National Consultant for Sustainable Fiscal Policy and Budgeting

The consultant will contribute to the implementation of the IKI-funded FAST Project to align public finance flows with biodiversity protection goals in Indonesia, supporting UNEP's Nature and Finance and Economic Transformation Programmes. The role involves quality assurance of technical outputs, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring alignment with national priorities in the absence of an operational UNEP presence in Indonesia.

Responsibilities

• Revise the national workplan following a desk review and stakeholder consultations.
• Quality assure the scoping report outline produced by a local implementing partner.
• Quality assure the SBA inception report produced by a local implementing partner.
• Quality assure the stakeholder mapping report and outreach plan for national Communities of Practice produced by a local implementing partner.
• Produce a briefing document on national project implementation for the annual global monitoring report.
• Quality assure the scoping and SBA reports and the research plan for the Capacity Needs Assessment produced by local implementing partners.
• Support the preparation, facilitation, and reporting on a national steering committee meeting led by a local implementation partner.
• Revise the national operational planning file based on meeting outcomes.
• Quality assure the capacity needs assessment report and policy brief produced by a local implementing partner.
• Revise the workplan and budget for the local implementing partner(s) in the event of further extensions.

Requirements

• Post Graduate Degree (Master’s level or above) in public policy, development studies, environmental studies, economics, international affairs, sustainable finance, or related field. A first-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
• A minimum of two years of project/program management experience in climate change, biodiversity, green fiscal policy, and/or macro-economic policy is required.
• Experience working with government counterparts, preferably from the Ministry of Finance, in Indonesia, is an advantage.
• Experience in coordinating multistakeholder engagement processes is an advantage.
• Experience in quality-assuring technical outputs related to public finance, specifically fiscal policy, and biodiversity is an advantage.
• Previous experience working with or within the United Nations system, including familiarity with UN administrative procedures and reporting standards, is desirable.
• Written and verbal fluency in English is required.

Skills

• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Climate Change Policy
• Biodiversity Policy Understanding
• Green Fiscal Policy
• Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy
• Public Finance
• Fiscal Policy Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Quality Assurance
• Government Relations
• UN Administrative Procedures
• Reporting Standards
• Sustainable Finance
• Policy Coordination

Languages

English