Climate Impact Area Lead (Built Environment)

The Climate Impact Area Lead (Built Environment) is responsible for developing a robust pipeline of public sector projects within the Built Environment in:

• Leading a group of senior sector specialists, investment specialists and projects officers;
• Developing projects related to cities, buildings and urban systems that will enable GCF to achieve its mission of paradigm shift in developing countries for low emissions, climate resilient development;
• Provide market insights, commercial guidance, and management leadership to the individuals in the team to bring innovative proposals to the GCF Board;
• Bring expertise with commercial and development focus to development of multi-year pipeline.

Duties and responsibilities:

Purpose

• Innovates and transforms the GCF pipeline in the respective climate impact areas including through strategic engagement at origination stage;
• Develops innovative and transformational strategies for climate impact areas;
• Provides thought leadership on programming innovation in respective climate impact area for DMA pipeline;
• Motivates team to innovate and excel in individual specialization while ensuring coherence and collaboration.

Engagement

• Advocates for transformation and innovation in pipeline proposals with external and internal stakeholders;
• Develops and nurtures a diverse and inclusive work culture aligned with GCF values among team members;
• Resolves conflicts through persuasion and inquiry;
• Makes people decisions to optimize individual growth/development as well as organizational goals within respective team;
• Engages with external partners to showcase strategy through key practical messages to influence decision.

Delivery

• Translates strategic organizational goals to transition team pipeline and annual performance goals as well as manages its effective delivery;
• Foresees new /longer-term market development in business area and promotes long-term development of pipeline;
• Maintains and manages an effective 3-4 year transformational pipeline in alignment with GCF organizational goal;
• Adapts and manages climate impact area project cycle as per needs of the GCF strategy.

Required experience and qualifications

• MBA or other business or commercial degree with a minimum 13-year experience in areas as required by the job description or a Bachelor’s Degree with an additional of 2 years of relevant experience;
• Strong understanding and knowledge of responsible investment or climate investing principles & tools;
• Multi-sector expertise in investments in urban and built environment (urban, cities, resilient and climate adaptive infrastructure);
• Demonstrated management experience in leading teams of minimum 4-5 senior technical or investment professionals;
• Strong commercial acumen and financial understanding;
• Strong people management, collaboration, conflict resolution and team building expertise;
• Demonstrated record of delivery of investment /financed proposals for transformational impact;
• Successful track record of leading project/deal closes (public or PPP/PPPP) of a wide variety including deals over $50M;
• Strong existing network with financial leadership of MDBs, NDBs, development agencies, and/or philanthropies with the ability to grow, maintain and manage relationships.