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Remote (Remote), KR Company: Green Climate Fund I. Background Established in 2010 by the 194 countries that are Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) serves as the world’s largest dedicated climate fund. Over the past decade GCF has financed transformative climate projects across developing countries, empowering them to respond to and combat climate change while promoting sustainable development within their communities. Today, our portfolio spans over USD 19 billion across more than 330 projects in over 130 countries—evidence of the profound impact that strategic climate finance can achieve. As we scale toward our vision of becoming a USD 50 billion fund by 2030, strengthening national capacities remains central to our mission. GCF mobilizes public and private sector investments through a diverse financing instruments, and equips developing countries with the resources, skills, and capacities to effectively secure and manage climate financing through our Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. The 2024-2027 Readiness Programme strategy introduces an innovative placement scheme: GCF Liaison Officers embedded within National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or other relevant agencies designated by countries.
These local experts will ensure continuous, effective engagement with GCF, imparting knowledge of GCF policies, systems and processes,facilitating programming development and enablingenhanced direct access to climate finance for national climate objectives. As a GCF Liaison Officer, you will be at the frontlines of accelerating climate action in your country, bridging GCF and national institutions to unlock transformative climate investments. II. Role:



The GCF Liaison Officer will act as the primary liaison between the GCF Secretariat and the country, providing essential support to the NDA or relevant agency in all matters concerning GCF climate action. This role entails close coordination with stakeholders relevant to the GCF activities in the country to ensure their seamless execution, including programming, accreditation, readiness support conceptualisation and oversight, project preparation and implementation and other related activities. III. Objectives: The placement scheme aims to achieve the following objectives through the role of the GCF Liaison Officer: To enhance the capacity of the NDA and relevant agencies to plan, develop and implement climate change adaptation and mitigation concept notes and funding proposals; To support the NDA and/or relevant agencies in programming, including facilitating the set up or improvement of coordination with relevant stakeholders, including those from the private sector; To assist in accessing and implementing integrated programmes of readiness activities in the country; To raise awareness and facilitate understanding in the country of the GCF funding windows, policies and processes; and To facilitate knowledge transfer and skill development among local stakeholders and communities. IV. Responsibilities The GCF Liaison officer will carry out the following

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4.1 Readiness




- Engage/assist the NDA in co-developing draft TOR for readiness support if and as needed, in close coordination with the GCF Secretariat. This is based on the medium-term strategic planning and includes outlining speciYic support areas, required expertise and resources to address capacity gaps effectively, ensuring alignment with national priorities;
- Assist the NDA to facilitate stakeholder engagement through transparent and effective communication with relevant country stakeholders, including government institutions responsible for Yinance, economic development, strategic planning, and other sectors, as well as central banks, executing entities, the private sector, subnational entities, development partners, GCF accredited entities, and civil society organizations, including women’s groups, academia, Indigenous Peoples and local communities. This approach adheres to GCF best practices for country coordination and multi-stakeholder engagement. The goal is to identify capacity gaps that inform the development and implementation of the TORs for readiness support;
- (Support the NDA with adaptative management requests as required, including follow-up on implementation progress, emerging needs and potential adjustments to ongoing readiness activities; and
- As required by the NDA, contribute to midterm reviews of readiness activities, monitor progress against agreed objectives, milestones and expected results and provide input for adjusting initial TORs as needed. 4.2 Pipeline Development, Implementation, Monitoring and Reporting Contribute to capacity-building by imparting skills and knowledge to the NDA and relevant stakeholders to successfully develop, advance and implement climate investments; In coordination with the GCF Secretaria

📌 Liaison Officer for Mexico (Ciudad de México)
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📍 Ciudad de México