The Green Climate Fund ( “GCF” or “the Fund”) is a multilateral fund created to make a significant and ambitious contribution to the global efforts towards combatting climate change. The Fund contributes to the achievement of the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the context of sustainable development, the Fund promotes the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, considering the needs of those developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

The Fund is governed by a Board, composed of an equal number of members from developed and developing countries and is operated by an independent Secretariat headed by an Executive Director.
The GCF is currently seeking a Data Management Consultant to support, inter alia, the further development and implementation of the Secretariat’s Portfolio Performance Management Systems (PPMS), acting as focal point on business/ operational matters for the Tableau to PowerBI transition and liaising with internal and external stakeholders to address portfolio-related information requests.
The Consultant will work within the Results and Data Management (RDM) workstream which is responsible for supporting the enhancement of accountability, transparency, and credibility of the results of the Fund through providing evidence-based research and advisory services on corporate-level optimization (risk, automation, knowledge), portfolio resource allocation and impact and thematic/geographic based portfolio analysis.

S/he is expected to be based in Songdo, South Korea at the headquarters of the GCF for 9 months. The incumbent will work closely with colleagues across the Secretariat including the regional/ portfolio origination and Implementation Monitoring and Management teams, the Information and Communications Team (ICT), as well with external vendors and partners. The assignment is for an intial 180 days over a 9-month period.

Scope of work
The consultant will be responsible for the following duties

• Lead the compilation and coordination of reporting requirements to the Board and other internal and external stakeholders (Portfolio Status Report (PSR), Report on the Activities of the Secretariat (RAS) Annual Portfolio Performance Report (APPR), Conference of the Parties (COP) Report, etc…)
• Conduct gap analyses on portfolio status and impact results from a data management and learning perspective.
• Provide and suggest solutions to data availability and access issues for portfolio reporting.
• Align with the Office of Governance Affairs (OGA) on the reporting methodologies for tracking disbursements by country for multi-country projects and operationalize the agreed arrangement.
• Provide oversight and backstopping support to RDM colleagues on their inputs to the COP report.
• Ensure that data issues in the portfolio reporting are prevented and/or resolved efficiently and effectively.
• Support the delivery of a cross-divisional alignment on Updated Strategic Plan (USP) 2 indicator reporting methodologies.
• Support the implementation of reporting/tracking processes/systems for USP2 indicators.
• Collaborate with Information and Communications Team (ICT) to ensure that historical results and expenditure datasets are integrated appropriately into existing systems Integrated Pipeline Management System (iPMS) and ensuring that the datasets are relevant and fit-for purpose and delivered through via PowerBI.
• Manage the existing long-term agreement (LTA) with external vendor to establish, inter alia, additional results data by sector and to undertake recurring portfolio data validation and rectification work.
• Provide technical data management expertise other divisions/units as relevant .
• Ensure that portfolio-related information requests, e.g. GCF Board, COP, United Nations (UN) Agencies, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Global Environment Fund (GEF), and contributors are efficiently and effectively addressed.

Required experience and qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s (preferred) level degree in information systems, data engineering, climate policy, or related fields;
• Minimum 9 years of work experience with a master’s level degree, 11 years of work experience with Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience in the above fields;
• Strong command of software programs such as Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office suite products;
• Proficiency in data management and visualization tools such as Tableau and/or PowerBI including proven experience in undertaking data analysis;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, and able to synthesize complex ideas in a concise manner;
• Good knowledge of portfolio management systems in the public and private sectors preferred;
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment with diverse stakeholders; and to
• work independently and take the initiative in response to Fund’s needs.

Applications from women and nationals of developing countries are strongly encouraged.
Please indicate your earliest availability to take up assignment, and notice-period required, if employed.

Closing date for applications is 04 August 2024, 11:59 PM (KST). Applications submitted after the closing date may not be considered.