• 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