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03/31/2021
Mitigation and Carbon Pricing Consultant (UNDP)
Job Description
The consultant will be engaged for a period of 1 year and shall be based in Bangkok with some travel to the region. The consultant will be responsible within the team to plan for and manage the programme actions and workplan to mainstream mitigation considerations in the regional strengthening the governance of climate change finance programme for selected countries. This includes engaging with partners, providing specialised technical inputs as well as liaising with country governments and national institutions on relevant activities. Specifically, she/he will support in managing and providing technical assistance on the following mitigation related activities
Academic Qualification
Advanced Degree (Master’s) in any of the following fields - taxation and fiscal policy, environmental economics, climate change, natural resource management, energy studies, and/or other relevant fields.
Professional Experience
- Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible in providing advice to governments on mitigation and tax related issues;
- Research or/and applied experience working on carbon pricing and carbon tax;
- At least three years proven expertise in the technical underpinnings of taxation particularly the implications of interactions with other policies – in particular in the fiscal targets, economic fallouts of carbon taxation and impact on sectors particularly energy; transport and infrastructure
- At least five years of experience in advising developing countries (and/or economies in transition) on carbon free economies
- Good knowledge of policy developments and challenges in Asia and the Pacific region is an advantage;
- Work experience in international development/business, development finance, or inter-governmental or global or regional organizations is desirable;
Functional Competencies
- Full computer literacy in internet searching and Microsoft Office programmes i.e. MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-Power Point. Website management experience is an asset
Language requirement
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentational skills. Spoken and written fluency required in English
Link to Apply
More information can be found here https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=97609. The deadline of the submission is on 5 April 2021.
For interested candidates, please download the document (offer letter and financial proposal to UNDP) here UNDP | Procurement Notices - 76293 - Mitigation and Carbon Pricing Co.
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