Regional Head

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Description

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• Operates as the face of GCF in the designated region. The primary responsibilities involve working with his/her team to identify country and regional needs and opportunities for climate finance, building and managing relationships with critical stakeholders, and overseeing the country engagement, portfolio origination and execution of GCF investments in close coordination with national designated authorities and accredited entities. 
• Executes GCF’s investment strategy for the region, driving investment activities that align with programmatic priorities and with GCF’s strategies and policies. 
• Ensures the advancement of country-led programming ambitions aligned with key priorities in national strategies, engaging with relevant partners and utilizing, as appropriate, Readiness and Preparatory Support and Project Preparation Facility resources.  
• Mobilizes accredited entities and delivery partners to align with country-led climate change priorities in the context of GCF financing. 
• Represents GCF in relevant events to enhance GCF outreach to recipient countries and regions. 
• Represents GCF in the region and countries, communicating its mission, objectives, and activities to various stakeholders advocating for sound climate policies and practices within the government, civil society, and private sector. 
• Promotes transparency and accountability in all GCF activities in the region. 

• Oversees origination efforts and appraisal frameworks and processes that promote effective management of GCF resources and provides substantive technical expertise/supervision across all GCF results areas.  
• Supervises Project Leaders and teams that support GCF partners on strategic, methodological, and technical matters. S/he also coordinates pipeline development including internal and external clearance up to Board submission.  
• Ensures effective collaboration across project teams through the setting, monitoring and achievement of quality control processes and consistent service standards; oversees the execution of investment modalities that optimize country engagements aligning programming with Fund objectives.  
• Oversees incorporation of lessons learned from project implementation into new project origination and design by operational teams.  

• Leads implementation and management of the GCF portfolio and takes necessary decisions to ensure sound understanding of portfolio performance and risks, efficient review of portfolio reporting, and continuous delivery of adaptive management measures.  
• Provides technical inputs relevant to portfolio management internally and to the Board and its committees, panels, and teams, through the development of policies and frameworks that promote effective implementation of GCF investments and resolve and mitigate any related challenges or risks.  
• Develops, updates and implements systems for monitoring and evaluation of the portfolio 
• against standards established to ensure portfolio implementation and deployment of  
• adaptive measures are timely and effective. 

• Organizational Effectiveness: Improves operational efficiency, measured by process improvements and/or cost savings. 
• Strategy: Achieves key strategic objectives in GCF strategies, including the successful execution of planned initiatives and the deployment of capital according to the 50by30 strategic objectives. 
• Innovation: Fosters a culture of innovation within the organization, promoting adaptive strategies to address evolving international development issues. 
• Stakeholders: Increases stakeholder satisfaction and engagement, as measured by feedback mechanisms such as surveys, and successful management of change resistance among stakeholders. 
• Board: Provides timely, accurate, and comprehensive Board reporting and leads implementation of Board decisions.  

• Master’s or higher-level degree or its equivalent; 
• At least 15 years or more experience including at a management level in financial institutions or development organizations working in developing countries; experience in international financial institutions would be an advantage.  
• Deep operational expertise in project finance and investment from origination to implementation; 
• Broad knowledge of climate change and climate finance operations; 
• Proven track record of accomplishment in integrated climate or development finance covering some or all of country engagement, origination, project processing, and portfolio implementation and management;  
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to develop and manage relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders and partners, including other units in GCF, government entities, private businesses, investors, NGOs, and international organizations; 
• Understanding of international climate organizations and their programming work is an advantage; 
• Demonstrated experience in recruiting, managing, and mentoring culturally diverse and highly skilled technical teams;  
• Fluency in both written and spoken English; knowledge of one or more languages relevant to the region is an advantage. 

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