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Advisor to St. Lucia: Terms of Reference 

CFAN Program Overview  

The Climate Finance Access Network (CFAN) was established to support developing countries in accessing finance to achieve their climate objectives. By cultivating a network of highly trained climate finance advisors, CFAN builds the capacity of developing countries to (1) identify the sources and instruments for delivering climate finance, (2) establish relationships with climate finance providers, and (3) structure financing for mitigation and adaptation investments. CFAN works across developing countries with a focus on Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States.   

CFAN Advisor Position Overview  

CFAN advisors work in-country for one to two years with a targeted mandate to access international and domestic sources of public and private finance, to structure finance for investment in their host country’s priority mitigation and adaptation projects and advise on the country’s overall project pipeline strategy. CFAN advisors join a global cohort of climate finance advisors. Once hired, CFAN advisors attend a multi-month, cohort-based training program. The training program is delivered virtually through Moodle and includes regular live sessions which advisors are required to attend. Additionally, advisors are required to participate in in-person workshops, where they receive further training and networking opportunities.  CFAN advisors receive technical support from the Network throughout their tenure and also benefit from the Network’s peer-to-peer advisory support. Finally, advisors work with CFAN to conduct climate finance workshops for civil servants, ensuring lasting capacity in-country through knowledge transfer to government officials. 

The CFAN program will embed one CFAN advisor in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy of St. Lucia. The CFAN advisor will be hired by RMI with direct reporting to the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy and CFAN’s Caribbean Regional Manager. The CFAN advisor will be deployed in Saint Lucia through to March 2026, with possibility to extending pending budget availability. The CFAN advisor will hold a targeted mandate to support project development and resource mobilization for climate action.     

Responsibilities  

CFAN Advisors provide technical expertise in accessing public and private finance for investment in climate projects. Their responsibilities include the following:  

  • Participate and successfully complete CFAN’s Advisor Training Program  
  • Develop and submit climate finance funding proposals, including by navigating the range of financing sources, engaging stakeholders to fulfil funding proposal requirements, and assessing financial instruments to structure investments  
  • With CFAN support, lead the design and facilitation of at least one in-country capacity building effort to support transfer of skills and knowledge to local staff in relevant ministries and government offices and other stakeholders where appropriate.  
  • Contribute to the development of an overarching project pipeline strategy at the national level;  
  • Serve as an active member of the CFAN community, including by representing CFAN at events and external meetings, as well as by advancing CFAN’s value-add through peer-to-peer learning, knowledge exchange, and cohort activities  
  • Work within the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy to structure project proposals to access climate finance. Projects could include:   
  • Low Carbon and Resilient Downtown Castries 
  • Saint Lucia Electricity Resilience and Renewable Energy Market Enhancement 
  • Concept Notes from the recent SASAPs in Education, Tourism, Infrastructure and Spatial Planning 
  • Develop business models and perform sound financial analysis  
  • Coordinate between national ministries and relevant stakeholders to accelerate projects through the investment pipeline  
  • Where possible, pursue opportunities to finance projects through domestic and private sector resources as a means of enhancing country ownership  

Remain up to date on key changes and developments in policies, operations, modalities and requirements of key climate finance donors and development to inform project proposals and pipeline development.    

Qualifications

  • Experience in accessing and structuring finance for climate investments 
  • Experience with international climate finance institutions, particularly technical aspects of mitigation and adaptation activities 
  • Experience working on renewable energy, energy storage, energy efficiency, electric mobility projects and cross-sectoral approaches, including economic and communities’ resilience building through the energy transition.  
  • Demonstrated ability to formulate project proposals in compliance with requirements of various climate finance funds 
  • Demonstrated relationship-building and facilitation skills 
  • Fluency in written and spoken English  
  • Willingness and ability to commit to in-country work for the full tenure of contract term and travel as required 
  • Minimum of 5+ years of experience in climate finance, infrastructure/related finance, accounting, public finance management or related subject areas within the Caribbean region (1)
  • In-country experience and/or understanding of country political and government context within the Caribbean region 
  • Experience working at the nexus of climate change, social inclusion and human rights issues 
  • Substantive relevant experience in energy, water, health and housing sectors.  
  • Demonstrated ability to design financial instruments and develop climate finance projects 
  • Experience with blended finance projects and/or in PPP transactions (desirable) 
  • Experience in climate finance readiness, grant proposal writing and/or climate change capacity building or technology transfer 
  • Demonstrated experience in resource mobilization, stakeholder relationship building and collaboration with government agencies, donors and/international development partners, and non- government organizations 
  • Advanced degree in finance, accounting, policy, or another related discipline 
  • Saint Lucian nationals or CARICOM nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.   

(1) CFAN prefers candidates to have at least 5 years of substantive work experience. As hiring circumstances and applicant pools are dynamic and context-dependent, the minimum years of experience is not a strict requirement and ultimately at the discretion of the member initiative leading the hiring process.  

How to Apply

Please note that CFAN’s host organization, RMI, uses Workday for its recruitment processes – the link below will lead you to RMI’s strategic sourcing page, which will prompt you to create or sign into an account to view and apply to the role you’re interested in.

Please contact Odgerel Chintulga (ochintulga@rmi.org) with any questions.

Deadline: September 12, 2025

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