PROJECT FINANCE CONSULTANT

Project Finance Consultant

Job Opening

Duty Station: PARIS

Department/Office: United Nations Environment Programme

Duties and Responsibilities

Contribute expert analysis to UNEP’s work on removing financial and institutional barriers, identifying opportunities for improving enabling conditions, de-risking investments, and strengthening alignment across projects.

Develop a strategic options paper outlining viable financial and institutional models to support scaling of up-stream and midstream circular economy solutions, with emphasis on blended finance and catalytic partner‑ships in emerging markets. This paper will also include content on pipeline identification and development.

Develop recommendations on enhancing the finance and investment components of country projects under the UNEP Plastics Initiative, including engaging with financial institutions and investment related partners for project cooperation.

Review and provide constructive inputs on technical deliverables related to circular economy finance, helping to strengthen their quality, strategic alignment, and usefulness for country implementation and global learning.

Provide technical support to PTIF-related activities, including drafting eligibility criteria for future pipeline projects, providing criteria, guidance and recommendations on environmental and social (E&S) safeguards, developing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks, reviewing relevant project and policy documents, and preparing briefing notes on finance and plastics.

Provide technical inputs on emerging needs as needed.

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