participating in the development and/or implementation of at least 1-2 of the following: impact investment, biodiversity offsets, carbon credits, blended financing, and PES, as well as detailed familiarity with other conservation financing vehicles
• Working knowledge of English and Bahasa Indonesia (written and spoken)
• National of Indonesia or resident in the country with a valid work permit.

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2500336