Senior Resource Mobilization Specialist

CGAP; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

World Bank Group's Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat seeks a Senior Resource Mobilization Specialist to coordinate LDCF and SCCF fundraising efforts. The role focuses on engaging donors and developing strategic partnerships to mobilize resources for climate adaptation projects in developing countries.

The successful candidate will work with GEF management, donor governments, foundations, and private sector partners, ensuring gender equality and inclusive financing are integrated

Qualifications

• Experience in climate finance resource mobilization.
• Ability to develop donor engagement strategies.
• Strong interpersonal and policy advocacy skills.
• Knowledge of LDCF/SCCF operations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate resource mobilization for the LDCF and SCCF; articulate funding needs and manage partnerships.
• Develop and implement donor engagement strategies for traditional and emerging funders.
• Prepare documents and briefing materials for the GEF Council and management.
• Collaborate with cross‑agency teams to integrate gender equality and inclusion priorities.
• Monitor progress against targets and report results.

Skills

Resource mobilization

Donor engagement

Stakeholder management

Climate finance

Job description

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd

About the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a family of funds dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Its grants, blended financing, and policy support help developing countries address their biggest environmental priorities and adhere to international environmental conventions. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $23 billion and mobilized $129 billion in co‑financing for more than 5,000 national and regional projects. The GEF unites 186 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations, Indigenous Peoples, and the private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF serves as a financial mechanism for six major Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The GEF Secretariat, construed for administrative purposes as a Vice‑Presidential Unit (VPU) within the World Bank, has approximately 100 professional and administrative and client support (ACS) staff.

About the LDCF and SCCF

The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) are two dedicated financial mechanisms established under the UNFCCC and managed by the GEF. As part of the GEF family of funds, the LDCF and SCCF play a critical role in supporting developing countries, particularly least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), in building resilience to climate change impacts and implementing priority adaptation actions identified in National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). The LDCF and SCCF operate on the basis of voluntary donor contributions, which have historically been replenished through pledging meetings held in conjunction with GEF Council meetings, UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties (COPs), and/or other major events. Since their inception, the funds have received contributions from 28 donor countries and work with a voluntary contribution model, based on agreed four‑year financial scenarios for the two funds. The role will seek to advance multi‑year pledging mechanisms, improved coordination among donors, clearer strategic positioning of the funds’ comparative advantages within the climate finance architecture, and proactive engagement with potential new contributors. A central aim is to broaden and diversify the contributor base beyond traditional sovereign donors to include sub‑national governments, philanthropies, and private sector actors, while using blended and innovative finance instruments to catalyze additional investment in climate adaptation.

Role Summary

The GEF Secretariat is seeking an experienced Senior Resource Mobilization Specialist to join the GEF Division on MEAs and Funds to coordinate LDCF and SCCF resource mobilization and partnership building, enabling timely and effective programming in developing countries to address their climate adaptation priorities under the UNFCCC. The role is also expected to make contributions towards the development and implementation of a resource mobilization strategy for the GEF family of funds. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of the climate adaptation finance landscape, innovative financing opportunities, and the dynamics of GEF client countries. The candidate should possess strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated experience with climate finance resource mobilization, along with political acumen and the capacity to work effectively on sensitive issues with senior management, the GEF Council, LDCF/SCCF contributors, and across different agencies of the GEF. The Senior Specialist will play an instrumental role in mobilizing resources and related strategic planning by developing and facilitating effective partnerships with confirmed and potential contributors to the LDCF and SCCF, including donor governments, philanthropic organizations, private sector actors, foundations, non‑governmental organizations, sub‑national governments, and bilateral and multilateral institutions.

Key Duties and Accountabilities

• Coordinate resource mobilization for the LDCF and SCCF by articulating resource mobilization needs; organizing partnership building and fundraising efforts and supporting engagement of GEF management; and monitoring and tracking progress against targets. Engage with all sources of support, including sovereign and sub‑national governments, philanthropic organizations, private sector, foundations, non‑governmental organizations, and bilateral and multilateral institutions, in addition to innovative sources of financing.
• Enhance synergies across the GEF family of funds by contributing to GEF-wide resource mobilization efforts and external engagement, and by helping to articulate a unique value proposition for the LDCF and SCCF within the broader climate
• Develop and implement a forward‑looking resource mobilization strategy, including segmented donor engagement strategies for traditional donors, emerging economy donors, private sector actors, and philanthropic foundations; specific, time‑bound resource mobilization targets and milestones; mechanisms to strengthen predictability and planning security; and proposals for innovative financing instruments, including blended finance windows, co‑financing frameworks, and impact investment mechanisms.
• Prepare documents and briefing materials to inform resource mobilization discussions for the GEF Council and GEF management. Contribute to GEF Council organization and discussions on matters related to LDCF/SCCF resource mobilization and organize outreach and visibility enhancement efforts in coordination with the Communications team, including the development of donor‑facing investment case documents, infographics, and digital communications materials.
• Analyze priorities, operational modalities, and other requirements of potential contributors and support sources, and articulate responses that take into consideration LDCF/SCCF governance arrangements and policies. Support the design, external engagement and operationalization of arrangements to facilitate new and non‑sovereign contributions.
• Conduct diagnostic assessments of the LDCF and SCCF resource mobilization landscape, including historical contribution trends, donor engagement patterns, funding gaps, and emerging opportunities. Benchmark LDCF/SCCF approaches against comparable multilateral funds to identify positioning opportunities and transferable lessons.
• Design and facilitate structured stakeholder consultation processes and external engagement, including multi‑stakeholder workshops with donor governments, recipient country representatives, GEF Secretariat staff, and civil society organizations, as well as bilateral consultations with key donor government representatives.
• Collaborate with relevant teams, including the Policy and Operations Division regarding resource mobilization‑related considerations, and the World Bank Trustee team on contributions and due diligence processes. Ensure cross‑cutting considerations including gender equality, social inclusion, indigenous peoples' rights, and the needs of the most climate‑vulnerable communities are integrated throughout.
• Provide backstopping to GEF management and carry out additional technical and policy‑relevant tasks as assigned.