• Prepare a Work Plan of the activities to undertake under the assignment.  
• The Work Plan should include timeline of main activities, methodology, milestones, validation meetings, final deliverables description and the scheduling of capacity building workshops. 
• Review of policy and regulatory provisions for ESG, sustainable finance, and climate-related risk. 
• Organize, participate in, and facilitate meetings with relevant stakeholders. The consultant is responsible for writing meeting reports for all meetings in which the consultant participates.  
• Organize meetings as required to obtain relevant information.  
• Support the implementation of a methodology to quantify climate change’s physical and transition risks. 
• Provide technical assistance to undertake BCE’s capacity building plan on ESG and climate-related financial risk. 
• Assist in BCE’s first assessment of the country’s vulnerability to climate-related financial risks.  
• Support the development of BCE’s ESG Roadmap and Action Plan. 
• Support the preparation of a green/climate Partnership Strategy of the BCE engagement with other central banks and banking sector regulators. 
• Support BCE’s outreach and communication to central banks and financial sector regulators in the region. 
• Organize in-person and virtual knowledge exchange sessions with prioritized stakeholders. 
• The consultant will be asked to produce executive summary reports and PowerPoint presentations based on their activities.  
• Support training workshops and provide technical assistance as required.  
• Systematize all collected information, annexes, meeting minutes, etc. 
• Develop a final report with all relevant technical papers, reports, and other documents prepared from the start to the end of the assignment shall be attached.  

COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE

• All relevant technical papers, reports, and other documents prepared from the start to the end of the assignment shall be included in a digital repository for GGGI and BCE. 
• The consultant will make the best use of both primary and secondary sources of information to develop activities defined under the contract objective. 
• The consultant selected must dedicate 100% of his/her time to this process. Therefore, it is forbidden to consider other consultancies during the contract period. 
• The consultant will work closely with GGGI staff and BCE focal point to ensure the goals of this consultancy, and he/she will also be responsible for reporting their progress to the GGGI supervisor. 
• The Consultant will be responsible for covering her/his own travel expenses. 
• The consultancy budget covers the costs of transportation and accommodation, and necessary resources for field studies. The selection of these places must be coordinated with GGGI. 
• Total fee amount for this service is a lump sum. 

EXPERTISE REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business, economics, finance, development, environmental finance, or related areas.  
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in the banking sector. 
• Knowledge of ESG and sustainable banking in Latin America context. 
• Verifiable experience in sustainable banking/finance.  
• Full English proficiency (C1 or TOEFL) is required. 

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS