Local Consultant - Senegal National Taxonomy

The Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds) is an international investor-focused not-for-profit organisation working to mobilise global capital for climate change solutions. The project seeks to support Senegalese partners with the development of the country’s national taxonomy.  The ultimate long-term goals of the project and of the taxonomy are: 

• To develop standardised definitions for sustainable economic activities and sustainable investments to attain priority environmental and sustainability goals; 

• To increase the country’s attractiveness to responsible investors, including those pursuing impact-investing strategies in the domestic and international arena; 

• To support the growth of domestic sustainable finance markets; and 

• To enable tracking and reporting of public expenditures and private investments addressing specific sustainability issues, based on categories that are technically sound and aligned with international best practice. 

 Purpose and Objectives 

The Consultant is expected to provide support to the Head of Taxonomies with the delivery of the Senegalese taxonomy development in collaboration with GIZ (the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). 

Requirements

The consultant should have the following skills and experience:  

• We would love to hear from candidates with
• Relevant background in taxonomy;  
• Knowledge of sustainable finance  
• Fluency in English and French 

Benefits

 Climate Bonds will pay the Consultant a daily rate fee of EUR300. Thus, the budget for this consultancy is up to EUR15,000 (fifteen thousand euros) referring to a maximum of fifty (50) days of work. This amount does not include travel costs. In case there are any extra costs, these will be covered separately and only expenditure for reasonable, approved, and documented costs agreed with Climate Bonds’s Head of Taxonomies is allowable.  

Payments will be made quarterly upon (i) submission by the Consultant and approval by Climate Bonds of the deliverables described in item 4, following the proposed timeline; (ii) presentation of monthly timesheets at the end of each calendar month detailing the work undertaken, the time spent on each task and the corresponding payable amount for each period, following Climate Bonds' template.  

Last updated on Aug 2, 2024