Team Leader - Climate Finance & Banking

Key Expert 1 - Team Leader – indicative number of working days: 660

The Team Leader will be the main contact for the GFS PMT and will interface with the Contracting Authority and other stakeholders as required by the GFS Programme.

S/he will particularly focus on component I activities, including the knowledge sharing activities.

S/he should have:

Qualification and skills:
 Academic background in Finance/Economics or a business-related discipline;
 Excellent knowledge of English. Knowledge of French would be an advantage;

General professional experience:
 At least 15 years of professional experience in financial sector development, of which at least five years related to climate finance.

Specific professional experience:
 10 years managerial experience as team leader or equivalent, in particular in coordinating multi-disciplinary and/or multicultural teams of senior professionals, ideally working with and/or within international organisations;
 At least 2 experiences in leading policy dialogue and providing strategic advice to high level stakeholders from the financial sector;
 At least one Experience in financial sector development in emerging markets ;
 Experience working with central banks and/or financial systems regulators would be an advantage;
 At least one experience in one or more of the following fields would be an advantage: central bank climate policy on climate including risk analysis and stress testing for banks, climate risk modelling and ESG integration into risk management, climate- & sustainability related reporting or verification, development of sustainable finance policies and regulations, sustainable debt product and disclosure standards and market practice for the financial sector, financial ESG research, climate risk strategies

The Team Leader will have excellent interpersonal skills. He/she will also need to possess excellent drafting skills, to be a good communicator and a facilitator of contacts among different stakeholders.