Green Investment Officer

The Green Investment Officer will support GGGI’s Indonesia country program and its national and sub-national partners to identify and help design business model projects in selected sites and related financing mechanisms focused on sustainable landscapes (SL) sectors, primarily sustainable forest management, social forestry (community-based forestry), and conservation including payments for environmental services (PES), in peatlands and mineral soils within GGGI’s focal provinces. The Green Investment Officer will be responsible for managing determined activities of the Project “Sustainable Landscape Investment Partnership in Indonesia” (the “Project).

The Green Investment Officer will actively in charge in development of investment projects in selected sites, including business models, financial models, specialized financing vehicle concepts, and project proposals to attract funding from appropriate funding institutions, mechanisms, and agencies (international funds, bilateral and multilateral funding mechanisms, private equity funds, and other investors). The projects should be designed to demonstrate a way forward in overcoming any policy or institutional barriers to investment towards meeting the FOLU Net Sink 2030 target and GoI’s climate change commitments such as NDC and LTS-LCCR of Indonesia.

Qualification:

• Master’s degree relevant to forestry, environmental science, economics, finance, or business management, OR Bachelor’s degree with a combination of additional 3 years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s or higher degree.
• Preferred minimum of six (6) years of relevant professional experience related to sustainable landscape (SL) project development and management, including at least 3 years of experience at country-level with a focus on green investment/sustainable finance.
• Solid understanding of various financial products, and debt/equity instruments being used in Indonesia’s finance/investment sector. Direct working experience with any of these products will be an advantage.
• A good track record of working on project development, investment processes, politically sensitive issues with government, banking and non-banking sector, and public sector finance is desirable.
• An extensive network of professional contacts among Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia Environment Fund, financial institutions, and impact investors would be an advantage.
• Experience in developing bankable projects and financial instruments in NDC forestry and land use sector.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and working with inter-institutional programmes.
• Excellent understanding of the socio-political and cultural contexts of Green Growth governance in Indonesia.
• Ability to work effectively with people from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
• Excellent English and Indonesian oral and written communication skills, including public speaking.

Source: https://careers.gggi.org/vacancy/green-investment-officer-sustainable-landscapes-575355.html